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The Button Book: With Miniature Button Attached

The Button Book: With Miniature Button Attached

Author: Diana Epstein
ISBN: 9781561387397
Format: Hardback
$13.07

From a world authority on the artistry and history of buttons, here's the ultimate palm-sized compendium of button...  Read More >>

Clothing Matters: Dress and Its Symbolism in Modern India

Clothing Matters: Dress and Its Symbolism in Modern...

Author: Emma Tarlo (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
ISBN: 9780226789767
Format: Paperback
$85.80

This detailed study examines sartorial style in India from the 19th century to the present, showing how trends in...  Read More >>

Clothing Matters: Dress and Its Symbolism in Modern India

Clothing Matters: Dress and Its Symbolism in Modern...

Author: Emma Tarlo (School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London)
ISBN: 9780226789750
Format: Hardback
$211.20

This text examines the dress and style of men, in India, from the late 19th-century to the present. It aims to illustrate...  Read More >>

Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India

Clothing Matters: Dress and Identity in India

Author: Emma Tarlo
ISBN: 9781850651765
Format: Paperback
$44.95

Focusing on the problem of what to wear rather than describing what is worn, this study demonstrates how different...  Read More >>

Maternity Fashion

Maternity Fashion

Author: Doretta Davanzo Poli
ISBN: 9780896762084
Format: Hardback
$79.07

A world history of maternity fashion from 1266 to 1986.  Read More >>

Beachwear and Bathing-Costume

Beachwear and Bathing-Costume

Author: Doretta Davanzo Poli
ISBN: 9780896762008
Format: Hardback
$79.07

A detailed world history from the third century to 1995.  Read More >>

Handkerchief

Handkerchief

Author: Paolo Peri
ISBN: 9780896762053
Format: Hardback
$79.07

A world history of the handkerchief from 1000 B.C to 1990.  Read More >>

The Development of Costume

The Development of Costume

Author: Naomi Tarrant
ISBN: 9780415080194
Format: Paperback
$70.00

An examination of the social and physical aspects of clothes which traces the history and development of clothing...  Read More >>

Fashioning the Nation: Costume and Identity in British Cinema

Fashioning the Nation: Costume and Identity in British...

Author: Pam Cook
ISBN: 9780851705743
Format: Paperback
$68.51

This work explores the history of costume in British film, from the 1920s to the 1990s.  Read More >>

Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers & More

Shoes: A Celebration of Pumps, Sandals, Slippers & More...

Author: Linda O'Keeffe
ISBN: 9780761101147
Format: Paperback
$24.99

For passionate lovers of shoes, this reference book explores various types and supplies information about platforms,...  Read More >>

The Japanese Kimono

The Japanese Kimono

Author: Hugo Munsterberg
ISBN: 9780195875119
Format: Hardback
$31.95

Through text and illustrations, this book explores the history of the kimono, from its antecedents 1,500 years ago,...  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: 9780195090444
Format: Hardback
$234.96

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

Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the Nomadic Rabaris

Threads of Identity: Embroidery and Adornment of the...

Author: Judy Frater
ISBN: 9780944142479
Format: Hardback
$145.20

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Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and Fashion, 1840-1900

Dressed for the Photographer: Ordinary Americans and...

Author: Joan Severa ,  Claudia Brush Kidwell
ISBN: 9780873385121
Format: Hardback
$158.40

A visual analysis of the dress of middle-class Americans from the mid- to late-19th century. Using images and writings,...  Read More >>

The Art of Arabian Costume: A Saudi Arabian Profile

The Art of Arabian Costume: A Saudi Arabian Profile...

Author: Heather Colyer Ross
ISBN: 9780887346408
Format: Undefined
$211.20

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Japanese Immigrant Clothing in Hawaii 1885-1941

Japanese Immigrant Clothing in Hawaii 1885-1941

Author: Barbara F. Kawakami
ISBN: 9780824817305
Format: Paperback
$73.92

Between 1886 and 1924 thousands of Japanese journeyed to Hawaii to work the sugarcane plantations. First the men...  Read More >>

Dress and Identity

Dress and Identity

Author: Joanne B. Eicher ,  Mary Ellen Roach-Higgins
ISBN: 9781563670572
Format: Paperback
$113.52

Discusses the relationship between dress and identity. Selections from many disciplines present an examination of...  Read More >>

The World of Roman Costume

The World of Roman Costume

Author: Judith Lynn Sebesta ,  Larissa Bonfante
ISBN: 9780299138547
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Drawing on archaelogy, anthropology and history this guide explores Roman costume, looking at everything from hairstyles...  Read More >>

Japan: A View from the Bath

Japan: A View from the Bath

Author: Scott Clark
ISBN: 9780824816575
Format: Paperback
$52.80

A study of the significance of bathing in Japanese mythology and the historical development of communal bathing....  Read More >>

Fashion, Culture, and Identity

Fashion, Culture, and Identity

Author: Fred Davis
ISBN: 9780226138091
Format: Paperback
$46.95

A consideration of the role of clothes in establishing personality, and the influence and significance of changing...  Read More >>

Fashion & Merchandising Fads

Fashion & Merchandising Fads

Author: Frank Hoffmann ,  Beulah B Ramirez
ISBN: 9781560243762
Format: Hardback
$173.00

Although fads and fashions are, by their nature, hard to pin down, this alphabetic reference captures over 100 of...  Read More >>

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