Books about fashion in history for adults and children - compiling this list because I saw many intriguing books about fashion recently at the library :)
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last updated August, 2026
How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century
Lydia Edwards
Planet Fashion: 100 years of fashion history
Natasha Slee
The Encyclopedia of Ugly Fashion: Hilarious Introspective of History’s Worst Fashion Trends
Karolina Żebrowska
Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style
Susan Brown
Claire McCardell: The Designer Who Set Women Free
Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson
Unsuitable: A History of Lesbian Fashion
Eleanor Medhurst
Worn: A People's History of Clothing
Sofi Thanhauser
Fancy Party Gowns: The Story of Fashion Designer Ann Cole Lowe
Deborah Blumenthal
History Is Worn: A Story of Fashion (Honest History)
Christine Na-Eun Millar
Troublemakers in Trousers: Women and What They Wore to Get Things Done
Sarah Albee
Killer Style: How Fashion Has Injured, Maimed, and Murdered Through History
Alison Matthews David
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