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Best of British The Stories Behind Britain's Iconic Brands

Friedrichs Horst A.

ISBN: HB: 9783791349466, Prestel Publishing, September 2015
196 pp., 28x24 cm, 250 colour illus.

Featuring hundreds of photographs, this lavishly illustrated guide to some of the most distinguished British brands takes a fascinating, behind-the-scenes look at their enduring success. Classic style and British manufacturing are both experiencing...

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Dressing Up Fashion Week NYC

Friedlander Lee, Ryan Kathy

ISBN: HB: 9780300179859, Yale University Press, May 2015
84 pp., 33x28 cm, 59 duotone illus.

Lee Friedlander (b. 1934) is one of the most renowned photographers of his generation. Through Friedlander's lens, people in their everyday environments are transformed into arresting portraits, and the banal features of roadsides, storefronts, and c...

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High Style Masterworks from the Brooklyn Museum Costume Collection at the Metropolitan Museum of Art

Reeder Jan

ISBN: PB: 9780300212310, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2015
256 pp., 28x25.4 cm, 355 colour illus.

"High Style is filled with fashion inspiration and information...Nearly every page...includes a captivating photo of one of the collection's lavish garments or accessories" – Threads Published for the first time in paperback, this lavishly illustrate...

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Fashion Victims Dress at the Court of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette

Chrisman-Campbell Kimberly

ISBN: HB: 9780300154382, Yale University Press, March 2015
256 pp., 28x23 cm, 40 colour images, 160 black&white illus.

This engrossing book chronicles one of the most exciting, controversial, and over-the-top periods in the history of fashion: the extravagant reign of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette in 18th-century France. Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell offers a carefully...

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Shaping the Body An Intimate History of the Mechanics of Underwear

Bruna Denis

ISBN: PB: 9780300204278, Yale University Press, February 2015
272 pp., 27.9x22.2 cm, 207 colour and black&white illus.

This unique, erudite and entertaining book offers fascinating insights into the tortuous transformations employed by both men and women to sculpt their figures and accommodate the ever-shifting dictates of fashion. With high design, wit and style, "S...

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Helena Rubinstein Beauty is Power

Klein Mason

ISBN: HB: 9780300195569, Yale University Press, November 2014
192 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 200 colour illus.

Helena Rubinstein (1870-1965) broke free from the constraints of her 19th-century, small-town Polish Jewish background to become a cosmetics industry giant and household name. She produced and marketed the means for ordinary women to transform themse...

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Exposed A History of Lingerie

Hill Colleen, Steele Valerie

ISBN: HB: 9780300208863, Yale University Press, November 2014
172 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 80 colour illus.

Lingerie is a subject of enduring fascination. As the final barrier to the fully nude body, it is simultaneously modest and erotic. This compelling and eye-catching publication surveys lingerie from the mid-18th century to the present, covering a bro...

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Dance and Fashion

Steele Valerie, Davis Mary, Hill Colleen, Marra Melissa, McClendon Emma, Mears Patricia, Monden Masafumi, Rasche Adelaide, Way Elizabeth, Winestein Anna

ISBN: HB: 9780300208856, Yale University Press, October 2014
224 pp., 25.4x19.1 cm, 150 colour illus.

Dress and adornment have long played an important role in the visual allure of dance, and fashion designers have often been inspired by the way dancers look. The tutus and pointe shoes of the Romantic ballerina, for example, have influenced designers...

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Fabrics in Fashion Design The Way Successful Fashion Designers Use Fabrics

Sposito Stefania

ISBN: PB: 9788415967057, Hoaki, September 2014
336 pp., 22.8x22.8 cm, richly illustrated

Fabrics are the base for the world of fashion: they determine the way designers conceive their pieces and their creativity. This title is the ultimate reference guide to all the major types of fabric in use today. This book is a bridge uniting materi...

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Killer Heels The Art of the High-Heeled Shoe

Small Lisa

ISBN: HB: 9783791353807, Prestel Publishing, September 2014
224 pp., 30.5x24 cm, 223 colour illus.

This gorgeous book explores the fashion world's most coveted and iconic object – the high-heeled shoe. "Killer Heels" explores the rich cultural history of the high heel and its relation to power, fantasy, sexuality, and identity. More than 160 spec...

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