num_pages: 288
description: From Eve's fig leaf to Hilary Clinton's pantsuit the way we choose to clothe our bodies can carry layer upon layer of meaning. Across cultures and throughout history people have used clothing to signify power and status to adorn and beautify even to prop up or dismantle regimes.Here explore the best-dressed figures in history from Cleopatra to Beyonc Joan of Arc to RuPaul. Some have influenced the fashion of today while some have used their clothing to change the world. But all have a sartorial story to tell.Entries 
language: English
title: The Fashion Chronicles: The style stories of history's best dressed
publisher: Mitchell Beazley