Original title "Eyewitness Guides - COSTUME" This book will open before you the colorful world of clothing and fashion. On magnificent photos - genuine dresses, wigs and jewelry of different centuries . See them in detail! You will see: brooches and pins of the ancient Romans, Viking shoes, luxurious lace and camsols from the time of Louis XIV, theatrical fans and gloves of the early 20th century, swimsuits of our grandmothers . You will learn: what is a "goose belly", when men wore stockings and a skirt, how they wore crinoline, what style of dress was loved by the French Queen Marie Antoinette You will understand: how matter was obtained from the bark, why the whale mustache served for fashionistas, why they built towers on the head, where and how fashion is born and much, much more. Special Photography by Macaulay Liz . Printed in the printing house "Neography", Slovakia. Translated from English by Vladimir Ivanov.