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Why'd They Wear That?

Fashion As the Mirror of History

Why'd They Wear That?( )
Author: Albee, Sarah
Foreword by: Gunn, Timothy
ISBN:978-1-4263-1920-4
Publication Date:Feb 2015
Publisher:National Geographic Society
Book Format:Hardback
List Price:USD $28.90
Book Description:

Move over Project Runway. Get ready to chuckle your way through centuries of fashion dos and don'ts! In this humorous and approachable narrative, kids will learn about outrageous, politically-perilous, funky, disgusting, regrettable, and life-threatening creations people have worn throughout the course of human history, all the way up to the present day. From spats and togas to hoop skirts and hair shirts, why people wore what they did is an illuminating way to look at the social,...
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Book Details
Pages:192
Detailed Subjects: Juvenile Nonfiction / Art / Fashion
Juvenile Nonfiction / Clothing & Dress
Physical Dimensions (W X L X H):9.35 x 11.1 x 0.8 Inches
Book Weight:1 Pounds
Author Biography
Albee, Sarah (Author)
Sarah Albee was born in 1962 in Cleveland, Ohio. She attended Harvard University from 1981-1984. Albee was a member of The American University in Cairo Presidential Interns. This group is for alumni from the Presidential Intern Program at the American University in Cairo.

Albee started her career as a newspaper cartoonist and a semi-professional basketball player. She writes children's books for many age groups and under a number of pseudonyms like Constance Allen, Catherine Lukas, and Sarah Wilson. She has had three of her books appear on the New York Times Bestseller list. Sarah Albee is an author of Sesame Street and Big Bag books; she also wrote the script for Elmo and the Orchestra. Albee has also contributed to the Elmo's Neighborhood and Sesame Street ABCs series. She is also a writer for books from the non-Muppet series, Blue's Clues.

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