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Decades of Fashion
From the glamour of the 30s to the extremes of the 80s, this volume offers an impressive pictorial overview of the fashion world of the entire twentieth century.
100 Ideas that Changed Fashion
Charting the movements, developments, and ideas that transformed the way women dress, this book gives a unique perspective on the history of twentieth-century fashion. From the invention of the bias cut and the stiletto heel to the designers who changed the way we think about clothes, the book is entertaining, intelligent, and a visual feast.
The White Dress
"This book chronicles the collision between tradition and high fashion for bridalwear, and provides inspiration for both fashion designers and future brides. The book contains a rich collection of images from dresses suitable for religious ceremonies to bikini-clad brides on the beach. Fantastic movie stills show some of the most glamorous wedding dresses ever made. Reportage shots from celebrity magazines and paparazzi pictures of white dresses worn on the red carpet inspires exciting bridalware today. Photographs and fashion illustrations from leading fashion houses such as Chanel, Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent and dresses by designers including Alexander McQueen, John Galliano and Vera Wang complete the picture. Tiaras, trains, flowers, scarves, veils and other essential bridal accessories are included throughout the book."--Global Books in Print.
Journals of the House of Lords
Appendices accompany vols. 64, 67-71.
The Weekly Reporter
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The Gentleman's Magazine
The "Gentleman's magazine" section is a digest of selections from the weekly press; the "(Trader's) monthly intelligencer" section consists of news (foreign and domestic), vital statistics, a register of the month's new publications, and a calendar of forthcoming trade fairs.
The Law Reports
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Sexual Blackmail
Sexual blackmail first reached public notice in the late eighteenth century when laws against sodomy were exploited by the unscrupulous to extort money from those they could entrap. Angus McLaren chronicles this parasitic crime, tracing its expansion in England and the United States through the Victorian era and into the first half of the twentieth century. The labeling of certain sexual acts as disreputable, if not actually criminal--abortion, infidelity, prostitution, and homosexuality--armed would-be blackmailers and led to a crescendo of court cases and public scandals in the 1920s and 1930s. As the importance of sexual respectability was inflated, so too was the spectacle of its loss. C...
