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First-rate book on a specialized Victorian topic - the bride!
The Victorians paid a lot of especial attention to wedding costumery, as Joanne Olian shows in her slim volume displaying the evolution of bridal and bridal-party fashion from 1860 to 1912 as seen in the fashion plates of the famous magazine "La Mode Illustree".The illustrations, all in B&W, are full-page and always accompanied by at least one paragraph of descriptive text taken from the original source material.This book should be owned in conjunction with Olian's other volume, "Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from La Mode Illustree", for a really comprehensive look at the topic of Victorian fashion. Also, anyone who is considering organizing a Victorian-themed wedding will definitely want to peruse this book for ideas!

What the well dressed Victorian bride was wearing
Dover has a whole series of books devoted to reproductions of vintage fashions."Wedding Fashions, 1860-1912: 380 Costume Designs from 'La Mode Illustree'" has not only reproductions of illustrations but also detailed descriptive captions.These are not just bridal gowns done in satin, taffeta, and lace, but also creations for bridal attendants, sisters of the bride, and so forth (the idea that the sister of the bride has to have a special dress was an interesting insight into Victorian society).These authentic Victorian fashions will be of interest to costume designers, cultural historians, and fashion enthusiasts.Companion volumes provide full-color fashion plates, contemporary photographs, and authentic fashion patterns.

excellent victorian costume source
delightful book with lots of pictures of victorian style wedding attire. useful for "dedicated to detail costumers' and for modern brides who want the victorian look for their weddings as well. plenty of detailpictures of shoes, corsets undergarments,headdresses etc. i woulddefinitely recommend this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. Antiques & Collectibles    4. Antiques / Collectibles    5. Antiques/Collectibles    6. Commercial - Fashion Design    7. France    8. History    9. Textiles & Costume    10. Wedding costume    11. Weddings    12. Art / Clip Art    13. Fashion design   

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Good for the casual costume designer
Although the pictures do not go into great detail, this book has a wealth of information for the costume designer. For kid's halloween costumes, school-play costumes, and general information on style and period, this book can be invaluable. Included are full colour and black and white sketches, as well as reproductions of statues and paintings. It is an excellent book for the casual costume designer, though a serious historical re-enactor would need something that provides greater detail.

General
Gives a basic and brief coverage of both male and female costume from different periods and cultures. mixture of both colour and black and white sketches. no great detail but good enough to present a general idea. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Beauty & Grooming - General    5. Clothing and dress    6. History    7. Pictorial works    8. Textiles & Costume    9. Antiques & Collectibles / Textiles & Costume    10. Costume   

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Graced by Lace
This book is the most beautiful and informative book I have ever seen on the subject on antique lace.I am a second generation antique textile collector, and this book is truly the best I have ever seen on antique linens and lace.Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Catalogs    4. Collectors and collecting    5. Crafts / Hobbies    6. Lace and lace making    7. Needlework - Lace & Tatting    8. Textiles & Costume    9. United States    10. Antiques & collectables: carpets, rugs & textiles   

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Fashions of the Sixties
This is an interesting review of the fashions of the sixties.The designs are beautifully drawn and the colors are vivid.
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Subjects:  1. Children: Young Adult (Gr. 7-9)    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Fashion    4. Papercrafts - Paper Dolls    5. Textiles & Costume    6. Fashion design    7. Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books    8. Stationery items   

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Cool glimpse into the past, relavent to today
This book offers a revealing glimpse into our commercial culture of consumerism as it was just getting started 120 years ago.It is amazing the things you could buy in 1886! Medicines were marketed to meet every possible insecurity or physical shortcoming.The sale ads are just as persuasive as they are today. A five dollar watch for three dollars!We often do not realize how influential the culture of this era, the Victorian era, was on how we live today.

If you're studying fashion this is a five star book
I was slightly disappointed with this catalog. I was hoping for more house wares (dishes, sewing machines, porcelain ware etc.) and the prices for these items
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Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Bloomingdale's (Firm)    4. Catalogs    5. Clothing and dress    6. Commerce    7. General    8. House furnishings    9. Manufactures    10. Sociology    11. Textiles & Costume    12. Antiques & Collectables    13. Antiques & Collectibles / Textiles & Costume   

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SOLID METAL TOY REPRESENTATION
OK...for some Un-Godly reason Amazon has all four of Judith Miller's Pocket collectible guides from DK books linked together.If you review one of the four, it shows up on all the other three.Very Strange...
A Stunning Collection of Handbags
"A survey has found that an American woman owns an average of six handbags." ~Judith Miller
Paris and Perfumes
"There is nothing better than remembering specific moments, like the first time you kissed, through a fragrance. I love that feeling of nostalgia a fragrance can conjure." ~Tommy Hilfiger
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Subjects:  1. Antiques    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques / Collectibles    4. Antiques/Collectibles    5. Fashion & Accessories    6. Reference - Price Guides    7. Textile Arts    8. Textiles & Costume    9. Antiques & Collectibles / Textiles & Costume   

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Most complete instructions for Victorian/Edwardian period sewing techniques
I make reproductions costumes for our NYS Historic Preservation Costume Department.I have been trying without success to find an authentic 1885 Norfolk Suit and knickerbockers to replicate for a boy aged 8 years old. This wonderful sewing manual had a detailed description of both.Although it was written in 1905, the sewing techniques have been the same for many, many years.This manual is my most treasured for authentic techniques of the Victorian/Edwardian era.

Not Victorian
Victoria was queen from 1837-1901. Only Late Victorian Era
This book should say that it only covers techniques from the late Victorian era through the turn of the century.Earlier techniques are not covered, otherwise it is a good book.If you are looking for dressmaking techniques prior to near the turn of the century, look elsewhere... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 19th century    2. 20th century    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Art    5. Costume    6. Crafts / Hobbies    7. Design - Textile & Costume    8. Dressmaking    9. Fashion    10. History    11. Sewing    12. Textiles & Costume    13. United States    14. Antiques & Collectibles / Textiles & Costume    15. Dressmaking & tailoring   

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get it before it's gone!
Ms. Schlick is the uncontested expert on native American basketry of the Columbia Plateau (eastern Washington and Oregon) and she knows and has the admiration of many--perhaps all--of the current weavers. Her book finally puts a face and name on the creators of the baskets and sees them as individual artists. I can't believe this book has been allowed to go out of print--get it while you can. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. Basket making    3. Baskets    4. Classification    5. Columbia River Valley    6. Crafts & Hobbies    7. Hobbies/Crafts    8. Indian baskets    9. Textiles & Costume    10. Themes, motives    11. Weaving    12. American history    13. Art of indigenous peoples    14. Indigenous peoples    15. Needlework & fabric crafts    16. Oregon    17. Sculpture & other three-dimensional art forms    18. Social & cultural anthropology   

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Crafts / Hobbies    4. History    5. Patchwork quilts    6. Quilt Making    7. Quilts & Quilting    8. Textiles & Costume    9. United States    10. Decorative arts & crafts    11. History Of Art / Art & Design Styles   

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Fabulous Forties
The forties were fascinating years in the history of fashion, and Tom Tierney has captured them beautifully with this book.The abrupt change from wartime to the New Look is well depicted.
Beautiful renderings of couture fashions
I love all of Tom Tierney's fashion paperdolls. The paperdoll models aregreat and the clothes are beautifully illustrated.This book covers examplesof 40's day/evening wear. The movie star books-like Garbo and Crawford-feature costumes. I look for the costumes when I watch the old movies.There are some changes, but you know the outfits when they appear onscreen! Each costume/fashion has the designer and year listed with it. Ihave most of his paperdoll books and made a costume from the Carmen Mirandabook!! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts / Hobbies    2. Papercrafts - Paper Dolls    3. Textiles & Costume    4. Fashion design    5. Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books   

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Quality for a low price!
This is one of the best books on the subject.Every costume, theatrical and visual artist will find this book to be an excellent resource of the period.The illustrations are clear, and beautifully rendered.

Excellent resource for teachers of classics and history
The book contains a huge variety of classical drawings which teachers andstudents can use for fun and enlightenment.Any of the illustrations canbe copied on reports, projects, tests or quizzes.They can be enlargedtoo. You can get a great deal of use from this inexpensive treasure. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Clip Art    4. Clothing and dress    5. Design - Textile & Costume    6. Greece    7. History - Ancient & Classical    8. Rome    9. Textiles & Costume    10. Art / Design / Textile & Costume    11. Costume   

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Historical background blends with pricing information and details on how auction house quilts
Kathy Prochnow is a regular contributor to Traditional Quilter and has long provided insight into the quilt auction marketplace and how it works; so it's a logical transition from column to book, gathering her knowledge in QUILTS SOLD! A GUIDE TO HEIRLOOM AND ANTIQUE QUILTS. Historical background blends with pricing information and details on how auction house quilts work to provide quilters with the most thorough coverage in print. Her researcher husband contributes his expertise to gather a comprehensive price list of auctioned quilts, making this a real winner.
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Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Collectors and collecting    5. Patterns    6. Prices    7. Quilts    8. Reference - Price Guides    9. Textiles & Costume    10. United States    11. Antiques & collectables: carpets, rugs & textiles   

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Handbags a Hit!
A great profile of the social, anthropological and historical context of the mighty handbag. Beautiful photographs! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Beauty & Grooming - General    4. Handbags    5. Photoessays & Documentaries    6. Photography    7. Textiles & Costume    8. Women's Studies - General    9. Costume    10. Industrial / Commercial Art & Design    11. Photography & Photographs   

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Thirties
The sophistication and elegance of the 1930-s is wonderfully expressed by Tom Tierney's work.The dolls and costumes are drawn in great detail.One can see the change in style from flowing, soft gowns of the early thirties to the sharper tailoring and increasing extravagance of the late thirties.
Fun Pictures
This book is full of fun and fashionable outfits from the 1930's. They are great to see and gives an exceptional view into top fashions of that era. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Crafts & Hobbies    2. Crafts / Hobbies    3. Hobbies/Crafts    4. Papercrafts    5. Papercrafts - Paper Dolls    6. Textiles & Costume    7. Fashion design    8. Juvenile Nonfiction / Activity Books   

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A needlecraft treasury spanning nearly three hundred years
Quilts In America is a needlecraft treasury spanning nearly three hundred years of quilt history, techniques, patterns, and styles since America's colonial roots. Black-and-white and color plates illustrate a wide variety of historic quilts, while chapters discuss the evolution of quilts as both a practical craft and as folk art. Co-written by the director of the Textile Conservation Workshop in South Salem, New York, a nonprofit regional conservation laboratory devoted to rare and fragile textiles, Quilts In America is both an enlightening read and a reverberating experience especially for quilt lovers everywhere, and the vintage designs in the plates will prove inspirational for anyone interested in creating new quilts in historic American styles.
a truly definitve work
a "must" for anyone interested in American art...or quilts in general. a consummate body of work that both surveys the topic and gets into details only when appropriately necessary. written with a passion andsensitivity that sheds new light on some very old cloth. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Americana    2. Antiques / Collectibles    3. Crafts & Hobbies    4. Hobbies/Crafts    5. Quilts & Quilting    6. Textiles & Costume    7. Quiltmaking   

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A worthwhile addition to other texts
Now dated, this 1926 publication is still worth using in conjunction with other texts. Granted some of this work has since been shown to be inaccurate by more recent scholarship. Furthermore his attitudes and observations are not only dated and politically incorrect, in the context of the 21st Century could also be considered racist. That said, Norris' body of work deserves our respect as being equaled by few of his generation (and surpassed by none). He has also proved to be a stepping-stone for future costumes historians - just check out the bibliographies of some important costume history texts and see how many reference Norris. Good reference for Dark Ages costumes
Too many costume books seem to skip from Byzantium straight to the Renaissance.This book is a reasonably good source for the Dark Ages -- not just Celts and Normans, either; it has info on Goths, Saxons (continental and British), Vandals, and a whole bunch of tribes that usually get either forgotten or lumped together as "barbarians."Another reviewer has noted that it's somewhat outdated, but it's a good idea book for an experienced costumer, especially for accessories (boots, jewelry & the like.)

Outmoded and Often Inaccurate
Of all the Herbert Norris books I have read, this one suffers the most from his preconceptions and inaccuracies.It is also the one that has suffered most from the passage of time, as subsequent archaeologicalresearch has revealed errors in what was, in Norris's day,"factual" information about costume.The best thing about hisbook, in my opinion, is the meticulous line drawings of brooches and otheritems of period jewelry, but again, more recently published works containexcellent, full-color photographs of the same or similar specimens.Readthis book if you enjoy Norris's style, but do not accept anything in itblindly as much of it is plain wrong. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Beauty & Grooming - General    5. Clothing and dress    6. Europe    7. Fashion    8. History    9. History - Ancient & Classical    10. Textiles & Costume    11. Antiques & Collectibles / Textiles & Costume    12. Antiques & collectables: carpets, rugs & textiles   

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Great Design Information
Great diagrams and design information for working with fabrics and patterns for plus-sized women. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. Fashion    3. Fashion design    4. Health/Fitness    5. Technical & Manufacturing Trades    6. Fashion & beauty industries   

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gives some overwiev but is not for the serious student
This book may give some overwiev of the history of hats but it is not to be recomended for serious studies of costume history.
Hats in History
This is a rather scholarly work on the history of hats covering the past two thousand years. The arrangement is chronological, by century. If one's interest is identifying or organizing headdress by country of origin, this book is particularly useful as the illustrations include the country where the hat was worn along with the drawing. I am always impressed when the same author does a book's text and illustrations, as is the case with this work (see Sibley's bird book if you really want to be blown away).

Headwear history
This book has alot of printed information in it. A great deal of history. If you are looking for a book to teach you how to make head wear and hats then this isn't the book you need. However for a historical aspect I reccomend it, as long as you can visualise the written word. Its an ok book, not great but not the worst either. I bought it expecting it to contain more practical information, so from that point of view I was disapointed. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Antiques & Collectibles    2. Antiques/Collectibles    3. Beauty & Grooming - General    4. Fashion & Grooming    5. Hats    6. Headgear    7. History    8. Textiles & Costume    9. Antiques & Collectibles / Textiles & Costume    10. Fashion design    11. History of specific subjects   

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Adds Little To The Knowledge of Fabric Creation and Usage
I have been in the textile industry going on 30 years now, and I bought this book in hopes of, perhaps, learning about the creation of certain fabrics and their application within several industries.After reading through a mini-biography of the owner of the fabrics (who evidently was "somebody" in the industry but who I never heard of), I saw photos of different types of fabric with no analysis or application information attached.I have to agree with the earlier reviewer who states that it appears that this is nothing more than a collection of fabrics that perhaps were gathered up and photographed to create a publishable book.It's certainly not large enough to be considered a pretty "table" book, and it doesn't contain much in the way of technical information.Given the opportunity to go back in time, I would pass on this one in favor of the more popular and well-known publishers on textiles.
Rip Off
I ordered this book from Amazon thinking it would give me some history and insight into the creation and development of the fabrics. It's nothing more than photographs of some material he probably had laying around for fifty years. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1910-1991    2. Antiques & Collectibles    3. Antiques/Collectibles    4. Art collections    5. Catalogs    6. Crafts / Hobbies    7. Kopp, Manny,    8. Private collections    9. Quilts & Quilting    10. Sewing    11. Textile Arts - General    12. Textile fabrics    13. Textiles & Costume    14. United States   

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thoroughly covered material
I used this textbook in a college course called Survey of the Fashion Industry. The text covers all aspects of merchandising, with a strong focus on fashion design (entire chapters on textiles, etc). Good photos and lots of material!

Fashion : From Concept to Consumer (8th Edition) by Gini Stephens Frings [Hardcover]
Quality book. Received in a timely manner.

The best
Plain and simple this is the best fashion book to study! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. Clothing trade    3. Decorating    4. Fashion    5. Fashion merchandising    6. Fashion design