This is a fashion illustration book which depicts the dress mode from a retrospective point of view. It relates fashion not only to the social lifestyle of people but also to the economic and political trend of the times, thus, giving the term "Street Mode" a spec al influential meaning to culture and life. Throughout the detailed drawings of fashion as depicted since the 1700"s to the present, with highlights from the 17th century Neoclassicism and Romanticism and onwards, the author aims for the reader to realize his/her roots in history. thereby, also to understand the direction of dress wear.