Vintage Fashion: A Sourcebook by Nicky Albrechtsen
79.99 NZD
Category: Fashion
This is not just another history of fashion: it is a survey of how fashionpast continues to inspire fashion present. It features over one thousand standout pieces dating from the 1920s to the 1980s, including many icons of vintage fashion, from Marilyn Monroe's bra to the Ossie Clark dress made famous ...Show more
18th Century Fashion in Detail by Avril Hart
54.99 NZD
Category: Fashion | Series: V&a Fashion in Detail Ser. | Reading Level: General Adult
This beautifully illustrated book reveals the decorative seams, refined stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting, slashing, and stamping that make up some of the garments in the Victoria and Albert Museum s superlative fashion collection. With an authoritative text, exquisite color photography of ...Show more
19th Century Fashion in Detail by Lucy Johnston; Marion Kite; Helen Persson
64.99 NZD
Category: Fashion | Series: Victoria and Albert Museum Ser.
Fashion in Detail: 1800-1900 showcases the opulence and variety of nineteenth century fashion through exquisite color photography of garment details paired with line drawings showing the complete construction of each piece. From the delicate embroidery on neoclassical gowns to the vibrant colors of crin ...Show more
Worn: A People's History of Clothing by Sofi Thanhauser
55.00 NZD
Category: Fashion
A finely spun history of clothes and where they come from Linen, Cotton, Silk, Synthetics, Wool- through the stories of these five fabrics, Sofi Thanhauser illuminates the world we inhabit in a startling new way, travelling from China to Cumbria to reveal the craft, labour and industry that create the c ...Show more
The Crown in Vogue by Robin Muir, Josephine Ross
80.00 NZD
Category: Fashion
'Vogue, like the royal family, has been through many evolutions of its own, and to view Her Majesty's life though the record of our pages is truly a document of history.' Edward Enninful, Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal investiture; a je ...Show more
The Coat Route: Craft, Luxury, and Obsession on the trail of a $50,000 coat by Meg Lukens Noonan
35.00 NZD
Category: Fashion
In today's world of fast fashion, is there a place for a handcrafted $50,000 coat? To answer that question, Meg Noonan unravels the story of the coat's provenance. Her journey takes readers to the Sydney studio of John Cutler, a fourth-generation tailor who works magic with scissors and thread; to the r ...Show more
Sundressed: Natural Fibres and the Future of Fashion by Lucianne Tonti
37.00 NZD
Category: Fashion
Why beautiful clothes in natural fibres are the answer to fashion's climate crisis Fashion is ready for a revolution. Many brands claim to be 'sustainable', but they are not. Far too many clothes are produced - and in ways that harm the Earth. The solution? Regenerative farming of natural fabrics such ...Show more
Fix Your Fashion - How to Create an Ethical Wardrobe by Laura Strutt
20.00 NZD
27.99 (28% off)
Category: Fashion
Fantastic fashion that won't cost you the earth.
Vintage Fashion: Collecting and wearing designer classics by Emma Baxter-Wright
49.99 NZD
Category: Fashion | Series: Welbeck Vintage Ser.
Foreword by Zandra Rhodes A visual journey through the fashion of the decades, Vintage Fashion shows you how to identify key designers, shapes, textiles, stitching, and other details and characteristics that define the most influential pieces of the twentieth century (up to and including the 1990s). Ea ...Show more
Glossy: The inside story of Vogue by Nina-Sophia Miralles
27.99 NZD
Category: Fashion
'Dame Anna Wintour might be one of the best-known and most successful journalists on the planet. But it wasn't always like that. When she started out on Vogue she was often so miserable she had to phone her husband for help. This is just one of countless fascinating titbits in this zippy story of dizzyi ...Show more
The Mode in Hats and Headdress - A Historical Survey with 198 Plates by R. Turner Wilcox
45.00 NZD
Category: Fashion | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
A year after R. Turner Wilcox received rave reviews for her ultimate fashion reference, The Mode in Costume, she decided to zero in on one chic category to give it the close-up it deserved. The result is this extraordinary handbook that covers the worldwide evolution of almost five thousand years of hat ...Show more
1940s Fashion Sourcebook by Charlotte Fiell
61.99 NZD
Category: Fashion | Series: Fashion Sourcebooks Ser.
From the ashes of World War II, arose inventive- and forward-thinking designs, the likes of which had never been seen in fashion before, or since. The early Forties were defined by thriftiness and practicality, but the latter half of the decade saw an explosion of elegance. 1940s Fashion: the Definitiv ...Show more