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From Rags to Riches: A History of Girls' Clothing in America

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4.2 out of 5
Based on 24 Ratings and 13 Reviews

Book Description
Who thought up bloomers? Why were three-year-old colonial girls bound up in corsets? How did fashion like voluminous mutton chop sleeves and incredibly wide skirts with hoops in them catch on? In pictures and a lively text Leslie Sills displays and discusses practical as well as outrageous garments, how clothing was made, the girls and women who made the clothes, and how fashion was marketed to wo... More
Book Information
PublisherHoliday House
BindingHardcover (3 editions)
Reading LevelAges 9-12
# of Pages48
ISBN-100823417085
ISBN-13978-0823417087
Publication Date04/01/2005
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About Leslie Sills (Author) : Leslie Sills is a published author of children's books. Some of the published credits of Leslie Sills include From Rags to Riches: A History of Girls' Clothing in America, In Real Life: Six Women Phot... more
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