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Record Nr.

UNINA9910155739003321

Autore

Waxman Laura Hamilton

Titolo

Fabulous Fashion Inventions

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lerner

ISBN

1-5124-4512-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (32 p.)

Disciplina

746.920

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Musica

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

Did you realize that swimming suits used to weigh 22 pounds (about 10 kilograms)? Or that the first people to wear high heels were French royalty (even the king!) in the 1500s? Get ready to learn the amazing stories behind inventions you use every day. From the society woman who invented bras to the Swiss inventor who came up with the idea for Velcro, you'll find out how we got some of our favorite fashion inventions.