BR02-11: The Fablous Story of Fashion

Who knows what fashion tomorrow will bring? (p. 59)

This book is explaining about history of fashion. My favorite fashion is Native American fashion. Native American chiefs were the men wearing the most feather. It is very gorgeous. I want to wear this cloth. Egyptians wear big and gorgeous head accessories. This book is explaining well. You can know the social status as the fashion. Do you know Toga? It is like a semi-circular blanket. If you do not know about how to wear the Toga, you should read this book. This book explains about how to wear the Toga. Roman women wore elegant long dresses and shawls. They wore the cloth made of cottons or silks. Silk is very expensive, so only rich person wore the cloth of silk. Most silk from China. Silk comes from silkworms. Silk was symbol of nobility. There was very strange fashion. This book explains a horned headdress, a steeple headdress, a Crusader knight and a butterfly veil. They are looks such a funny. Knight also dressed to impress. Knights tie a handkerchief or glove with him helmet and gallop. It is means luck. There are very funny shoes. It is very long tow. Merchants wear 16 cm shoes, gentlemen are 31 cm and noblemen are 61 cm. It looks so hard to walk. There was such a gorgeous fashion, but there is very heavy. Embroidery was part of every woman's education. It contained hidden message. For example, serpents were seen as symbol of wisdom, and ear or eye is knowledge. Queen Elizabeth wore all three symbols on her now outfits. Women wore dress, but corset was too tight. Lois XIV think about French fashions were best. He made a lot of large doll with the latest style. Lois XIV sends this doll to other Europe countries. It came new era, fashions became easy to move. Now, we can wear a lot of kind cloth of freedom. Do you like dress up? I like it very much! Recently, I went shopping. I bought so much. Fashion makes me happy and fun.

Daynes. Katie. (2006). The Fabulous Story of Fashion. Usborn. London.

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