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Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture

Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture...

Author: Valerie Steele
ISBN: 9781859739495
Format: Paperback
$81.71

The journal of dress, body and culture.  Read More >>

Beads and Bead Makers: Gender, Material Culture and Meaning

Beads and Bead Makers: Gender, Material Culture and...

Author: Lidia D. Sciama ,  Joanne B. Eicher (The University of Minnesota, USA)
ISBN: 9781859739907
Format: Hardback
$220.00

This work analyzes techniques and gendered aspects of the making of beads, as well as their role in trade and body...  Read More >>

Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalog: Early 1950s

Fashionable Clothing from the Sears Catalog: Early 1950s...

Author: Desire Smith
ISBN: 9780764305191
Format: Paperback
$79.07

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Avon® Collectible Fashion Jewelry and Awards

Avon® Collectible Fashion Jewelry and Awards

Author: Monica Lynn Clements ,  Patricia Rosser Clements
ISBN: 9780764305238
Format: Paperback
$62.99

Avon has been a major supplier of costume jewelry since the 1970s and much is found in collectibles markets today....  Read More >>

Fashion Plates: 1950-1970

Fashion Plates: 1950-1970

Author: Constance Korosec ,  Leslie Pina, Ph.D.
ISBN: 9780764304385
Format: Hardback
$85.00

Some typical and some extraordinary costumes worn by typical and extraordinary women at mid-century. Includes close-ups...  Read More >>

Fashion Sourcebooks: The 1960s

Fashion Sourcebooks: The 1960s

Author: John Peacock
ISBN: 9780500280409
Format: Paperback
$28.91

In the FASHION SOURCEBOOKS series. Presents the costume drawings of Peacock charting the development of men's and...  Read More >>

Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the Central Pende

Inventing Masks: Agency and History in the Art of the...

Author: Z. S. Strother
ISBN: 9780226777320
Format: Hardback
$198.00

Asking who invents masks, and why, the author spent nearly three years in Zaire studying Pende sculpture. She describes...  Read More >>

Fashion: An Introduction

Fashion: An Introduction

Author: Joanne Finkelstein ,  Radha Hegde
ISBN: 9780814726839
Format: Paperback
$58.99

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Stylin': African-American Expressive Culture, from Its Beginnings to the Zoot Suit

Stylin': African-American Expressive Culture, from Its...

Author: Shane White ,  Graham White
ISBN: 9780801431791
Format: Hardback
$129.38

For over two centuries, in the North and South, within and without their communities, African-Americans have presented...  Read More >>

Baker's Encyclopedia of Hatpins and Hatpin Holders

Baker's Encyclopedia of Hatpins and Hatpin Holders

Author: Lillian Baker
ISBN: 9780764304859
Format: Hardback
$85.00

This updated and expanded edition of the classic hatpin reference is enhanced with hundreds of new color photographs...  Read More >>

Everyday Fashions of the Sixties: As Pictured in Sears Catalogs

Everyday Fashions of the Sixties: As Pictured in Sears...

Author: Sears, Roebuck and Company ,  JoAnne Olian
ISBN: 9780486401201
Format: Paperback
$39.47

This compilation from a style-conscious decade features scores of illustrations with their original captions specifying...  Read More >>

Tropical Shirts & Clothing

Tropical Shirts & Clothing

Author: Nancy N. Schiffer
ISBN: 9780764304842
Format: Paperback
$42.99

Over 300 beautiful print shirts, dresses, and bathing suits-acquired on vacation in the tropics-brought home to...  Read More >>

Textiles, Costumes and Ornaments of the Western Himalayas

Textiles, Costumes and Ornaments of the Western Himalayas...

Author: O.C. Handa
ISBN: 9788173870767
Format: Hardback
$129.35

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The Cultural Politics of Fur

The Cultural Politics of Fur

Author: Julia V. Emberley
ISBN: 9780801433689
Format: Hardback
$343.20

Drawing on a range of historical and contemporary sources, the author of this study explains how a material good...  Read More >>

The Cultural Politics of Fur

The Cultural Politics of Fur

Author: Julia V. Emberley
ISBN: 9780801484049
Format: Paperback
$81.71

""A fascinating account of the powerful roles fur has played in various cultures and of the historical and political...  Read More >>

Splendid Slippers

Splendid Slippers

Author: Beverly Jackson
ISBN: 9780898159578
Format: Paperback
$65.97

Textile scholar Beverley Jackson embarks on an exploration of Chinese art and mythology, social and political history,...  Read More >>

S/he: Changing Sex and Changing Clothes

S/he: Changing Sex and Changing Clothes

Author: Claudine Griggs
ISBN: 9781859739112
Format: Hardback
$200.00

Through an examination of the experience of transsexuals, this book enhances understanding of how gender can and...  Read More >>

Platform Shoes: A Big Step in Fashion

Platform Shoes: A Big Step in Fashion

Author: Ray Ellsworth
ISBN: 9780764304590
Format: Paperback
$42.99

Step up for this delightful and attractive book on international, high fashion footwear. Over 300 eye-popping, platform...  Read More >>

Children's Handkerchiefs: A Two Hundred Year History

Children's Handkerchiefs: A Two Hundred Year History...

Author: J.J. Murphy
ISBN: 9780764304309
Format: Hardback
$85.00

Along with delighting generations with colorful designs, children's handkerchiefs also served social and educational...  Read More >>

Spalding Aviator's Clothing and Equipment in the 1920s-1930s

Spalding Aviator's Clothing and Equipment in the 1920s-1930s...

Author: Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN: 9780764304033
Format: Paperback
$20.99

This facsimile reprint covers the variety of flying clothing and equipment manufactured by Spalding during the 1920s...  Read More >>

Women's Wear of the 20s

Women's Wear of the 20s

Author: Ruth Countryman ,  Elizabeth Weiss Hopper
ISBN: 9780887346545
Format: Undefined
$155.76

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Fashionable Clothing From the Sears Catalogs: Mid-1960s

Fashionable Clothing From the Sears Catalogs: Mid-1960s...

Author: Joy Shih
ISBN: 9780764303401
Format: Paperback
$62.99

The Sears catalogs provide the basis for a comprehensive study of fashions from the late 1960s because the catalog...  Read More >>

Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power

Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power

Author: Valerie Steele (Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, Adjunct Assistant Professor at the Fashion Institute of Technology, State University of New York)
ISBN: 9780195115796
Format: Paperback
$37.95

Fetish: Fashion, Sex, and Power charts the boundaries of the normal and 'perverse', showing how even the most unusual...  Read More >>

Vintage Style: 1920-1960

Vintage Style: 1920-1960

Author: Desire Smith
ISBN: 9780764303029
Format: Hardback
$131.87

Four decades of style from the mid-twentieth century beautifully illustrated with nearly 400 color photos that demonstrate...  Read More >>

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