The Couture Accessory
Accessories are addictive, and the most spectacular ones- those created by the great designers-provide not only enormous pleasure but also offer a per
Inside Out: A Brief History of Underwear
Drawing on the National Trust’s costume collection, Shelly Tobin traces the items that were used to squeeze women into a variety of shapes and st
Style Surfing: What to Wear in the 3rd Millennium
In high fashion a cycle of “New Looks” dictated what we should wear from season to season; similarly in the style wars of the streets you were a zooti
A Stiff Drink & Close Shave The Lost Arts of Manliness
The stuff of men’s lives is sublimely catalogued in this entertaining look at the clever, indispensable and occasionally foolish paraphernalia men rou
Fashion: The Century of the Designer, 1900-1999
Following the evolution of fashion from the beginning of the twentieth century to its culmination, this volume takes in all the diversions, influxes a
The Well-Dressed Child: Children’s Clothing, 1820-1940
This book presents a nostalgic look at baby and children’s wear from the Victorian Era to the first half of the 20th century. It chronicles the change
Haute Couture
This is a survey of the history of haute couture, from the formation of the House of Worth in mid-19th-century Paris to the major designers of the pre