I love this book, have read it before in the Earlier Edition (Fashion and reality.) As I have not read them paralelly I take Their word for it thatthis edition is revised. All the elements I appreciated are silent there.Beautifull, clear photographs with every detail showing.Blocks of text on the fashion in generall. Comments on the changes of fashion and how different factors interlink, Obvius once pointed out but not seen in many other books. Such as who leads fashion, follows the main stream or is allready out of fashion, and why! Individuall short text for each photo, the more points out what can bee Studied in this Particular picture.That in the same photo A person may wear warying items, fashion in different years, and you must look for the youngest element in order to date it. A clear deffinition of the AIM and boundrys of the book, notes to quotations, index, and a bibliography all adds upp to on impression of a reliabel and Abel author who has researched the subject thorougly. In addition she Manages to write in english That is fun and easy to read even for me who does not have it as my first language.