We are an authorized, direct-from-the-publisher retailer of NEW books. Our titles are ON HAND and available for immediate shipping. Table of Contents Reflecting the status and wealth of their parents, their relatives and their social milieu has, like it or not, always been children's lot. And they have been dressed up to enhance that image at religious, state and family ceremonies down through the ages. For centuries the world of childhood - at least as far as questions of fashion went - appeared eternally immune to radical change. After all, tradition had it that it was the parents who made the decisions in those early years of life. But, as they say, appearances can be deceiving, and in the 20th-century the philosophic legacy of the great educators, along with the campaigns for children's rights and the truly revolutionary technological advances taking place have succeeded in largely altering that picture. The author's keen eye has captured, as it were, the impact of cross-cultural influences, breakthroughs in the textile industry and the evolving realities of life that have given children a new independence in their attitudes and choices far beyond anyone's expectations. While the main thread running through the book is formal dress at its most elegant, it also weaves the tale of the small atelier, the new fibres and of the styles that the 'youth' of yesterday have seen transformed into today's 'vogue'. Light-hearted, awash with colour and decidedly nonconformist, the new look is often replete with designer labels and clamoured for by children who will still be numbered among the younger generation in the year 2000! And yet, even after all this time, today's post-modern space suit will give way to the eternal sailor suit and classic smocked linen dress when the occasion calls for 'Sunday Best'.
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