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Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns, Book Two
Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns, Book Two
by Jenny Tiramani
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Book Two in the V&As groundbreaking new series presents 17 patterns for garments and accessories from a 17th-century womans wardrobe. It includes patterns for a loose gown, a jacket, a pair of stays and a boned bodice, ivory and wooden busks, shoes... (read more)

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Tudor Costume and Fashion
Tudor Costume and Fashion
by Herbert Norris
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Monumental, profusely illustrated study of English fashions from 1485–1603. Highly authentic, detailed survey exuberantly describes clothing, headgear, hairstyles, jewelry, collars, footwear, more worn by royalty, nobility, middle and lower classes.... (read more)

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How to Read Fashion: A Crash Course in Styles, Designers, and Couture
How to Read Fashion: A Crash Course in Styles, Designers, and Couture
by Fiona Ffoulkes
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This stylishly illustrated guide parses the visual vocabulary to understand, investigate, and interpret seminal fashions and styles. The perfect companion for fashionistas and anyone interested in a better understanding of how fashions and styles evolve,... (read more)

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A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern
A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern
by Mary Brooks Picken
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Fascinating, fact-filled compendium defines over 10,000 words associated with wearing apparel and fashion. From bateau necklines to trilbys and vamps, individual terms are assembled alphabetically in groups according to dress parts, fabrics, and other... (read more)

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The Little Corset Construction Book: A Workbook on Period Underwear
The Little Corset Construction Book: A Workbook on Period Underwear
by Bonnie Holt Ambrose
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Ambrose has extensive experience designing and cutting costumes. She has discovered some time-saying and simple methods for building hats and period clothing and is sharing her knowledge in this charming minibook series. Each book is extensively... (read more)

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Costume and Fashion: A Concise History (World of Art)
Costume and Fashion: A Concise History (World of Art)
by James Laver
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From the momentous invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim; from Neolithic weavers to the biggest names in the fashion industry today—this classic guide covers the landmarks of costume history, the forms and... (read more)

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Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance: All 154 Plates from the "Trachtenbuch"
Authentic Everyday Dress of the Renaissance: All 154 Plates from the "Trachtenbuch"
by Christoph Weiditz
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Classic costume book of the 16th century depicts dress of Europeans, especially Spanish, of all classes. Special section on Aztec Indians brought to Spain by Cortes and sketched from life there by Weiditz. All 154 original plates have been meticulously... (read more)

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Vecellio S Renaissance Costume Book (Dover Pictorial Archives)
Vecellio S Renaissance Costume Book (Dover Pictorial Archives)
by Cesare Vecellio
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All 500 woodcut illustrations from the famous 16th-century compendium: nobles, matrons, peasants, more. New English captions.... (read more)

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Wedding Fashions, 1860-1912: 380 Costume Designs from "La Mode Illustree"
Wedding Fashions, 1860-1912: 380 Costume Designs from "La Mode Illustree"
by Joanne Olian
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Five decades of exquisite confections of satin, taffeta, and lace for the bride, superb ruffled creations for sisters of the bride and scores of lovely pleated and lace-trimmed outfits for bridal attendants — all accompanied by exhaustively detailed... (read more)

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Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style
Zoot Suit: The Enigmatic Career of an Extreme Style
by Kathy Peiss
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ZOOT SUIT (n.): the ultimate in clothes. The only totally and truly American civilian suit. --Cab Calloway, The Hepster's Dictionary, 1944Before the fashion statements of hippies, punks, or hip-hop, there was the zoot suit, a striking urban look of the... (read more)

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Women's Fashions of the Early 1900s #900: Women S Fashions of the Early 1900s: An Unabridged Republication of "New York Fashions, 1909"
Women's Fashions of the Early 1900s #900: Women S Fashions of the Early 1900s: An Unabridged Republication of "New York Fashions, 1909"
by National Cloak & Sui
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Rare catalog describes and illustrates fashions offered by a prominent mail-order merchant shortly after the turn of the century. Captions fully describe styling, special features and trim of each item and include original prices. Invaluable resource for... (read more)

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American Dress Pattern Catalogs, 1873-1909: Four Complete Reprints
American Dress Pattern Catalogs, 1873-1909: Four Complete Reprints
by Nancy Villa Bryk
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Reprinted from four rare dress pattern catalogs, this compilation offers an excellent overview of apparel from the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras. More than 3,750 black-and-white illustrations depict everything from bicycle suits to evening wear,... (read more)

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Power and Style: A World History of Politics and Dress
Power and Style: A World History of Politics and Dress
by Dominique Gaulme
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From the invention of clothing to modern menswear, fashion has been used to embody power in monarchies, military regimes, dictatorships, and the birth of democracy. From the advent of the first civilizations along the Euphrates, Indus, and Nile rivers... (read more)

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Women of the Tang Dynasty (Genius of China Close-Up Guides)
Women of the Tang Dynasty (Genius of China Close-Up Guides)
by May Holdsworth
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The Close-Up series is the first of its kind to give you a concise introduction to individual aspects of China and its people. Each topic is presented by experts in their fields who write with brevity and clarity for the intelligent reader.<P>Women... (read more)

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Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns: A Complete Lady S Wardrobe
Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns: A Complete Lady S Wardrobe
by Kristina Harris
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Rich selection of scaled dressmaker’s patterns from the popular late 19th-century magazine The Voice of Fashion details 50 garments for women, from handsome daytime and evening dresses to casual tennis outfits, a riding habit, and undergarments... (read more)

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Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper S Bazar, 1867-1898 (Dover Pictorial Archives)
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper S Bazar, 1867-1898 (Dover Pictorial Archives)
by Stella Blum
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Day costumes, evening wear, sports clothes, shoes, hats, other accessories in over 1,000 detailed engravings. Very thorough identification of styles, materials, colors by editor. An introduction by Stella Blum covers the history of Harper's Bazar and... (read more)

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Vintage Ladies Accessories: Identification and Value Guide
Vintage Ladies Accessories: Identification and Value Guide
by Laree Johnso Bruton
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Featured are hats, purses, hankies, gloves, fans, parasols, hosiery, shoes, aprons, and capes. This book is a compelling photo study of the styles for each era - Victorian, Edwardian, Roaring Twenties, Depression, WWII, Fabulous Fifties, and Modern - and... (read more)

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The Cut of Women's Clothes, 1600-1930
The Cut of Women's Clothes, 1600-1930
by Norah Waugh
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Each period in the history of costume has produced its own characteristic line and silhouette, derived from a cut and construction which varies considerably from age to age. Here are patterns taken from actual dresses, many of them rare museum specimens,... (read more)

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Reforming Women's Fashion, 1850-1920: (03 Edition)
Reforming Women's Fashion, 1850-1920: (03 Edition)
by Cunningham Pat
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This first comprehensive study of women's dress reform considers the many advocates for reform and thoroughly examines their motives, their arguments for change, and how they promoted improvements in women's fashion. Drawing on a broad variety of primary... (read more)

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M.R.: The Snippy World of New Yorker Fashion Artist Michael Roberts
M.R.: The Snippy World of New Yorker Fashion Artist Michael Roberts
by Michael Roberts
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Michael Roberts is "the Jean Cocteau of the fashion world" wrote the celebrated New Yorker editor Tina Brown in 1997, welcoming her new fashion editor to the most prestigious magazine in the world. Having already served for many years as a style editor... (read more)

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