Cover photograph: Photographer Horst P. Horst took this image of a Mainbocher corset in 1939. It is one of the most iconic photos of fashion photography.
Text copyright © 2018 by Amber J. Keyser
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Keyser, Amber J., author.
Title: Underneath it all : a history of women’s underwear / by Amber J. Keyser.
Description: Minneapolis : Twenty-First Century Books, [2018] | Audience: Age: 13–18. | Audience: Grade 9 to 12. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2017008905 (print) | LCCN 2017010951 (ebook) | ISBN 9781512425314 (lb : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781512498837 (eb pdf)
Subjects: LCSH: Lingerie industry—History—Juvenile literature. | Women’s clothing—History—Juvenile literature.
Classification: LCC HD9948.3.A2 K49 2018 (print) | LCC HD9948.3.A2 (ebook) | DDC 687/.2209—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2017008905
Manufactured in the United States of America
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