Textiles & Costume

Mary Fernald and E. Shenton
£9.50

Costume Design and Making

Non-Fiction
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Covering English costume from Saxon times to almost the end of the nineteenth century. There are many pattern designs which can be scaled up, with detailed notes on making the costumes and much more practical information on materials and colours. This book is as useful as it is attractive, and still would be of great help for anyone wishing to make accurate period costumes for the stage, pageants or fancy dress.

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Genevieve Antoine Dariaux
£15.00

Elegance

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Aiming to be a comprehensive encyclopaedia to every item a woman wears or carries and presented alphabetically in short chapters from accessories to zips. A wonderful and light-hearted step back in time to an era when the correct length of gloves, and how to wear alligator or mink were, to some at least, important considerations. Planning a country weekend, a ball or a cruise? This book is full of common sense, stimulating suggestions and reliable advice. 

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Dion Clayton Calthrop
£25.00

English Costume

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Divided into chapters for each reigning monarch. a history of how English costume has evolved and changed in the nearly 800 years covered. Ranging from the elaborate dress of royalty and the aristocracy to that of labouring people. One particularly interesting sequence of chapters describe how dress changed from the flamboyance of King Charles I and the Cavaliers to that of the plain and monochrome Puritans under Cromwell; and then mostly back again after the restoration.

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F. R. Morris
£75.00

Ladies' Garment Cutting and Making

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An extremely comprehensive guide to all aspects of dressmaking, containing hundreds of pattern diagrams which can be scaled up, with detailed instructions for doing so. The author had long experience working for leading fashion houses of the day.  Written at a time when women's fashion was changing for ever after WWII. This would still be a very practical guide for anyone wishing to re-create costumes of the period. It also remains a fascinating historical account.

Itchiku Kubota, Edited by Tomoyuki Yamanobe
£20.00

Opulence: The Kimonos and Robes of Itchiku Kubota

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A record of the 1981 exhibition of the work of Itchiku Kubota, bringing modern inspiration to this ancient art.

Mrs. Archibald Christie
£18.00

Samplers and Stitches

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A complete guide to the embroiderers art. With lucid text, clear diagrams and many examples of patterns and old embroideries to inspire.

James Laver (Introduction)
£100.00

School, University, Navy, Army, Air-Force & Club Ties

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Claiming to be the first of its kind, this volume covers some 750 ties with notes on the institutions they represent. 

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Cecil Beaton
£95.00

The Glass of Fashion

Non-Fiction
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Cecil Beaton's personal history of fashion and those who have influenced it in the first half of the Twentieth Century. Witty and wise, a most knowledgeable book about fashion and it's designers. Full of anecdotes and the authors own drawings and photographs.

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