History of fashion books

1439 books were found.

The Colour of Fashion: The Story of Clothes in Ten Colors

The Colour of Fashion: The Story of Clothes in Ten Colors...

Author: Caroline Young
ISBN: 9781802790849
Format: Hardback
$34.99

Telling stories drawn from across history, The Colour of Fashion delves into the significance of colour in dress,...  Read More >>

Deco Dandy: Designing Masculinity in 1920s Paris

Deco Dandy: Designing Masculinity in 1920s Paris

Author: John Potvin
ISBN: 9781526164902
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This book productively contests the supposedly exclusive feminine aspect of the style moderne (Art Deco). Through...  Read More >>

Christian Dior

Christian Dior

Author: Silvana Editoriale
ISBN: 9788836650354
Format: Hardback
$115.00

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Little Guides to Style II: A Historical Review of Four Fashion Icons

Little Guides to Style II: A Historical Review of Four...

Author: Emma Baxter-Wright
ISBN: 9781802792126
Format: Hardback
$79.99

The second instalment in the Little Guides to Style series, featuring four stunning fashion books in one box set....  Read More >>

Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear

Fashioning Masculinities: The Art of Menswear

Author: Rosalind McKever ,  Claire Wilcox
ISBN: 9781838510114
Format: Hardback
$79.99

Featuring a staggering range of cultural touchstones from Hercules to Virgil Abloh, Giovanni Battista Moroni to...  Read More >>

Little Book of Balenciaga: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House

Little Book of Balenciaga: The Story of the Iconic Fashion...

Author: Emmanuelle Dirix
ISBN: 9781787398306
Format: Hardback
$24.99

A pocket-sized, illustrated book depicting the work and life of Balenciaga the couturier.  Read More >>

Cinematic Style: Fashion, Architecture and Interior Design on Film

Cinematic Style: Fashion, Architecture and Interior...

Author: Professor Jess Berry (Monash University, Australia)
ISBN: 9781350137622
Format: Paperback
$49.99

From cinema’s silent beginnings, fashion and interior design have been vital to character development and narrative...  Read More >>

Advanced Creative Draping

Advanced Creative Draping

Author: Karolyn Kiisel
ISBN: 9781913947729
Format: Paperback
$89.99

Bestselling author Karolyn Kiisel shows designers and students how to drape fashion-forward, conceptual designs...  Read More >>

Dior: New Looks

Dior: New Looks

Author: Jérôme Gautier
ISBN: 9780500025048
Format: Hardback
$80.00

A timely celebration of one of the world's greatest couture houses, which combines Christian Dior's classics with...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Western Fashion: From Haute Couture to Virtual Couture

A Cultural History of Western Fashion: From Haute Couture...

Author: Professor Bonnie English (Late of Griffith University, Australia) ,  Nazanin Hedayat Munroe (New York City College of Technology, USA)
ISBN: 9781350150898
Format: Paperback
$52.99

Just as the clothes we wear can communicate our personality and how we want to be perceived, so fashion can reflect...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Western Fashion: From Haute Couture to Virtual Couture

A Cultural History of Western Fashion: From Haute Couture...

Author: Professor Bonnie English (Late of Griffith University, Australia) ,  Nazanin Hedayat Munroe (New York City College of Technology, USA)
ISBN: 9781350150881
Format: Hardback
$160.00

Just as the clothes we wear can communicate our personality and how we want to be perceived, so fashion can reflect...  Read More >>

Glossy: The inside story of Vogue

Glossy: The inside story of Vogue

Author: Nina-Sophia Miralles
ISBN: 9781529402773
Format: Paperback
$24.99

The Story of the World's Greatest Fashion Bible, Vogue magazine.  Read More >>

L’Officiel 100: One Hundred People and Ideas from a Century in Fashion

L’Officiel 100: One Hundred People and Ideas from a...

Author: Stefano Tonchi ,  Marco Pecorari
ISBN: 9788829712809
Format: Hardback
$185.00

"A century of innovation from ""the Bible of fashion and of high society,"" featuring magazine covers, illustrations,...  Read More >>

Busks, Basques and Brush-Braid: British dressmaking in the 18th and 19th centuries

Busks, Basques and Brush-Braid: British dressmaking...

Author: Dr Pam Inder (Independent Scholar, UK)
ISBN: 9781350242838
Format: Paperback
$61.99

The dressmaking trade developed rapidly during the 18th and 19th centuries, changing the lives of thousands of British...  Read More >>

Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

Author: Justine Picardie ,  Justine Picardie
ISBN: 9798212070287
Format: Audio
$124.05

"""A biography of Catherine Dior, Christian Dior's younger sister, that illuminates the work of the most iconic...  Read More >>

Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture

Author: Justine Picardie ,  Justine Picardie
ISBN: 9798212070294
Format: Audio
$110.85

"""A biography of Catherine Dior, Christian Dior's younger sister, that illuminates the work of the most iconic...  Read More >>

Danger in the Path of Chic: Violence in Fashion between the Wars

Danger in the Path of Chic: Violence in Fashion between...

Author: Lucy Moyse Ferreira (Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London, UK)
ISBN: 9781350126282
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Exploring violent tropes in British, French and American fashion c. 1919-39, this book asks why they appeared and...  Read More >>

A History of Textiles and Fashion in the Twentieth Century Yoruba World

A History of Textiles and Fashion in the Twentieth Century...

Author: Mutiat Titilope Oladejo
ISBN: 9781527577312
Format: Hardback
$263.87

From the local to the global, Yoruba people cherish textile consumption and fashion in everyday life. Central to...  Read More >>

Judy Blame's Obituary: Writings on Fashion and Death

Judy Blame's Obituary: Writings on Fashion and Death...

Author: Derek McCormack
ISBN: 9781399911269
Format: Paperback
$38.81

Judy Blame's Obituary contains twenty years' worth of reminiscences, reviews of fashion shows and books, interviews...  Read More >>

Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History

Dress Codes: How the Laws of Fashion Made History

Author: Richard 9hompson Ford
ISBN: 9781501180088
Format: Paperback
$44.88

"A ""sharp and entertaining"" (The Wall Street Journal) exploration of fashion through the ages that asks what our...  Read More >>

Woven Threads: Patterned Textiles of the Aegean Bronze Age

Woven Threads: Patterned Textiles of the Aegean Bronze...

Author: Maria C. Shaw ,  Anne P. Chapin
ISBN: 9781789257342
Format: Paperback
$99.00

Investigates evidence for patterned textiles produced by the Minoans and Mycenaeans.  Read More >>

The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles

The Fairchild Books Dictionary of Textiles

Author: Dr. Ajoy K. Sarkar (Fashion Insititue of Technology, USA) ,  Phyllis G. Tortora (Queens College, USA)
ISBN: 9781501366703
Format: Hardback
$350.00

Based on Fairchild's dictionary of textiles / Phyllis G. Tortora, editor; Robert S. Merkel, consulting editor. 7th...  Read More >>

Fashion, Performance, and Performativity: The Complex Spaces of Fashion

Fashion, Performance, and Performativity: The Complex...

Author: Andrea Kollnitz ,  Professor Marco Pecorari
ISBN: 9781350106192
Format: Hardback
$180.00

In the first comprehensive study of the interactions between fashion, performance and performativity, a group of...  Read More >>

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