Planet fashion 100 years of fashion history

Natasha Slee

Book - 2019

"Hold onto your hats and lace up your boots; we're off on a fashion adventure! Travel through 25 scenes in fashion history, circling the globe with your two young stylish travel companions--one boy and one girl, dressed the part in every picture. Each lavishly illustrated scene captures the mood and style of a unique time and place, accompanied by a trove of fashion history facts."--Publisher's description.

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Genres
Instructional and educational works
Picture books
Published
Minneapolis, MN : Wide Eyed Editions, an imprint of the Quarto Group 2019.
Language
English
Main Author
Natasha Slee (author)
Other Authors
Cynthia Kittler (illustrator)
Item Description
"100 years of fashion history"--Cover.
Physical Description
64 unnumbered pages : color illustrations ; 32 cm
ISBN
9781786031952
  • Welcome to planet fashion
  • Dancing the waltz: with high society, UK
  • Entranced by the exotic: at a Ballets Russes performance, France
  • Cycling: into a new era for women, USA
  • Hanging up the laundry: in suburbia, Canada
  • Shimmying down: with the Harlem Renaissance, USA
  • Penning great novels: with the lost generation in Paris, France
  • Walking the bustling streets: of Shanghai, China
  • Soaking in the sun: on the French Riviera, France
  • Schmoozing with movie stars: on the Hollywood Red Carpet, USA
  • Lining up for rations: during World War II, UK
  • Striking an elegant pose: at a fashion shoot, France
  • Sharing milkshakes: at the diner, USA
  • Clashing prints and styling Mexican history: with Frida Kahlo, Mexico
  • Copying the look: seen on Bollywood screens, India
  • Cycling with friends: in wartime Saigon, Vietnam
  • Flaunting the miniskirt: in the swinging sixties, London, UK
  • Setting the finishing touch: at the beauty salon, USA
  • Spreading peace and love: at a festival, USA
  • Gluing hair into spikes: with London's punks, UK
  • Dazzling on the dance floor: with the disco set, USA
  • Pulling on a slouchy koala sweater: at a picnic, Australia
  • Blasting hip-hop: on the boombox in New York, USA
  • Showing off wealth: in extravagant fashion, West Germany
  • Posing with the girl gang: in Harajuku, Japan
  • Pulling up to a dance-off: with the Skhothane, South Africa
  • Timeline
  • Silhouettes
  • Shoes
  • Hats
  • Bags
  • Can you find?