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Worn on this day : the clothes that made history

Chrisman-Campbell, Kimberly2019
Books, Manuscripts
This visual guide is a journey of discovery through fashion's fascinating history, one day at a time. Beginning on January 1st and ending on December 31st, 'Worn On This Day' looks at garments worn on monumental occasions across centuries, offering capsule fashion histories of everything from space suits to wedding gowns, Olympics uniforms and armour. It creates thought-provoking juxtapositions, like Wallis Simpson's June wedding and Queen Elizabeth's June coronation, or the battered shoes Marie-Antoinette and a World Trade Center survivor wore to escape certain death, just a few calendar days apart. In every case there is a newsworthy narrative behind the garment, whether famous and glamorous or anonymous and humble.
Main title:
Imprint:
Philadelphia : Running Press, 2019.
Collation:
328 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 24 cm
ISBN:
9780762493579 (hbk)
Dewey class:
391.009
LC class:
GT580
Language:
English
BRN:
2554499
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