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Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: A Comprehensive History of Western Fashion

Explore the iconic preppy style of America's Seven Sisters colleges, as chronicled in this richly illustrated guide to the fashion, culture, and social life of female college students from the 1920s onward.

Showcasing Japan's astonishingly varied culture of cute, this volume takes the reader on a dazzling and adorable visual journey through all things kawaii. Although some trace the phenomenon of kawaii as far back as Japan's Taisho era, it emerged most visibly in the 1970s when schoolgirls began writing in big, bubbly letters complete with tiny hearts and stars. From cute handwriting came manga, Hello Kitty, and Harajuku, and the kawaii aesthetic now affects every aspect of Japanese life. As colorful as its subject matter, this book contains numerous interviews with illustrators, artists, fashion designers, and scholars. It traces the roots of the movement from sociological and anthropological perspectives and looks at kawaii's darker side as it morphs into gothic and gloomy iterations. Best of all, it includes hundreds of colorful photographs that capture kawaii's ubiquity: on the streets and inside homes, on lunchboxes and airplanes, in haute couture and street fashion, in café́s, museums, and hotels.

An in‑depth exploration of the history of clothing and dress, tracing the evolution of costume and fashion through different eras and cultures.

A pictorial collection of more than 750 captioned illustrations from 1920s Sears, Roebuck, and other mail‑order catalog fashion pages, showcasing clothing and accessories for men, women, and children.

A pictorial survey of international 1960s fashion, exploring how style mirrored the era’s social customs and youth culture across the globe.