Fashions of a Decade: The 1920s brings the Jazz Age to life through the clothes of the flappers and "Thoroughly Modern Millies." As the fabric of society changed, fashion took on a life of it own - exploding with new colors and trends - alongside the innovative rhythms and styles of jazz music. It was a period of youthful escapism, a reaction to the stern clothes and strict behavoir that was expected during the Victorian Age, and this revised volume...

Fashions of a Decade: The 1930s examines the role of fashion as it made its way through the Great Depression, exploring the social and cultural aspects of the era through a softer lens. Synthetic fabrics, such as nylon and artificial silks that imitated luxury fibers, became popular, in addition to clothing that featured a more muted palette and longer, more flowing lines. Such Hollywood icons as Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers set the standard for...

A pictorial survey chronicling the international fashions of the 1970's. Fashions of a Decade: The 1970s brings this period of history to life through the clothing that helped define it. From platform shoes and bell-bottoms to mini-skirts and hot pants, to Afghans and cheesecloth fabrics, the seventies remains one of the most distinctive decades in clothing history.

By the 1930s Elsa Schiaparelli had captivated the fashion world in Paris, but before that, she was a little girl in Rome who didn't feel pretty at all. Bloom: A Story of Fashion Designer Elsa Schiaparelli is the enchanting story for young readers of how a young girl used her imagination and emerged from plain to extraordinary.