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Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques
Vintage guide offered turn-of-the-century seamstresses clear instructions for altering patterns and creating shirt-blouses, skirts, wedding gowns, coats, maternity wear, children's clothing, and other apparel.
59 Authentic Turn-of-the-century Fashion Patterns
Over 575 illustrations detailing 59 different garments, mainly for women. Introduction and brief instructions.
Authentic Victorian Fashion Patterns
Rich selection of dressmakers' patterns from popular, late-19th-century magazine The Voice of Fashion includes 50 garments for women, from day and evening dresses to tennis outfits and undergarments. 498 illustrations.
Victorian Fashion in America
After the three page introduction, the work is mainly photographs with short captions.
Fashion Is Spinach
"After working as a stylist in Paris, Elizabeth Hawes launched one of the first American design houses in Depression-era New York. Her witty and astute memoir offers an insider's critique of the fashion scene during the 1920s and '30s. Hawes denounces the industry's predatory practices, advising readers to reject ever-changing fads in favor of comfortable, durable, flattering attire"--
The Child in Fashion, 1750 to 1920
With extensive text and over 440 photographs of authentic children's fashions from the 18th century through the 1920s comprise this book. Here are answers to the questions: Why did boys wear dresses? Why did girls wear corsets? Why were babies swaddled to prevent them form moving? The book brings together a wealth of information about boys' and girls' clothing and the history of childhood itself, with current values.
Statement of Disbursements of the House
Covers receipts and expenditures of appropriations and other funds.
Costume Design in the Movies
Comprehensive, lavishly illustrated reference work provides biographical/career data for major designers (Adrian, Jean Louis, Edith Head, more). Updated to 1988, with over 400 new film credits. 177 illustrations. Index of 6,000 films.
Bound & Determined
This revealing history of corsetry ranges from the 19th through the mid-20th centuries to show how simple laced bodices developed into corsets of cane, whalebone, and steel. Lavish illustrations include line drawings and photographs from a diversity of sources, such as clothing catalogs, newspaper and popular magazine advertisements, and magazine articles.
Hats
An illustrated view of 2,000 years of head coverings, this engaging and literate survey features over 800 drawings depicting the headgear of both genders, all classes, and many nationalities.
