History of Fashion

A visual journey through the fashion knitwear of the decades, Vintage Knitwear takes a close look at the key periods, significant styles, iconoclas...

Jean-Paul Goude is a modern legend in the world of commercial art. From his New York days with Esquire magazine to his latest work for Galeries Laf...

''Fashions in Eyeglasses'' is the most comrprehensive history of eyewear ever to be published in English. An indispensable sourcebook for anyone wh...

As much a history of Manufacturing and Ready-to-wear as a family saga, this book traces the career of tailor Alexis Lavigne, a formidable visionary...

'One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress'Karl LagerfeldNinety years after Vogue dubbed Coco Chanel's simple short blac...

An in-depth look at the inuence of the Grateful Dead and hippie culture on contemporary fashion and street style by GQs style-in-the-wild correspon...

Draping - the art of using calico to design directly on a dress form - is an essential skill for fashion students. Covering the most basic to more ...

A New York Times Best Art Book of 2019A riveting book . . . few stones are left unturned.Roberta Smiths Top Art Books of 2019, The New York Times T...

Eisenberg was one of the first American design houses, and the jewelry that bears its mark is among the finest costume pieces ever created. Yet the...

Vintage clothing is a part of our style history, is an acceptable way to individualize the way we dress, and is an increasingly popular way to go g...

June 22nd, 2018 marks the 70th anniversary of the SS Empire Windrush arrival at Tilbury Docks carrying Caribbean workers to help rebuild Britain af...

Dame Mary Quant is a fashion icon. The first focused study of her career, this book shows how she revolutionized fashion, harnessing youth, streets...

Fashion is synonymous with change yet the iconic showgirl costume--feathers, sparkle and revealing clothes--has remained largely unchanged since...

What do we know about René Lacoste? That he was a French tennis legend, the founder of the Lacoste brand, and a remarkable inventor? Lacoste (19041...

In the 1850s a craze swept through the wardrobes of the women of British and American society. These 'bloomers', wearing their new loose-fitting 'T...

Make-up, as we know it, has only been commercially available in the last 100 years, but applying decoration to the face and body may be one of the ...

Talented and audacious, with working-class origins, Westwood embodies, in the popular imagination, one of the iconic figures in the mythology of th...

This nostalgic look at children's costume, from 1860 to 1920, reveals diverse cultural influences on its manufacture and design. More than 300 hist...

Featuring the stylish and delightful designs of Barbier and the artists of Harpers' Bazaar, this beautiful new book will give you many hours of ple...

The Dress Detective is the first practical guide to analyzing fashion objects, clearly demonstrating how their close analysis can enhance and enric...