Notes
This series Would You Believe ... explores everyday life through the centuries - but not as you’ve ever seen it before! This book explores the amazing stories behind the clothes we wear as we examine the amazing peculiarities of international fashions past and present. Fashion lovers and young historians will learn about the often ridiculous clothes our ancestors wore, as well as equally ridiculous fashion influences and personalities of the present day.Contents
Contents : fashionable figures; ancient world; forbidden fashions; smooth operator; fashion victims; if you’ve got, flaunt it; Miss Beehive; a hat for all occasions; wild and untamed; bras and bindings; crinolines and bustles; waists like wasps; squeezing and shaping; skin deep; my feet are killing me; the unkindest cut of all; why stop at the ear; all my own teeth; makeup and beauty; poisonous potions; conclusion; find out more; glossary and index;
