Features groundbreaking designers, models, milliners, style makers, and many other fashion-forward figures. Compelling text and vivid photographs bring these women to life. Features include essential facts, a timeline, a glossary, additional resources, source notes, and an index.

Modern fashionistas and their historic roots -- New styles for a new world -- The thrilling 1930s -- The war years -- The startling 1960s -- Style evolves in the 1970s and 1980s -- The catwalk rules in the 1990s -- Fashion of the 2000s -- Fashion of the future.