Fashion

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‘A serious yet readable history that takes the reader from the togas and tunics of early civilizations to the age of ASOS’ Telegraph The Whole Story provides a global history of fashion and traces the evolution of fashion design period by period and trend by trend.- Organized chronologically, covering Greco-Roman draped clothing and the silk court dress of the Chinese Tang dynasty through to contemporary sportswear designers and Japanese street fashion- Places key fashion pieces in the context of social and cultural developments, with historical timelines highlighting important influences and events- Takes you inside the process of creating haute couture, from concept to catwalk- Written by an international team of experts led by Marnie Fogg.