13... children should know.

Century of fashion begins -- City girls arrive: fashion in the Twenties -- A wardrobe crisis: fashion in the Thirties -- Everything becomes scarce: fashion in the Forties -- A new look: fashion in the Fifties -- Black replaces pastels: the cool side of the Fifties -- Fabric and love: the fashion of the hippies -- Trends from the street: fashion in the Sixties -- Colorful, loud, and free: fashion in the Seventies -- Show what you've got: fashion in the Eighties -- Wear what you hear: fashion in the Nineties -- Crazy look from Japan: Harajuku style -- Look what I'm wearing: fashion in the early Twenty-first century -- Glossary

"Lively spreads filled with illustrations, sidebar information, important events, and designer profiles allow readers to watch hemlines and shoulder pads rise and fall, understand the effects of culture and history, and trace the origins of popular trends such as Harajuku, preppy, and hipster. An excellent introduction to fashion history for young readers, this book is a visual guide to the changing styles that have defined the past 100 years"--Publishers website