I bought this book in a bookstore. The book is packed and containing a CD, I have not been able to see before. So I relied on the front and back cover. First surprise (a good one), there were a host of historical information about different types of clothing. The second surprise (much worse) was that no model pictured on the cover are proposed! So do not imagine wearing beautiful strapless entire cover or other piece photographed ... there is NOTHING! The proposed models are actually on the other of a distressing banality and downloaded quite freely on the first amateur fashion blog! Morality, if your dream is to become the future Dita von Teese ... this book is far from a panacea!