Fashion

Author: Barter, AlexanderPrice: $29.90Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2023-10-03T00:00:01ZPages:335Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:3791380117ISBN:13:9783791380117Now repackaged in an attractive and great value-for-money format, this overview of twentieth-century horology combines stunning pictures of the most covetable time-pieces with the unparalleled expertise of a world-renowned vintage watch dealer. This impeccably researched and lavishly illustrated book traces the evolution of the watch across the twentieth century. It…

Author: Ricci, StefaniaPrice: $79.53Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2024-09-24T00:00:01ZPages:512Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:889282547XISBN:13:A thorough exploration of Salvatore Ferragamo’s life and work: an inescapable opportunity to analyze the importance of his creativity and entrepreneurial instinct. One hundred years have passed since Salvatore Ferragamo opened his first store, the Hollywood Boot Shop, opposite the recently built Grauman’s Egyptian Theater in Hollywood. This set the…

Author: Vreeland, AlexanderPrice: $41.39Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2015-10-20T00:00:01ZPages:304Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0847846083ISBN:13:9780847846085The first Vreeland book to focus on her three decades at Harper’s Bazaar, where the legendary editor honed her singular take on fashion. In 1936, Harper’s Bazaar editor in chief Carmel Snow made a decision that changed fashion forever when she invited a stylish London transplant named Diana Vreeland to…

Author: Lhuillier, MoniquePrice: $67.88Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2021-09-28T00:00:01ZPages:304Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0847870944ISBN:13:9780847870943This ultra-stylish debut book celebrates the eternally feminine, whimsical, and divinely chic red-carpet dresses and bridal gowns created by one of fashion’s foremost designers. Internationally acclaimed fashion designer Monique Lhuillier started by designing exquisite bridal wear in 1996 in Los Angeles. With collections that are sophisticated and feminine and appeal…

Author: Nitanai, KeikoPrice: $18.29Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2017-05-16T00:00:01ZPages:304Binding:PaperbackISBN:10:4805314281ISBN:13:9784805314289Kimono Design: An Introduction to Textiles and Patterns uses hundreds of photographs and a wealth of information on colors, fabrics and embellishments to paint a portrait of Japanese culture, art and thought. Lavish classical patterns, sweeping scenes, and the many motifs that have been woven, dyed, painted or embroidered into…

Author: Müller, FlorencePrice: $29.87Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2015-09-15T00:00:01ZPages:152Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0847846644ISBN:13:9780847846641The Dior Bar suit is one of the most influential designs in the history of fashion. On February 12, 1947, Christian Dior presented this voluminous skirt combined with a jacket featuring a tiny waist, a pronounced bust, and enhanced hips in his first collection in the salons of 30 Avenue…

Author: Kuhns, ElizabethPrice: $15.99Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2005-04-19T00:00:01ZPages:256Binding:PaperbackISBN:10:0385505892ISBN:13:9780385505895Curiosity about nuns and their distinctive clothing is almost as old as Catholicism itself. The habit intrigues the religious and the nonreligious alike, from medieval maidens to contemporary schoolboys, to feminists and other social critics. The first book to explore the symbolism of this attire, The Habit presents a visual…

Author: Daichendt, G. JamesPrice: $27.84Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2024-03-29T00:00:01ZPages:248Binding:PaperbackISBN:10:1789388082ISBN:13:9781789388084No summary available.

Author: Müller, FlorencePrice: $35.82Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2014-06-03T00:00:01ZPages:152Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0847843084ISBN:13:9780847843084Reaching beyond the intimate setting of the fashion show, the photographer paints a portrait of haute couture that takes the couturier’s intention to enchant the public and elevates it to the level of the sublime. The great names in photography, the mythical photos that have constructed Dior’s image, and the…

Author: Seves, Richard PérezPrice: $12.89Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2019-07-10T00:00:01ZPages:203Binding:PaperbackISBN:10:1077679688ISBN:13:9781077679689Charles Guyette, the “G-string King,” referenced in the film of Wonder Woman’s creator, Professor Marston and the Wonder Women, and costumer to Bettie Page, was the first person to produce and distribute fetish art in America. In 1935, he was arrested and sent to federal prison. But what should’ve…

Author: Olian, JoAnnePrice: $18.95Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:1992-01-31T00:00:01ZPages:128Binding:PaperbackISBN:10:0486269183ISBN:13:9780486269184What American men, women, and children wore in the 1940s, shown in 122 fully illustrated and captioned pages selected from rare copies of Sears catalogs. Reproduced in large format on high-quality glossy stock.

Author: Garcia, NinaPrice: $15.99Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2007-09-04T00:00:01ZPages:160Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0061234907ISBN:13:9780061234903Every time you dress, you assert your identity. With style, you tell the world your story. In that way, style affords you opportunities to think about your appearance as a quality of your creative character. The Little Black Book of Style helps you to explore your own fashion voice—the piece…

Author: Fussell, PaulPrice: $11.69Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2003-11-10T00:00:01ZPages:204Binding:PaperbackISBN:10:0618381880ISBN:13:9780618381883Presents a series of anecdotes that tell the history and meaning of American uniforms, identifying their cultural significance in terms of how uniforms unite and divide people as well as how they vary throughout the world.

Author: Lake, StephaniePrice: $54.52Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2016-04-12T00:00:01ZPages:290Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0847848051ISBN:13:9780847848058An exhilarating look at the quintessential American modernist, acclaimed for her “Auntie Mame” lifestyle, her iconoclastic approach to fashion, and her visionary designs for the modern American woman. A talented artist who happened to become a fashion designer, Bonnie Cashin was brilliant, free-spirited, and unconventional in all she did. Revered…

Author: Slinkard, PetraPrice: $42.30Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2020-04-23T00:00:01ZPages:160Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0847868222ISBN:13:9780847868223Celebrated and hidden figures from First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln’s seamstress to Elsa Schiaparelli and Chromat revealed through their stories and most compelling works. Diane Von Furstenberg, Vivienne Westwood, Sarah Burton, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Donna Karan, and Iris van Herpen are among the great women designers to emerge in…

Author: Graves, Laia FarranPrice: $15.76Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2024-05-02T00:00:01ZPages:160Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:1838612319ISBN:13:9781838612313No summary available.

Author: Dimitri, PrincePrice: $68.20Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2020-09-08T00:00:01ZPages:288Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0847866912ISBN:13:9780847866915A remarkable history of jewelry told through the beguiling stories of the royal families of Italy, Greece, Belgium, Russia, and Yugoslavia. Renowned jewelry designer Prince Dimitri of Yugoslavia recounts the enthralling exploits of his beloved family members and describes their extraordinary jewelry collections. Among the many royals whose stories are…

Author: Hess, MeganPrice: $24.04Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2024-03-12T00:00:01ZPages:208Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:1743799608ISBN:13:9781743799604Let one of the world’s most successful fashion illustrators guide you through one of the world’s greatest fashion cities. From Chanel to Dior, Bloomingdales to Bergdorf Goodman, Megan Hess has drawn for some of the most prestigious fashion brands around and experienced the incredible style the city of New York…

Author: Quinete, ZiggyPrice: $24.85Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2024-01-30T00:00:01ZPages:198Binding:PaperbackISBN:10:6598234794ISBN:13:9786598234799This is a reference book about the history and meaning of Japanese Tattoo Art, Irezumi.

Author: Hill, ColleenPrice: $50.00Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2021-03-23T00:00:01ZPages:184Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0847869776ISBN:13:9780847869770Nineties fashion–from grunge, to Clueless’s Alaïa, to Margiela’s new couture–is an essential reference point for contemporary style. This book, created in tandem with an exhibition at The Museum at FIT, documents the changing culture, attitudes, and creatives that ushered in our visual age. Minimalism. Deconstruction. The rejuvenation of established houses….

Author: Footer, MaureenPrice: $54.22Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2018-09-25T00:00:01ZPages:272Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0865653534ISBN:13:9780865653535Dior and His Decorators is the first work on the two interior designers most closely associated with Christian Dior. Like the unabashedly luxurious fashions of Dior’s New Look, which debuted in 1947, the interior designs of Victor Grandpierre and Georges Geffroy infused a war-weary world with a sumptuous new aesthetic–a…

Author: Hulanicki, BarbaraPrice: $42.59Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2014-09-23T00:00:01ZPages:240Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:1851777997ISBN:13:9781851777990Founded as a boutique mail-order service in 1963, Biba–the brainchild of designer Barbara Hulanicki–quickly gained cult status, and outgrew several London premises before landing at 99-117 Kensington High Street in 1973 as “Big Biba, the most beautiful store in the world.” This book tells the story of the Biba years,…

Author: Smith, Trent AitkenPrice: $20.14Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2017-07-03T00:00:01ZPages:256Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:1784721778ISBN:13:9781784721770Discover the true meanings behind over 200 popular tattoos with this comprehensive book, illustrated with over 100 tattoo designs. From sailors’ swallows and Mexican skulls to prisoners’ barbed wire and intricate Maori patterns, tattoos have been used as a means of communication by cultures all over the world for…

Author: Spivack, EmilyPrice: $24.99Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2017-10-10T00:00:01ZPages:224Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:1419727079ISBN:13:9781419727078Introduction — Adam Horovitz — Alicia Van Couvering — Amy Heckerling — Andre Royo — Andrew Lampert — Anna Sui — Ariel Churnin — Aubrey Plaza — Aya Kanai — Barbara Hanson Treen — Beauregard Houston-Montgomery — Ben Bostic — Benjamin Liu — Betty Halbreich — Billy Gonzalez — Brenda…

Author: Harwood, BuiePrice: $189.01Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2011-03-08T00:00:01ZPages:883Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0135093570ISBN:13:9780135093573The book is most appropriate for an integrated design history course, typically titled History of Architecture, Interior Design, Furnishings, and Decorative Arts. Architecture and Interior Design: An Integrated History to the Present provides a survey of architecture, interiors, furniture, and decorative arts from the past to the present. It is…

Author: Givhan, RobinPrice: $33.66Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2015-03-17T00:00:01ZPages:320Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:1250052904ISBN:13:9781250052902“Conceived as a fundraiser for the restoration of King Louis XIV’s palace, the world’s elite gathered in Versailles’ grand theater to view a fashion extravaganza of the best that French and American designers had to offer … What they saw would forever alter the history of fashion. At the Battle…

Author: TargetPrice: $14.98Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2019-09-03T00:00:01ZPages:352Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:0847867366ISBN:13:9780847867363Target sparked the democratization of design two decades ago, as the first retailer to forge partnerships with well-known and emerging designers to offer high style without the high price tag. This idea altered the fashion and style landscape forever–and became a retail game changer. Now readers can discover the inside story…

Author: Schuman, ScottPrice: $34.29Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2009-08-12T00:00:01ZPages:512Binding:PaperbackISBN:10:0143116371ISBN:13:9780143116370Images originally appeared on Schuman’s blog, thesartorialist.com.

Author: Breguet, EmmanuelPrice: $29.29Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2015-10-25T00:00:01ZPages:176Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:3791354671ISBN:13:9783791354675This dazzling exploration of the work of renowned horologist Breguet is also a fascinating look at what makes watches and other timepieces tick. Abraham-Louis Breguet invented many of the standard components of today’s most prestigious watches, earning the title “The Father of Modern Horology.” The self-winding watch, the gong spring,…

Author: Nicole CarusoPrice: $13.51Buy NowCategory:FashionPublication Date:2021-05-25T00:00:01ZPages:208Binding:HardcoverISBN:10:1644133415ISBN:13:9781644133415“Explains how personal style can be used to express one’s femininity, dignity, and faith”–