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59 Authentic Turn-of-the-century Fashion Patterns by Kristina Harris
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
Over 575 illustrations detailing 59 different garments, mainly for women. Introduction and brief instructions
60 Civil War-Era Fashion Patterns by Kristina Seleshanko
$27.99 AUD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
Assembled from vintage issues of Peterson's Magazine, a popular nineteenth-century ""ladies"" periodical that premiered in 1842, here is an authentic gallery of Civil War-era clothing patterns for women, children, and men. The author of many books on historic fashion, Seleshanko has compiled this new, o ...Show more
Authentic Victorian Dressmaking Techniques by Kristina Harris (Editor)
$27.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
At the turn of the century, ladies of privilege could easily afford their own dressmakers, and even middle-class housewives occasionally employed competent seamstresses. But many women did their own sewing, often relying on Dressmaking, Up to Date, a how-to book published by the Butterick Publishing C ...Show more
Bound and Determined - A Visual History of Corsets, 1850-1960 by Kristina Seleshanko
$27.99 AUD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
Corsets in one form or another have existed since biblical times. By the 19th century, they were so firmly entrenched in feminine life that it seemed impossible to live without them. These foundation garments altered more than the figure -- their restrictions affected the wearer's behavior as well as im ...Show more
Classic French Fashions of the Twenties by Atelier Bachwitz
$36.99 AUD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
This fine reproduction of a 1929 catalogue features fashions for all occasions, with 54 color plates showcasing everything from chiffon promenade dresses to a white alpaca jumper and a silk-and-lace evening gown. This fine reproduction of a 1929 French fashion catalog features styles for all occasions. ...Show more
Everyday Dress of Rural America, 1783-1800 - With Instructions and Patterns by Merideth Wright; Nancy Rexford (Illustrator)
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
Students and enthusiasts of period costume as well as needleworkers interested in re-creating authentic costumes of America's post-Revolutionary era will welcome this comprehensive, scholarly treatment. It not only discusses and describes the clothing worn in rural America (primarily in New England) bet ...Show more
Historic American Costumes and How to Make Them by Mary Evans; Elizabeth Brooks (Illustrator)
$27.99 AUD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
This easy-to-use handbook presents step-by-step instructions and patterns for a tremendous variety of clothes and accessories from colonial times through the Civil War. More than eighty illustrations depict Puritan, Dutch, Quaker, and Native American garb as well as military uniforms. A bonus CD feature ...Show more
Historic Costumes and How to Make Them by Mary Fernald
$18.99 AUD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
This practical and informative guidebook to making accurate period costumes for stage and historical re-creations is perfect for students, home tailors, and antique collectors. Contains a wealth of authentic patterns and information on the predominant colors, fabrics, fashions, and constructions of typi ...Show more
Historic English Costumes and How to Make Them by Talbot Hughes; Kristina Seleshanko (Introduction by)
$32.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
Based on the most up-to-date information available, this awe-inspiring collection features all the popular dinosaurs - plus recent discoveries! Thirty highly detailed drawings spotlight the Tyrannosaurus rex, Triceratops, Velociraptor, Iguanodon, Diplodocus, Carnotaurus, Oviraptor, Gastonia, Troodon, an ...Show more
Medieval Costume and How to Recreate It by Dorothy Hartley; Francis Michael Kelly (Introduction by, Notes by, Translator)
$22.99 AUD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
Clear-cut and accurate in its guidance, this volume depicts medieval clothes and accessories not as inanimate museum exhibits but as items of vital interest and well worth recreating. Unlike conventional costume histories, which tend to classify their contents by era, this volume portrays the clothing o ...Show more
Montgomery Ward Fashions of the Twenties by JoAnne Olian (Editor)
$32.99 AUD
Category: Art & Fashion | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
What were they wearing during the Roaring 20s? This chic collection presents a comprehensive view of Jazz Age fashions with hundreds of sepia-tone illustrations and captions. Selected from a 1927 Montgomery Ward catalog, these images form authentic reflections of the era's everyday and formal apparel. F ...Show more
Victorian Fashions and Costumes from "Harper's Bazaar", 1867-98 by ed
$42.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes Ser.
After the Civil War the upper middle class in America expanded and became increasingly style-conscious. Visiting European royalty as well as American women returning from the International Exhibition in Paris in 1867 stimulated fashion awareness--and it was in this climate that the magazine Harper's Baz ...Show more
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