The Resource Why'd they wear that? : fashion as the mirror of history, Sarah Albee ; foreword by Timothy Gunn
Why'd they wear that? : fashion as the mirror of history, Sarah Albee ; foreword by Timothy Gunn
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- Summary
- Move over Project Runway. Get ready to chuckle your way through centuries of fashion dos and don'ts! In this humorous and approachable narrative, kids will learn about outrageous, politically-perilous, funky, disgusting, regrettable, and life-threatening creations people have worn throughout the course of human history, all the way up to the present day. From spats and togas to hoop skirts and hair shirts, why people wore what they did is an illuminating way to look at the social, economic, political, and moral climates throughout history
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 192 pages
- Contents
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- That's a wrap: the ancient world: 10,000 B.C. - A.D. 1000
- Keeping the faith: the middle ages: 1000 - 1400s
- Going global: the age of exploration: 1400s - early 1500s
- Ruff & ready: the Renaissance: 1500s - early 1600s
- Lighten up!: the age of reason: 1600s - 1700s
- Hats (and heads) off: revolutionary times: mid-1600s - early 1800s
- Growing pains: marching toward modernity: mid-1700s - early 1900s
- Labor pains: the industrial revolution: mid-1800s - early 1900s
- Class dismissed: world at war: the 20th century & beyond
- What can you do?
- Time line
- Isbn
- 9781426319198
- Label
- Why'd they wear that? : fashion as the mirror of history
- Title
- Why'd they wear that?
- Title remainder
- fashion as the mirror of history
- Statement of responsibility
- Sarah Albee ; foreword by Timothy Gunn
- Title variation
- Why did they wear that?
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Move over Project Runway. Get ready to chuckle your way through centuries of fashion dos and don'ts! In this humorous and approachable narrative, kids will learn about outrageous, politically-perilous, funky, disgusting, regrettable, and life-threatening creations people have worn throughout the course of human history, all the way up to the present day. From spats and togas to hoop skirts and hair shirts, why people wore what they did is an illuminating way to look at the social, economic, political, and moral climates throughout history
- Cataloging source
- UKMGB
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Albee, Sarah
- Dewey number
- 391.009
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- GT518
- LC item number
- .A43 2015
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Gunn, Tim
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Fashion
- Clothing and dress
- Target audience
- juvenile
- Label
- Why'd they wear that? : fashion as the mirror of history, Sarah Albee ; foreword by Timothy Gunn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- Contents
- That's a wrap: the ancient world: 10,000 B.C. - A.D. 1000 -- Keeping the faith: the middle ages: 1000 - 1400s -- Going global: the age of exploration: 1400s - early 1500s -- Ruff & ready: the Renaissance: 1500s - early 1600s -- Lighten up!: the age of reason: 1600s - 1700s -- Hats (and heads) off: revolutionary times: mid-1600s - early 1800s -- Growing pains: marching toward modernity: mid-1700s - early 1900s -- Labor pains: the industrial revolution: mid-1800s - early 1900s -- Class dismissed: world at war: the 20th century & beyond -- What can you do? -- Time line
- Control code
- 1594506
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- 192 pages
- Isbn
- 9781426319198
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1594506
- (OCoLC)899704609
- Label
- Why'd they wear that? : fashion as the mirror of history, Sarah Albee ; foreword by Timothy Gunn
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-186) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- That's a wrap: the ancient world: 10,000 B.C. - A.D. 1000 -- Keeping the faith: the middle ages: 1000 - 1400s -- Going global: the age of exploration: 1400s - early 1500s -- Ruff & ready: the Renaissance: 1500s - early 1600s -- Lighten up!: the age of reason: 1600s - 1700s -- Hats (and heads) off: revolutionary times: mid-1600s - early 1800s -- Growing pains: marching toward modernity: mid-1700s - early 1900s -- Labor pains: the industrial revolution: mid-1800s - early 1900s -- Class dismissed: world at war: the 20th century & beyond -- What can you do? -- Time line
- Control code
- 1594506
- Dimensions
- 29 cm
- Extent
- 192 pages
- Isbn
- 9781426319198
- Isbn Type
- (hbk.)
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (chiefly color)
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1594506
- (OCoLC)899704609
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