Fashions of a Decade: The 1970s

"Fashions of a Decade: The 1970s" brings this period of history to life through the clothing that helped define it.

Fashions of a Decade: The 1960s

"Fashions of a Decade: The 1960s" delves into the free-spirited clothing trends of this time period, exploring history from a social and cultural angle.

Fashions of a Decade: The 1950s

Clothing has been a consistent recorder of history through the years, documenting the heights of fashion as it threaded its way through post-war society.

Fashions of a Decade: The 1920s

Bringing the Jazz Age to life through the clothes of the flappers and "Thoroughly Modern Millies," "Fashions of a Decade: The 1920s" revisits an important part of social and cultural history.

Fashions of a Decade: The 1990s

Although this is part of the Fashions of a Decade series, there is almost as much here about the decade as there is about the fashion. The excellent photographs and illustrations, many from ads and magazines of the era, emphasize what was being shown by designers and worn by everyday women, but the text also discusses what was going on in the world: the cold war, segregation, the Cuban Revolution, and the role of women in society.