History of fashion books

1444 books were found.

Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth Century

Skirts: Fashioning Modern Femininity in the Twentieth...

Author: Kimberly Chrisman-Campbell
ISBN: 9781250275790
Format: Hardback
$54.99

In a beautifully illustrated social history, Skirts traces the shifting roles of women over the twentieth century...  Read More >>

Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld: The Story of the Iconic Fashion Designer

Little Book of Chanel by Lagerfeld: The Story of the...

Author: Emma Baxter-Wright
ISBN: 9781802790160
Format: Hardback
$24.99

The essential guide to Karl Lagerfeld's tenure at Chanel from his early days in the 1980s, charting his constant...  Read More >>

Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour

Fashioning America: Grit to Glamour

Author: Michelle Tolini Finamore
ISBN: 9781682262177
Format: Hardback
$110.00

From dresses worn by First Ladies to art-inspired garments to iconic moments in fashion that defined a generation,...  Read More >>

Gothic Fashion The History: From Barbarians to Haute Couture

Gothic Fashion The History: From Barbarians to Haute...

Author: Godman
ISBN: 9781914414411
Format: Hardback
$76.99

From the ancient barbarians responsible for the fall of Rome, to the black-lipped teenager updating their Instagram...  Read More >>

Diana: A Life in Dresses: From Debutante to Style Icon

Diana: A Life in Dresses: From Debutante to Style Icon...

Author: Claudia Joseph
ISBN: 9781788841832
Format: Hardback
$90.00

This beautiful survey of Princess Diana’s fashion and the evolution of her style collects Diana's most famous (and...  Read More >>

Méliès Boots: Footwear and Film Manufacturing in Second Industrial Revolution Paris

Méliès Boots: Footwear and Film Manufacturing in Second...

Author: Matthew Solomon
ISBN: 9780472055586
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Before he became the father of cinematic special effects, George Melies (1861-1938) was a maker of deluxe French...  Read More >>

Cotton in Context: Manufacturing, Marketing, and Consuming Textiles in the German-speaking World (1500 -- 1900)

Cotton in Context: Manufacturing, Marketing, and Consuming...

Author: Kim Siebenhuner
ISBN: 9783412515102
Format: Hardback
$300.96

While cotton was a world-changing good in the early modern period, for producers, merchants, and consumers, it was...  Read More >>

Textiles of Medieval Iberia: Cloth and Clothing in a Multi-Cultural Context

Textiles of Medieval Iberia: Cloth and Clothing in a...

Author: Professor Gale R. Owen-Crocker ,  Dr María Barrigón
ISBN: 9781783277018
Format: Hardback
$232.88

An examination of the fabrics, garments and cloth of the Iberian...  Read More >>

Dressing and Undressing Duchamp

Dressing and Undressing Duchamp

Author: Ingrid E. Mida (Independent Art and Dress Historian, Artist and Curator, Canada)
ISBN: 9781350236110
Format: Hardback
$150.00

Fashion is a subject that has long been marginalized in art history and in museums. And yet, one of the most well-known...  Read More >>

Déjà vu Style: Fashion trends that made a comeback

Déjà vu Style: Fashion trends that made a comeback

Author: Agata & Pierre Toromanoff
ISBN: 9783961714216
Format: Hardback
$85.00

The first book dedicated to the phenomenon of recurring fashion trends and includes valuable insights from interviews...  Read More >>

80s Sound and Vision

80s Sound and Vision

Author: Ms. Sheila Rock ,  Nilgin Yusuf
ISBN: 9780711278776
Format: Hardback
$69.99

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Miss Dior: A Wartime Story of Courage and Couture

Miss Dior: A Wartime Story of Courage and Couture

Author: Justine Picardie
ISBN: 9780571356539
Format: Paperback
$49.99

Miss Dior is a story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal, roses and repression, and how the polished surface...  Read More >>

What Shall I Wear?: The What, Where, When, and How Much of Fashion, New Edition with a Foreword by Tory Burch

What Shall I Wear?: The What, Where, When, and How Much...

Author: Claire McCardell ,  Tory Burch
ISBN: 9781419763830
Format: Hardback
$35.00

"""First published in 1956, What Shall I Wear? is revolutionary fashion designer Claire McCardell's collection of...  Read More >>

Sneakers: Over 300 classics from rare vintage to the latest kicks

Sneakers: Over 300 classics from rare vintage to the...

Author: Neal Heard
ISBN: 9781802790993
Format: Hardback
$55.00

This comprehensive, illustrated edition of Sneakers spans over 300 shoes, exploring the stories behind some of the...  Read More >>

The Crown in Vogue

The Crown in Vogue

Author: Robin Muir ,  Josephine Ross
ISBN: 9781667200484
Format: Hardback
$79.17

"Vogue's ""special royal salute"" to Queen Elizabeth II and the House of Windsor. ""Vogue, like the royal family,...  Read More >>

FashionQuake: The Most Disruptive Moments in Fashion

FashionQuake: The Most Disruptive Moments in Fashion...

Author: Caroline Young
ISBN: 9780711267442
Format: Paperback
$27.99

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Threads: Clothes and the Irishman – A Woven History

Threads: Clothes and the Irishman – A Woven History...

Author: Paul Galvin
ISBN: 9780717192823
Format: Hardback
$56.90

A fascinating history of Irishmen woven through the clothes they wear. Taking the clothes they wore as a starting...  Read More >>

Consumed: The need for collective change; colonialism, climate change & consumerism

Consumed: The need for collective change; colonialism,...

Author: Aja Barber
ISBN: 9781914240096
Format: Paperback
$24.99

Every item you buy remains on this planet in some form.  Read More >>

The Little Book of London Style: The fashion story of the iconic city

The Little Book of London Style: The fashion story of...

Author: Karen Homer
ISBN: 9781802792744
Format: Hardback
$29.99

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The Little Book of Paris Style: The fashion story of the iconic city

The Little Book of Paris Style: The fashion story of...

Author: Aloïs Guinut
ISBN: 9781802792614
Format: Hardback
$29.99

Following the evolution of a uniquely elegant capital - describing both the moments of ingenuity and enduring looks...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Hair in the Middle Ages

A Cultural History of Hair in the Middle Ages

Author: Professor Roberta Milliken (Shawnee State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350285484
Format: Paperback
$54.99

“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.” Times Literary Supplement The Middle Ages were...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Enlightenment

A Cultural History of Hair in the Age of Enlightenment...

Author: Margaret K. Powell (Yale University, USA) ,  Joseph Roach (Yale University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350285606
Format: Paperback
$54.99

“A thick, tangled and deliciously idiosyncratic history of hair.” Times Literary Supplement The Enlightenment (1650-1800)...  Read More >>

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