This immersive timeline is illustrated by photographs that tell the story of fashion through its changing and multitudinous silhouettes. As the years advance, we watch crinolines inflate and deflate, the bustle shape-shift, skirts narrow and sleeves balloon. The twentieth century opens with the S-bend corset, puffed at the waist, and as the decades progress, conformity all but disappears as clothing becomes more casual. In the twenty-first century, formalwear becomes more elaborate than ever. Along with tracking every major change in fashion, readers also see evolutions in hairstyles, jewelry, hat styles, outerwear and footwear.