"Go on an exploration of how fashion has evolved through colorful illustrated timelines like the evolution of pants, skirts, the little black dress, and the fashions of the White House (aka First Lady Fashions). Discover ... DIY projects and style inspiration boards, all the while learning how women of different shapes, sizes, and colors have redefined what it means to be beautiful."--Dust jacket.

"Explores the lives of ten famous women who have used clothing to make a statement, change perceptions, break rules, attract power, or express their individuality. Included are Cleopatra, Marie Antoinette, Coco Chanel, Marlene Dietrich, Madonna, and Lady Gaga. Sidebar subjects include: Elizabeth I, Marilyn Monroe, Rihanna, and Vivienne Westwood."--Provided by publisher.

Dressing Historical Characters demystifies historical dress for designers embarking on the creative and collaborative process of production design and performance. Lauren Lowell offers a practical, accessible foundation in historical costume knowledge designed to enhance the creative storytelling process. From the bustling stages of theatre to the dynamic frames of film, understanding the basics of period costumes is key to crafting immersive narratives. Lowell equips students and professionals in theatre, dance, and film with the tools to engage in informed preliminary discussions about different historical periods and cultural attire, laying the groundwork for deeper research. The book features an invaluable full-color insert, illustrating the layered complexity of historical garments—from the underpinnings to the outerwear—providing clarity on how these pieces function and interact.

Seventeen million people have died in civil wars and rebel violence has disrupted the lives of millions more. In a fascinating contribution to the active literature on civil wars, this book finds that some contemporary rebel groups actually comply with international law amid the brutality of civil conflicts around the world. Rather than celebrating the existence of compliant rebels, the author traces the cause of this phenomenon and argues that compliant rebels emerge when rebel groups seek legitimacy in the eyes of domestic and international audiences that care about humanitarian consequences and human rights. By examining rebel groups' different behaviors such as civilian killing, child soldiering, and allowing access to detention centers, Compliant Rebels offers key messages and policy lessons about engaging rebel groups with an eye toward reducing civilian suffering in war zones.

Tracing the roots of rebel style to the music scene, this book explores how fashionable music and "anti-fashion" icons, like David Bowie, the Sex Pistols, and Gwen Stefani, have inspired fashion. Rebel style is all about wearing common or mundane items with a sense of creativity and irony. The classic leather jacket (think Brando or Joan Jett) remains a symbol of "outsider-dom," while jeans have been reimagined as a style centerpiece by every generation. The skirt is constantly being reappraised, whether it’s mini, peasant, or frou-frou, to simultaneously celebrate and subvert images of femininity. Rebel, Rebel is the anti-style bible that will inspire the next generation of designers, fashionistas, and club kids alike.

"Conceived as a fundraiser for the restoration of King Louis XIV's palace, the world's elite gathered in Versailles' grand theater to view a fashion extravaganza of the best that French and American designers had to offer ... What they saw would forever alter the history of fashion. At the Battle of Versailles five Americans--Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Anne Klein, Halston, and Stephen Burrows--faced off against the five French designers considered the best in the world--Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert de Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, Emanuel Ungaro, and Marc Bohan of Christian Dior. Against all odds, the American energy and the domination by their fearless models (ten of whom, in a ground-breaking move, were African-American) sent the audience reeling. By the end of the evening, the Americans had transformed their place on the world stage and sowed the seeds for changing the way race, gender, sexuality, and economics would be treated in fashion for decades to come"--

Looks at the origins of modern cultural standards of feminine beauty, and encourages women to look past artificial, shallow ideals of beauty and toward the true beauty bestowed by God.