Author : Henny Harald Hansen
Publisher : Dutton Adult
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 30,72 MB
Release : 1972
Category : Design
ISBN :
A pictorial and textual chronology of the evolution of fashion from ancient Egypt to the present day.
Author : DK
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 482 pages
File Size : 29,2 MB
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 1465407804
Tracing the evolution of fashion-from the early draped fabrics of ancient times to the catwalk couture of today, Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style is a stunningly illustrated guide to more than three thousand years of shifting trends and innovative developments in the world of clothing. With a wealth of breathtaking spreads-from ancient Egyptian dress to Space Age Fashion and Grunge-and information on icons like Marie Antoinette, Clara Bow, Jacqueline Kennedy, and Alexander McQueen, Fashion will captivate anyone interested in style-whether it's the fashion-mad teen in Tokyo, the wannabe designer in college, or the fashionista intrigued by the violent origins of the stiletto and the birth of bling.
Author : Katherine Strand Holkeboer
Publisher : Costume & Fashion Press
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 10,75 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Art
ISBN :
An amazing resource book filled with detailed costume patterns to trace, cut out and assemble. The patterns illustrated range from Ancient Egypt to 1915 and include trims and accessories. The basic pattern shapes allow the designer's creativity free range. Gowns tunics, headdresses, jackets, robes breeches - the patterns will produce an accurate silhouette for each time period, leaving the costumer free to explore variations of cut and surface embellishment within an historic framework. Holkeboar also gives step-by-step instructions for making corsets and hoop petticoats, hats, crowns, and even masks and wigs. The patterns are multiple-sized and easy to adapt and elaborate upon so they may be used opver and over again to create a completely different look each time beause you add the all-important details. The basics are here - just add inspiration!
Author : Stella Blum
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 105 pages
File Size : 49,51 MB
Release : 1985-07-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0486248410
Over 400 striking fashion designs from rare issues of Godey's Lady's Book (1837-1869) ? the most influential women's magazine of the period. Introduction and captions. 435 designs, 42 in full color.
Author : Trisha Biggar
Publisher : Insight Editions
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 46,67 MB
Release : 2005-10
Category : Design
ISBN :
In this exquisite volume, the intricate and beautiful fashions that have appeared in all six "Star Wars(" films are on display--from military gear to royal gowns and the iconic garbs of Obi-Wan Kenobi and Darth Vader.
Author : Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 38,59 MB
Release : 2010
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
ISBN : 1588393623
Published in conjunction with an exhibition on view at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 5-Aug. 15, 2010, and at the Brooklyn Museum, May 7-Aug. 1, 2010.
Author : Mary Fernald
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 15,83 MB
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 0486449068
Practical, informative guidebook shows how to create everything from short tunics worn by Saxon men in the fifth century to a lady's bustle dress of the late 1800s. 81 illustrations.
Author : Erhard Klepper
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 24,68 MB
Release : 2012-10-25
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 048613685X
Detailed drawings in continuous chronological format provide a history of costume design from the first century A.D. to 1930. More than 1,400 illustrations, from Roman noble to Jazz Age schoolboy.
Author : Talbot Hughes
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 434 pages
File Size : 21,27 MB
Release : 2012-09-06
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0486136353
This well-researched guide traces the evolution of English fashion for men and women through hundreds of illustrations. More than a history of style, it's a dressmaker's delight, filled with scaled-down patterns for 67 authentic costumes.
Author : Mary Evans
Publisher : Courier Corporation
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 20,45 MB
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0486475964
"This Dover edition, first published in 2010, is an unabridged republication of How to Make Historic American Costumes, originally published by A. S. Barnes and Company, New York, in 1942."
