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    15 Fashion Tips From Days Of Yore

    Learn everything you ever wanted to know about dressing yourself from the British Library's dusty tomes.

    1. One sleeve is better than two.

    2. If your hair is pointy enough, you will look much larger than your surroundings.

    3. Chicks dig sticks.

    4. Use a spindle to coyly flirt.

    5. Or just use your butt.

    6. Cram a bunch of flowers in your hair for a quick and easy style update.

    7. Layers, layers, layers!

    8. Your guitar is naked. Give it a tassel.

    9. Hair should be ropelike or not at all.

    10. Pink is for dudes.

    11. So is the curtsy.

    12. The buddy system is useful for field trips and also for hats.

    13. (Although really, is a hat a hat unless it looks like a menacing raven perched on the top of your head, muttering ill fortunes into your ear until you go mad with torment?)

    14. A good way to get a man is if he is very tiny and lives among the folds of your skirt.

    15. Never be afraid to flaunt some cleave.