num_pages: 313
description: Have you ever wondered why we wear the type of clothes we do? Packed with outlandish outfits this exciting history of fashion trends reveals the flamboyant fashions adopted (and discarded) by our ancestors.In the days before cosmetic surgery people used bum rolls and bombastic breeches to augment their figures painted their faces with poisonous concoctions and doused themselves with scent to cover body odor.Take a fresh look at historys hidden fashion disasters and discover the stories behind historical garments: How removing a medieval womans headdress could reveal her as a harlot Why Tudor men traded in their oversized codpieces for corsets How crinoline caused a spate of shoplifting among Victorian ladiesKaren Bowman charts our sartorial history from the animal skins first used to cover our modesty and show off hunting skills right up to the twentieth-century drive for practicality and comfort. Corsets and Codpieces is a fascination read for history buffs and fashionistas alike.
language: English
title: Corsets and Codpieces: A History of Outrageous Fashion, from Roman Times to the Modern Era
publisher: Skyhorse