No comments about Fashion Showmanship: Everything You Need to Know to Give a Fashion Show.

1 comments about Clothes and the Child: A Handbook of Children's Dress in England, 1500-1900.

1. When it comes to researching historical clothing it is easy to find Women's clothing, Men's is a bit harder, and Children's is harder yet, especially boys.
   This is revised copy of Children's Costume in England from the fourteenth to the nineteenth Century by Anne Buck and Phillis Cunnington 1965
   Excellent book! Photos of original garments. paintings, sculpture and period text as well. Very useful for those late SCAdians. the patterns in this book are from The Workwoman's Guide and Cassells for the 19th century.
   This the best general overall view book on children's costume I have seen yet.
   Arranged by age/chronology.

3 comments about Classic Fabrics.

1. Ms. Lady Henrietta's books are always great. There are many interior designers who write books to put on the market.....but I haven't yet seen anyone who consistently puts out wonderful books like she does. They are the best!! I am a sold sucker on her books. I feared that since she has so many decorating books out there, that they would do nothing but repeat themselves. But was I ever wrong?!! Always comprehensive, detailed, yet never over the top. Her books are always easy to understand. The royal lineage of her family surely puts her in a super huge advantage in that she is always around the beauty in the country homes of England's countryside of Oxfordshire and surrounding areas. I am planning to get each and every book she has written to include in my design library. They are great inspirators.
   You will never go wrong with her books. :-)



2. A wonderful reference guide to fabrics AND a top notch coffee table book! Even your guests who find nothing appealing about textiles will find this book just divine! Pour a glass of Merlot and relax with this wonderful "picture book". The text is excellent too if you are in the mood for details...



3. Priced at a bargin. excellent text, lovely photos. Highly recommend

5 comments about After a Fashion: How to Reproduce, Restore, and Wear Vintage Styles.

1. Note: my review is based on the first edition of this book.
   I think this book is wonderful--the author has also written computer manuals, and so her directions are very clear. (Come to think of it, most computer manuals aren't that easy to understand--hers must be special!) The book covers a wide array of topics related to vintage fashion. I especially appreciate the segments on sewing techniques--she explains basic things that I haven't been able to figure out from other books, like how to lengthen a pattern, and more complicated techniques that are very helpful when dealing with vintage clothes, like how to replace a lining. The author includes a lot of helpful hints from her personal experience. The book is organized into different topics, so you can skip the ones that aren't relevant to your interests.



2. I thought this was a useful book on costuming. There are lots of illistrations and detailed info, such as what style of lace, or what patterns were popular/available during the periods. Good buy, very helpful!



3. Best book I've found. Descriptions and illustrations for each historical period, as well as outfit planning, authentic fabrics, sewing and patternmaking tips, mending, restoring, and resources from A to Z -- books, websites, catalogs, periodicals... My #1 pick.



4. I'm a swing dancer and I love this book because it tells how to deal with vintage clothes you actually WEAR! Some books seem to think everybody who buys vintage clothes is some kind of museum. Or that they're rich and only buy perfect clothes in fancy boutiques. This book gives instructions for real-life cleaning, mending, and altering to fit you (for men's clothes too). And how to work with vintage patterns to make your own repros. This book ROCKS!



5. I wish I had know about this book years ago ! Needless to say I'm going to order copies for friends too. The layout is clear and easy to follow. The topic covered are comprehensive. There is plenty of information given to progress your knowledge further. All in all a great addition to the historic costumiers library.

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No comments about Le Maroc et ses tribus nomades: Excursion dans l\'intérieur, chasses, détails de murs, superstitions, costumes, etc. Traduit de l\'anglais avec notes et introduction par Louise Sw.-Belloc.

3 comments about Leg.

1. If you like legs, this cute coffee table book is perfect for you. In a word this gem is legi-licious.



2. I would have liked to seen more attractive legs in it but it's a cute book.



3. This book contains many different pictures throughout the ages of the shape of the woman leg in every possible situation. In stockings, bare leg, with platform shoes, or flats, you will find a picture for your foot or leg fancy.

No comments about Help Wanted: Fashion Designer (American Girl Backpack Books).

1 comments about Duchamp: Domestic Patterns, Covers, and Threads.

1. Is Bowdoin Davis intentionally seditious when he writes that Duchamp, "the perceived destroyer" of artistic conventions integrated art historical traditions within his work? This book allows the reader--even one not schooled in 20th-century art history--to access levels of meaning in Duchamp's significant works. While explaining the impact of the artist's visit to a 1912 Munich exhibition of machinery and machine-produced artifacts, Davis connects imagery, language, and technology in surprising ways. The impact of this book goes beyond its immediate subject matter, because the author pricks the reader's preconceived notions of Surrealism and pieces together new ways of seeing art. Beautifully illustrated with a wealth of photographs, this volume is as transformative as its subject.