Get Dressed!: A Historical Guessing Game for Fashion Lovers

Katy Canales

Book cover for Get Dressed!: A Historical Guessing Game for Fashion Lovers
Book cover for Get Dressed!: A Historical Guessing Game for Fashion Lovers

Get Dressed!: A Historical Guessing Game for Fashion Lovers

Get Dressed!: A Historical Guessing Game for Fashion Lovers

Katy Canales

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Description

An illustrated, interactive introduction to fashion history for children, revealing the fascinating connections between clothing and culture

In this first book of fashion history for children, young readers will discover fabulous clothing and fashion trends worn by people past and present. Packed with extraordinary facts and eye-catching illustrations, the book reveals through a fun guessing game format why Elizabethan men stuffed their stockings, only certain people were allowed to wear red in the Ottoman Empire, and Marie Antoinette once wore a wig with a toy ship in it.

Featuring 10 high-interest periods including the Ancient Greeks, Early Iron Age Denmark, Tang Dynasty China, Elizabethan England, the French Revolution, Edo Era Japan, 1920s USA, and 1950s Ghana, Get Dressed! goes back in time to capture the fun of fashions' past, from the perfectly practical to the potentially perilous.

The book also includes a forward-looking spread on fashion's future, featuring designers known for their ground-breaking and sustainable approaches, such as Stella McCartney, Sami Miro, Tommy Hilfiger, and Vivienne Westwood.

Ages 5-8

About the Author

Debut children's author Katy Canales is the Beatrix Potter Curator. Katy joined the National Trust after a decade at Young V&A and the V&A Museum. As curator, she produced family-focused exhibitions, displays and public events. Katy was the V&A Museum's children's clothing collection specialist.

Erin Vanessa's artwork is a blend of traditional and digital methods. Erin lives and works in Canada. She is the author/illustrator of two picture books: You Do You-nicorn and Swept Away at Witch Camp.

Critical Reviews

'This one isn't just for fashionistas; it will appeal to anyone interested in world or art history.' - Kirkus

Publishing Information

Publisher: Phaidon Press
Pub date: 2025-05-14
Length: 48 pages

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