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Fabulous Fashion Inventions

Laura Hamilton WaxmanSeries: Awesome Inventions You Use Every Day
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Duration
30m
Year
2017
Language
English
Publisher
Lerner Publishing Group

About

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.

Related Subjects

  • Clothing, Dress & Hair
  • Juvenile Nonfiction
  • General
  • Technology
  • History of Science
  • Science & Nature
  • Fashion
  • Art
  • Inventions

Extended Details

  • Lexile700L
  • SeriesAwesome Inventions You Use Every Day

Reviews

"This set is a browsers' delight as well as a rich resource for science or pop-history report writers"
School Library Journal

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Laura Hamilton WaxmanAuthor
Various ReadersReader

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