Fashion ABC is an inspiring knowledge base about fashion, clothing and accessories. The website went live in 2014 with 501 items in the database. Today you can find here more than 2,000 items, including objects from many different museums in the Netherlands and abroad. Let yourself be suprised by the diverse items and stories in the ever-growing database of fashion ABC and discover the history behind your wardrobe!
This online lexicon is the result of the extensive image and word bank that I have built up over the years as a fashion journalist for my own use. Stimulated by my environment, who responded very enthusiastically to this fashion terms library, I decided to share this information in order to inspire others. The platform is aimed at anyone with an interest in fashion, heritage and cultural history, from fashion students to bloggers.
Natasja Admiraal
Who invented jeans? Where does the word sneaker come from? What is a crinoline? In 2021 Waanders Uitgevers published my children’s book Mode ABC, van All Star tot zonneklep (Fashion ABC, from All Star to sun visor) with illustrations by Jelle Post. This surprising and cheerful fashion book for children tells the stories behind special – or just ordinary – clothing and accessories.
Meet all kinds of caps, learn the difference between a car shoe and a boat shoe and discover that school bags looked very different 200 years ago than today. You can read it all in this colourful book full of wonderful facts. Join on a journey of discovery in the world of fashion through all the letters of the alphabet. Mode ABC is an inspiring book for children to read and browse themselves or to be read aloud.
