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Eyewitness: Costume

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The tradition of costuming is more than just what we do on Halloween! Eyewitness Costume offers an original take a look at the colorful history of clothes and fashion, from the sensible to the not-so-practical. Page after page of richly detailed pictures depict the unique clothes, accessories, and ornaments worn by real-life men, women, and children right through history to up to date times. See brooches and hairpins worn by Roman women, the opulence of Renaissance clothes and jewels, 17th-century fans, gloves and bags, a hippie father and son, Queen Victoria’s stockings, and a Viking shoe. Learn what false fat bellies were stuffed with, how Romans folded their togas, how the discovery of the New World changed European costume, and when starch was once first used to stiffen fabric. Discover how textiles have affected fashion, what a farthingale was once used for, what the primary bathing suits gave the look of, why women used to wear corsets, and much, a lot more.

The most trusted nonfiction series available on the market, Eyewitness Books provide an in-depth, comprehensive take a look at their subjects with a unique integration of words and pictures.


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