Meg Cabot - Queen of Babble

“Is that so?” I say, exchanging an amused glance with Luke, who puts his arm around me.

“I’ll give you a hand with that, Chaz,” Luke volunteers. “I think Lizzie is more than you can handle on your own.”

Chaz, spying Luke’s arm around my shoulders, narrows his eyes at us.

“Hey,” he says, “what’s going on?”

“I’ll explain it to you someday, baby,” Shari says, patting him on the arm.

“Nobody ever tells me anything.” Chaz pouts.

“That’s because you’ve got to go straight to the source,” Shari says.

“Which is?”

“The LBS. Who else?” Shari says, tipping her head in my direction.

Which is right when an extremely tipsy Ginny Thibodaux spies me and hurries over to plant a kiss on my cheek.

“Lizzie!” she exclaims. “I’ve been looking everywhere for you. I wanted to thank you for what you did for my Vicky. That dress-it’s beautiful! You know you’re a lifesaver, don’t you? I’ve never seen anything like it. Why, you ought to open your own business!”

“Maybe,” I say with a smile, “I will.”

In conclusion, we have seen the important role fashion has played in the development of world culture and history. Starting from strips of fur worn for warmth and protection by cavemen gathered round a fire, to Prada shoes worn for their beauty and cachet by the modern working woman at a cocktail party, fashion has, over the centuries, come to be one of man’s-and woman’s-greatest and most interesting accomplishments.

This author in particular looks forward to seeing what surprises and innovations await her in the world of fashion-and beyond-in the coming years.

History of Fashion

SENIOR THESIS BY ELIZABETH NICHOLS