History of fashion books

1436 books were found.

A Treatise On Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries; Volume 1

A Treatise On Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English...

Author: John Woodward
ISBN: 9781020263576
Format: Hardback
$110.75

"Heraldry is a fascinating art that has captured imaginations for centuries. This comprehensive treatise offers...  Read More >>

Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made America's Favorite Doll and the Incredible Woman Behind Them

Dressing Barbie: A Celebration of the Clothes That Made...

Author: Carol Spencer
ISBN: 9780063310919
Format: Paperback
$60.00

"""Published in commemoration of Barbie's sixtieth anniversary""--Jacket"  Read More >>

Make It Yours with Mimi G: A Sewist’s Guide to a Custom Wardrobe

Make It Yours with Mimi G: A Sewist’s Guide to a Custom...

Author: Mimi G. Ford
ISBN: 9781419759482
Format: Hardback
$50.00

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Little Book of Alexander McQueen: The story of the iconic brand

Little Book of Alexander McQueen: The story of the iconic...

Author: Karen Homer
ISBN: 9781847961006
Format: Hardback
$24.99

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Textile in Architecture: From the Middle Ages to Modernism

Textile in Architecture: From the Middle Ages to Modernism...

Author: Didem Ekici ,  Patricia Blessing
ISBN: 9781032250441
Format: Hardback
$284.00

This book investigates the interconnections between textile and architecture via a variety of case studies from...  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) ,  Rebecca Arnold
ISBN: 9781350275508
Format: Paperback
$59.99

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

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

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

Author: Andrea Kollnitz (Stockholm University, Sweden) ,  Professor Marco Pecorari (Parsons Paris, France)
ISBN: 9781350275386
Format: Paperback
$59.99

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

The Dress Diary Lib/E: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's Wardrobe

The Dress Diary Lib/E: Secrets from a Victorian Woman's...

Author: Kate Strasdin ,  Karen Cass
ISBN: 9798212952279
Format: Audio
$176.85

In 1838, a young woman was given a diary on her wedding day. Collecting snippets of fabric from a range of garments--some...  Read More >>

A Square Mile Year: An engaging insight into the City of London's traditions and modern relevance

A Square Mile Year: An engaging insight into the City...

Author: Peter Waine
ISBN: 9781915406507
Format: Paperback
$36.20

A lively, amusing, insightful and possibly unique account of what it is like to be a Master of an ancient livery...  Read More >>

Burberry

Burberry

Author:
ISBN: 9781649801609
Format: Hardback
$420.00

More than 165 years of innovation, adventure and a unique expression of Britishness come to life in Burberry, a...  Read More >>

Color, Science, and Fashion: Splendid Hues in the 19th Century

Color, Science, and Fashion: Splendid Hues in the 19th...

Author: Charlotte Nicklas
ISBN: 9781350055537
Format: Hardback
$219.94

In the 19th century, chemists introduced hundreds of new textile dyes that dramatically changed the palette of women’s...  Read More >>

Titanic Style: Dress and Fashion on the Voyage

Titanic Style: Dress and Fashion on the Voyage

Author: Grace Evans
ISBN: 9781510773721
Format: Paperback
$34.99

One Hundred Years after the Sinking of the Titanic, the Sophistication of her Passengers Lives On.  Read More >>

Labels of Empire: Textile Trademarks: Windows into India in the Time of the Raj

Labels of Empire: Textile Trademarks: Windows into India...

Author: Susan Meller
ISBN: 9781954081253
Format: Hardback
$270.00

Labels of Empire begins with the late 19th-century heyday of British textile manufacturing and closes with Indian...  Read More >>

The Royal Wardrobe: peek into the wardrobes of history's most fashionable royals

The Royal Wardrobe: peek into the wardrobes of history's...

Author: Rosie Harte
ISBN: 9781035404285
Format: Paperback
$34.99

A very fashionable history of the Royal family, from the Tudor age that saw Henry VIII's wives dressing to survive...  Read More >>

The Royal Wardrobe: peek into the wardrobes of history's most fashionable royals

The Royal Wardrobe: peek into the wardrobes of history's...

Author: Rosie Harte
ISBN: 9781472297464
Format: Hardback
$55.00

A very fashionable history of the Royal family, from the Tudor age that saw Henry VIII's wives dressing to survive...  Read More >>

The Story of the Hermès Scarf

The Story of the Hermès Scarf

Author: Laia Farran Graves
ISBN: 9781838611460
Format: Hardback
$32.99

The concise history of the Hermes scarf, but also detailed practical information on collecting and buying.  Read More >>

The Story of the Pearl

The Story of the Pearl

Author: Caroline Young
ISBN: 9781838611422
Format: Hardback
$32.99

This is the 4,000-year-old history of the pearl, but also includes detailed practical information on collecting,...  Read More >>

Chaumet Drawing from Nature

Chaumet Drawing from Nature

Author: Gaëlle Rio ,  Marc Jeanson
ISBN: 9780500023815
Format: Hardback
$168.19

A stunning celebration of the ravishing nature-themed drawings created by Parisian high jewelry house Chaumet from...  Read More >>

True Originals Quartet (New Edition)

True Originals Quartet (New Edition)

Author: Marlon Knispel
ISBN: 9783949070389
Format: Hardback
$33.43

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The Future of Clothing: Will We Wear Suits on Mars?

The Future of Clothing: Will We Wear Suits on Mars?...

Author: Simone Achermann (W.I.R.E., Zurich, Switzerland) ,  Stephan Sigrist (W.I.R.E., Zurich, Switzerland)
ISBN: 9781350138599
Format: Hardback
$40.00

"""Introduces the driving forces behind rapid changes in the fashion industry, including automation, sustainability,...  Read More >>

Jews in Suits: Men's Dress in Vienna, 1890-1938

Jews in Suits: Men's Dress in Vienna, 1890-1938

Author: Jonathan C. Kaplan-Wajselbaum
ISBN: 9781350244207
Format: Hardback
$170.00

Surviving photographs of Jewish Viennese men during the fin-de-siècle and interwar periods – both the renowned cultural...  Read More >>

The Art of Ruth E. Carter

The Art of Ruth E. Carter

Author: Ruth E. Carter ,  Danai Gurira
ISBN: 9781797203065
Format: Hardback
$99.00

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The Little Book of The Little Black Dress: 100 Years of a Fashion Icon

The Little Book of The Little Black Dress: 100 Years...

Author: Orange Hippo!
ISBN: 9781800694071
Format: Hardback
$17.99

Tracing the fascinating evolution of the LBD, this little book is a celebration of one of fashion's most iconic...  Read More >>

The Offbeat Sari: Indian Fashion Unravelled

The Offbeat Sari: Indian Fashion Unravelled

Author: Priya Khanchandani
ISBN: 9781872005645
Format: Paperback
$64.56

Today, the sari manifests as a site for design innovation, an expression of identity and a crafted object carrying...  Read More >>

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