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1 online resource (85 pages) |
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text file |
| Summary |
Examine extreme fashions across time and place in this beautifully illustrated and specialized costume history book, Why Would Anyone Wear That? Fascinating Fashion Facts. |
| Contents |
FrontCover; Half-title; Copyright; Title; Acknowledgments; Table of Contents; Introduction: "Why Would Anyone Wear That?"; Fascinating Fashions; Hennins; Mad as a Hatter; Feathered Hats; Cowboy Hats; Powdering; Scented Cones; Ruffs; The Hope Diamond; The Koh-i-Noor Diamond; Giraffe Women; Muslin Fever; Burqas; Zoot Suits and Teddy Boys; Leisure Suits; Breast Binding; Flea Furs; Corsets; Caged Crinolines; Bustles; Chastity Belts; Bloomers; Pumpkin Breeches; Hobble Skirts; Poison Rings; Codpiece; Parti-colored Hosiery; Chinese Lily Feet; Poulaines or Cracows; Chopines and Pattens. |
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Running ShoesDisposable Fashions; Interpreting and Predicting Fashion; Bibliography; BackCover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Clothing and dress -- History.
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Clothing and dress. |
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History. |
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Exoticism in fashion.
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Exoticism in fashion. |
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Fashion -- History.
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Fashion. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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| Added Author |
Widener, Leslie Stall, illustrator.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Stall-Meadows, Celia. Why Would Anyone Wear That? : Fascinating Fashion Facts. Bristol : Intellect, ©2012 9781841507279 |
| ISBN |
9781783201716 (electronic book) |
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1783201711 (electronic book) |
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1299718671 (e-book) |
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9781299718678 (e-book) |
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9781841507279 (paperback) |
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184150727X (paperback) |
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