Get Dressed!

Name: Get Dressed!
Brand: Hachette Australia
SKU: 9781838668471
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A Historical Guessing Game for Fashion Lovers

By Katy Canales

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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,... Read More

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Get Dressed!

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Get Dressed!

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

Description

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

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781838668471

Publisher: Phaidon Press Ltd

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 15 May 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Phaidon Press Ltd

Contributors:

By Erin Vanessa

Audience: Children

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 12.0mm

Width: 254.0mm

Height: 315.0mm

Weight: 645g

Pages: 48

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Arts & Culture Children's Books Children's Picture Books Children’s, Teenage and Educational Drawing, Colouring and Painting Books for Kids Katy Canales

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 programme 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.