SECRETS D'ELEGANCE (1750-1950)
Paris: Musee de La Mode et Du Costume, 1979

8vo. 61 pp; sq. sm. 8 . orig. stiff pict. col. wraps. 59pp. many ills. of which 8 full-page. An interesting exhib. catalogue as held at the Paris Museum of Fashion depict. & descr. mainly female fashions fr. the period, incl. corsets, lingerie & gloves.
Inventory number #010225

Swanson, Dean
A CENTURY OF FASHION 1880-1980
St. Paul, MN: Minnesota Museum of Art, 1980

Square octavo. 39 pp; color & b/w illustrations; checklist of 46 items. Paperback. Near Fine, a crisp, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #009674

Gernsheim, Alison
VICTORIAN AND EDWARDIAN FASHION: A Photographic Survey
NY: Dover, 1982

Octavo. 104 pp; b/w photographs throughout. Paperback. VG- tiny front cover tear at top edge near spine, & slight edge wear. This Dover edition, first published in 1981, is an unabridged and slightly corrected republication of the work originally published by Faber and Faber, London, in 1963 under the title Fashion and Reality (1840-1914)
Inventory number #009567

Lipmann, Anthony
DIVINELY ELEGANT: The World of Ernst Dryden
London: Pavilion, 1989

First printing. Quarto. 192 pp; illustrated throughout in color and b/w; bibliography. Cloth in unclipped dustjacket. Near fine in near fine jacket. former owner gift inscription on ffep.
Inventory number #009504

Kilgour, Ruth Edwards
A PAGEANT OF HATS: Ancient and Modern
NY: Robert M. McBride, 1958

First edition. Quarto. 389 pp; b/w photos & illustrations throughout; bibliography. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine in VG- jacket, with closed tear across upper panel; top edge & top portion of flap lightly chipped.
Inventory number #009435

Volker, Angela
Wiener Mode + Modefotografie: Die modeabteilung der Wiener Werkstätte 1911-1932. Katalog des Österreichischen Museums für Angewandte Kunst
Munich: Schneider-Henn, 1984

Quarto. 283 pp; 33 color & 360 b/w illustrations; list of designers. Text in German. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine. ** Vienna Fashion + fashion photography. The fashion department of the Vienna Workshop 1911-1932. Catalogue of the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts **
Inventory number #009418

Cinematheque Francaise
LES PLUS BELLES ROBES DU CINEMA La Collection De La Cinematheque Francaise
Paris: Paris-Musees, 2001

Quarto. 175 pp; color photos and illustrations of the costumes in the exhibition alongside b/w movie stills; large detailed filmography of important costume designers; bibliography. Text in French. Paperback. Near Fine. Companion book to the Cinematheque Francaise - Most Beautiful Dresses of Cinema- exhibition at the Pavillon des Artes, October 2001 - February 2002 in Paris, and features 47 dresses picked from the Cinematheque's extensive collection. Each dress was chosen based on the importance of the film, the actress and their creator.
Inventory number #009378

Jiang, Bizhen
Miao Costumes of Southeast Guizhou
Taipei: Textile and Clothing Graduate Institute, Fu Jen Catholic University, 2000

Quarto. 436 pp; illustrated throughout with full-page color plates and color images in the text. Text in Chinese. Printed silk over boards with illustrated endpapers and gilt titles. Near FIne. An iIllustrated research directory. Scarce copy of this landmark work by the Graduate Institute.
Inventory number #009370

Matyjaszkiewicz, Krystyna
RUSSIAN STYLE 1700-1920: Court and Country Dress from the Hermitage
London: Barbican Editions, 1987

Quarto. 166 pp; over 40 color & 100 b/w illustrations; catalogue; chronology; notes on designers & fashion houses; glossary; bibliography; index. Two copies of the exhibiton checklist laid in. Paperback with flaps. VG, minor wear at top of spine; a clean, unmarked copy.
Inventory number #009216

AMERICAN FABRICS Number Ten, 2nd Quarter, 1949
NY: Reporter Publications, 1949

Folio. 124 pp; color & illustrations; fabric samples tipped in; advertisers index. Paperback. VG. may be missing a swatch or two. Included articles: portfolio of authentic district checks, portfolio of fabric fashions, loom hand-weaving part III
Inventory number #008778

AMERICAN FABRICS Number Eight, 4th Quarter 1948
NY: Reporter Publications, 1948

Folio. 155 pp; color & b/w illustrations; fabric samples tipped in; advertisers index. Paperback. VG Trade periodical. Articles in this issue include: the MMA collection of textiles, using apparel woolens in interior design, chinchilla, Christopher Marlowe, moths, block-printed cottons of Jouy, hand-weaving part I of III.
Inventory number #008776

Albrecht, Donald
PARIS / NEW YORK: Design, Fashion, Culture 1925-1940
NY: Monacelli Press, 2008

Tall quarto. 240 pp; over 250 color & b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Cloth with dustjacket. A new copy. Twelve essays by leading French and American scholars and 250 illustrations vividly recreate the contributions of the era's legendary figures, including Josephine Baker, Chanel, Salvador Dali, Raymond Hood, Ely Jacques Kahn, Raymond Loewy, Paul Poiret, Helena Rubinstein, and Henri Soule. Published to accompany an exhibition at the Museum of the City of New York.
Inventory number #008457

Dufresne, Jean-Luc
CHRISTIAN DIOR: Man of the Century
Granville: Musee Christian Dior, 2005

Quarto. 245 pp; full of color & b/w photographs & drawings. Paperback. Near Fine, a clean, unmarked copy. Published to accompany the 100-year anniversary exhibition of Dior's birth, which was held at Dior's birthplace in Granville, Normandy.
Inventory number #008398

Lovegrove, Keith
PAGEANT: The Beauty Contest
NY: Te Neues, 2002

Quarto. 142 pp; 100 color & 60 b/w illustrations. Paperback. A Near Fine copy. The author celebrates the culture of the beauty contest, from the well-known spectacles of Miss World and Mr. and Miss Universe to the flamboyance of Alternative Miss World. He looks at international and national beauty pageants alike.
Inventory number #007897

Tierney, Tom
MOVIE STAR VAMPS AND SCAMPS: Paper Dolls
Mineola, NY: Dover, 2003

First edition. Quarto. 32 pp; 12 dolls and 32 costumes on 16 color plates. Paperback. A fine copy. This paper doll collection focuses on 12 femmes fatales who dominated the silver screen from the silent era through the 1930s, accompanied by costumes from their most popular films. The actresses are: Theda Bara, Clara Bow, Louise Brooks, Marlene Dietrich, Jean Harlow, Barbara La Marr, Myrna Loy, Mae Murray, Nita Naldi, Pola Negri, Gloria Swanson, Mae West.
Inventory number #007725

Kemper, Rachel H.
COSTUME
NY: Newsweek Books, 1977

Quarto. 191 pp; full of color & b/w illustrations. Red cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/VG, minor wear at top of jacket spine. Inscribed by author on front free endpaper.
Inventory number #007437

Langner, Lawrence
THE IMPORTANCE OF WEARING CLOTHES
London: Constable, 1959

Octavo. 349 pp; over 300 b/w illustrations; bibliography; index. Dark blue cloth with gilt-lettered spine in dustjacket. VG/Good, This is the classic history of clothing that inspired the bold, young designers of the 1960s to create the controversial styles of the period, including the mini-skirt, the topless bathing suit, & the unisex look. It is essential reading for social scientists, historians, students, artists, librarians & all those who cover & adorn their bodies.
Inventory number #007436

O'Hagan, Helen, Kathleen Rowold & Michael Vollbracht
BILL BLASS: An American Designer
NY: Harry N. Abrams, 2002

First edition. Quarto. 272 pp; color & b/w illustrations throughout. Cloth with dustjacket. Near Fine/Near Fine, small black dot on bottom edge. Published to accompany a major retrospective of the designer's 50-year career, this volume features over 100 new photographs by such notables as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Horst, and Guy Bourdin, in addition to Blass's own sketches.
Inventory number #007311

Fukai, Akiko & Jun Kanai
MARIANO FORTUNY 1871-1949
Kyoto: Kyoto Costume Institute, 1985

Square octavo. 48 pp; 21 full-page color photographs & a number of b/w illustrations. Text in Japanese. Paperback. Top corner gently creased, else in very good condition. Catalogue of an exhibition held November 9 - Dec 1, 1985.
Inventory number #007209

Zamperini, Alessandra
ORNAMENT AND THE GROTESQUE: Fantastical Decoration from Antiquity to Art Nouveau
NY: Thames & Hudson, 2008

First English edition. Small folio. 308 pp; 242 color illustrations; glossary; bilbiography; indices. Cloth with dustjacket. Fine/Fine, a new, unused copy. A lavish survey of the grotesque style in European painting and decoration, from Roman times to the late 19th century. Grotesques consist of loosely connected motifs, often incorporating human figures, birds, animals, and monsters, and arranged around medallions filled with painted scenes. They were a fashionable form of ornamentation in ancient Rome; in the 17th and 18th centuries grotesque decoration was transformed into arabesque, chinoiserie, and singeries, and how it continued in the nineteenth century, leading eventually to Art Nouveau.
Inventory number #007078