How Underwear Got Under There: A Brief History

By Kathy Shaskan

Book Overview

Filled with facts, fascinating anecdotes, and hilarious illustrations, this lively survey examines the science, fashion, and social ramifications of various undergarments. Full color.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0525471782
• ISBN13: 9780525471783
• Release Date: July 2007
• Publisher: Dutton Juvenile
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 10.4" x 0.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 7 years and up
• Grade Range: Grades 2 to 5

Customer Reviews

Not Unmentionables Any More

This title covers a real need: the naked truth about underwear. Ten chapters in a tidy picture book even older kids will read cover topics like Protection, Warmth, Modesty, Cleanliness, Support, Shaping, Exaggeration, Status, Making a Statement and Future Undies. The text is a tightly woven fabric of truths about underwear ranging from such notables as Genghis Khan and his anti-arrow menswear, King Tut who was buried in 145 layers of undies and the primitive loincloth to the promised future of body sensors embedded in your Fruit of the Looms; this gets down to the foundations of corsets, bras, codpieces, crinoline petticoats, bloomers, and bustles. A huge amount of information wedged into this volume. The illustrations are lively and funny (as befits a Ringling Brothers artist. The book could only be made totally perfect by the addition of an index.

It's a zany, fun read

Kathy Shaskan's HOW UNDERWEAR GOT UNDER THERE: A BRIEF HISTORY is a whimsical story of how underwear has affected history, from King Tut who was buried with 145 pairs to how underwear has affected fashion and society alike. It's a zany, fun read which will attract leisure readers.