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 | Bound & Determined: A Visual History of Corsets, 1850--1960
by Kristina Seleshanko
This revealing history of corsetry ranges from the 19th through the mid-20th centuries to show how simple laced bodices developed into corsets of cane, whalebone, and steel. Lavish illustrations include line drawings and photographs.
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 | British Costume from Earliest Times to 1820
by Mrs. Charles H. Ashdown
Hard-to-find classic provides detailed, authentic coverage of British clothing (civil, royal, and ecclesiastic) from early Saxon era (ca. A.D. 460) to reign of King George III (1820).
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 | Celtic Fashions
by Tom Tierney
Forty-five ready-to-color illustrations document over 4,000 years of Celtic costume history — from cloaks of European Celts circa 2000 BC to the elaborately embroidered costume of a 20th-century Irish step dancer. Captions.
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 | Chanel Fashion Review Paper Dolls
by Tom Tierney
This collection features 3 dolls and 28 authentic costumes, including the essential little black dress, Chanel suits, and other chic, classic styles by the legendary designer who sparked a fashion revolution.
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 | Chinese Fashions
by Ming-Ju Sun
Over 1,000 years of Chinese fashions worn by dynasty officials, scholars, musicians, street vendors, household help, and other figures — from Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) to late Republic. 43 full-page black-and-white illustrations.
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 | Civil War Fashions Coloring Book
by Tom Tierney
For colorists of all ages — 45 striking illustrations of officers in handsome military outfits, ladies in elegant daytime and evening dresses and children in apparel mirroring adult fashions. Captions.
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 | Civil War Uniforms Coloring Book
by Peter F. Copeland
Accurate representations of period apparel depict 21 Confederate uniforms, 24 Union uniforms, different ranks, states, units; historical figures include Grant, Lee, Farragut, and others — shown in color on covers. Descriptive captions.
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 | Classic French Fashions of the Twenties
by Atelier Bachwitz
This fine reproduction of a 1929 catalog features fashions for all occasions, with 54 color plates showcasing everything from chiffon promenade dresses to a white alpaca jumper and a silk-and-lace evening gown.
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 | Colonial and Early American Fashions
by Tom Tierney
Forty-five accurate depictions of 17th-century Puritans, an indentured servant, an English officer and his lady, pirates, a colonial merchant’s family of the mid-1700s, more. Descriptive captions.
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 | The Corset and the Crinoline: An Illustrated History
by W. B. Lord
Profusely illustrated fashion history examines how the use of wood, whalebone, steel, hoops, and tight laces had a gripping influence on shaping the figures of women from ancient Greece to 19th-century Vienna.
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 | Costume Through the Ages: Over 1400 Illustrations
by Erhard Klepper
Detailed drawings in continuous chronological format provide a history of costume design from the first century AD to 1930. More than 1,400 illustrations, from Roman noble to Jazz Age schoolboy.
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 | Costume in Greek Classic Drama
by Iris Brooke
This work describes how performers were dressed in plays by Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides, and explains how the actors' performances influenced the cut of their costumes. 53 black-and-white illustrations.
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 | Costumes of the Greeks and Romans
by Thomas Hope
Carefully copied from ancient vases and statuary, these early-19th-century classic line renderings combine unusual clarity of style with unquestioned authenticity. Over 700 illustrations depict all classes and occupations.
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 | A Dictionary of Costume and Fashion: Historic and Modern
by Mary Brooks Picken
Compendium defines over 10,000 words associated with wearing apparel and fashion. From bateau necklines to trilbys and vamps, words are grouped alphabetically according to dress parts, fabrics, and other style categories. Over 750 illustrations.
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 | A Dictionary of Lace
by Pat Earnshaw
Handy reference of more than 400 lace-related terms (Florentine knots, lappets, spangles, reticella, honiton, Tuscan filet, and more) plus discussions of the origin, nomenclature, dating, and development of more controversial lace forms. Over 250 illustrations.
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 | Elegant Debutante Gowns of the 1800s Paper Dolls
by Tom Tierney
Two debutantes are poised for their introduction to society. Dress them in 16 opulent gowns — complete with crinolines, corsets, bustles, and other period accessories — for their "coming out" parties.
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