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This book explores the history of twentieth-century fashion and all the trends, fads, and outrageous styles that accompanied it. Organized into stylistic periods featuring top design collections and fashion celebrities, Icons of Fashion offers an overview of the evolution of our "second skin"beginning with the liberation from the constricting corset, through the glory and misery of pre-war and post-war fashions, to the "anything goes" situation of today. 192 pages, 150 full-color illustrations. 7 4/5'' x 9 1/2''. Paper.


This book explores the history of twentieth-century fashion and all the trends, fads, and outrageous styles that accompanied it. Organized into stylistic periods featuring top design collections and fashion celebrities, Icons of Fashion offers an overview of the evolution of our "second skin"beginning with the liberation from the constricting corset, through the glory and misery of pre-war and post-war fashions, to the "anything goes" situation of today. 192 pages, 150 full-color illustrations. 7 4/5'' x 9 1/2''. Paper.
