Daniel James Cole is a costume designer working in theater, television, and film. He teaches the history of fashion at New York University and the Fashion Institute of Technology. Nancy Dale is a specialist in the history of fashion and textiles from the mid-19th century to the present. She leads the costume study program at New York University. This book is a priceless gift for all fashion lovers and those who won't miss the chance to embark on a real journey through time. Historians Daniel James Cole and Nancy Dale have created a unique chronology of fashion development, detailing the evolution of women's, men's, and children's clothing by decades, starting from the 1850s to our time. You will learn: • what the “reform dress” is and why it was brought to the International Health Exhibition in 1884; • how the female silhouette changed thanks to the “pouter pigeon” corset; • when “underwear-style” dresses first appeared and how they differed from modern models; • what the purpose of the “lame garter” was and why it was used by capital city fashionistas; • how the phenomenon of the “ready-to-wear dress” arose, making designer models more accessible; • what the men's "television jacket" is and why Esquire magazine recommended it as home wear; • why the New York Daily Mirror organized the "Ugly Girls Contest." More than 600 illustrations: images of exhibits from fashion museum collections, photographs and drawings from fashion press, archival shots of models and advertising banners — the book illustrates how fashion changed depending on social and cultural trends, how style icons and ordinary people dressed over 160 years. “Famous American fashion historians Daniel James Cole and Nancy Dale wrote a convenient and useful, richly illustrated book dedicated to the last 160 years of fashion, which still captivates us with its findings and style. In our country, interest in fashion does not diminish, and more and more people study its history, stylistics, theory. This book will be a useful aid for all beginners and professionals eager to deepen their knowledge and look at world fashion from a different perspective, learn the principle of stylistic development of women's and men's clothing through the decades, remember outstanding European, American, Australian, and Japanese designers.” — Alexander Vasiliev, fashion historian, TV host of the program “Fashion Verdict,” scientific supervisor of the course “Fashion Theory” at Moscow State University