The Culture of Fashion (Studies in Design and Material Culture)
by Christopher Breward
This illustrated survey of 600 years of fashion investigates its cultural and social meanings from medieval Europe to 20th-century America. It provides a guide to the changes in style and taste, and challenges existing fashion histories, showing that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society, especially when concerned with sexual and body politics. With a chronological structure, each chapter focuses on both male and female fashion of a specific period...
A Sight for Sore Eyes (Deluxe Colouring & Activity Books)
by Ruth Rendell
In traditional fairy tales, the handsome prince rescues the beautiful princess from her wicked stepmother, and the couple live happily ever after. But in Ruth Rendell's dark and damaged contemporary universe, innocent dreams can turn into the most terrible nightmares. Teddy Brex emerges from a loveless, isolated childhood as a handsome but autistic young man. Francine Hill, traumatised by the murder of her mother, grows into a beautiful young woman, who must endure the overprotectiveness of an i...
Medieval Clothing and Textiles 11 (Medieval Clothing and Textiles, VOLUME 11)
Body Butters for Beginners & Thyroid Diet (Essential Oils Box Set, #48)
by Lindsey P
Spanish Translated 50 Pack Student Flyers for Business Fundamentals for Salon and Spa Professionals
by Milady and (Milady) Milady
How to Make Big Money at Your Salon by Offering 5-Star Service
by Jeff Grissler and Eric Ryant
Dress in Detail
by Rosemary Crill, Jennifer Wearden, and Verity Wilson
This illustrated work celebrates the Victoria and Albert Museum's magnificent collection of dress from around the world. A source of inspiration to many of today's top designers, these colourful items of clothing, seen here in close up, should delight all lovers of fashion. Some 150 pieces, from the tropics to the Arctic circle, from the plains of India to the mountains of Montenegro, have been chosen to illustrate how different cultures create their regional and national costume. The garments r...
What is the kimono? Everyday garment? Art object? Symbol of Japan? As Terry Satsuki Milhaupt explains in this book, the kimono has served all of these roles, its meaning changing across time and with the perspective of the wearer or viewer. Kimono: A Modern History begins by exposing the seventeenth and eighteenth-century foundations of the modern kimono fashion industry. It explores the crossover between 'art' and 'fashion' in this period at the hands of famous Japanese painters who worked wi...
Die Magischen Meisterdetektive Und Der Nebelreiter
by Doroth Kanders
According to Dr. Copeland, current understanding of skin's cellular structure is so advanced that it is possible to turn back the clock without costly treatments or surgery. Her radical promise is that you can erase 90 per cent of your skin flaws in eight weeks by following her plan, whether your skin resembles an alligator, leather, rubber, sandpaper, or suede. Dr. Copeland provides the Ten Commandments of Creamy Skin, including which lifestyle habits are detrimental to skin and which everyday...
