Fashion and its contribution is regularly overlooked in history. Often viewed as frivolous and without significance, its importance is not always understood. Historian Amber Butchart’s new book, The Fashion Chronicles: The style stories of history's best dressed, is full of proof and truths about the impact it has had since man first began adorning themselves in clothing. Butchart’s new book covers ancient to modern figures that cross gender, cultures, and continents. Some of the subjects I knew and some I didn't. Some I had heard of, but wouldn’t have readily associated them as fashion icons.