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Tim Gunn's Fashion Bible: The Fascinating History of Everything in Your Closet

Tim Gunn, Ada Calhoun

"From a bestselling fashion guru--a fascinating, meticulously researched history of Western fashion covering every topic from the history of the high heel to the origin of blue jeans.America's favorite fashion expert, New York Times bestselling author, beloved mentor on Project Runway, and a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Oz, The Biggest Loser, and others--Tim Gunn is also the chief

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The Sartorialist

Scott Schuman

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Color: A Natural History of the Palette

Victoria Finlay · 448 pages

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Burlesque and the Art of the Teese / Fetish and the Art of the Teese

Dita Von Teese, Bronwyn Garrity · 272 pages

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The Lost Art of Dress: The Women Who Once Made America Stylish

Linda Przybyszewski · 373 pages

"As a glance down any street in America quickly reveals, American women have forgotten how to dress. We chase fads, choose inappropriate materials and unattractive cuts, and waste energy tottering in heels when we could be moving gracefully. Quite simply, we lack the fashion know-how we need to dress professionally and flatteringly. As historian and expert dressmaker Linda Przybyszewski reveals in

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Fashion: A History from the 18th to the 20th Century—The Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute

Tamami Suoh, Miki Iwagami, The Kyoto Costume Institute · 720 pages

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Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail

Lucy Johnston · 224 pages

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It

Alexa Chung · 192 pages

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FRUiTS

Shoichi Aoki · 304 pages

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Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty

Andrew Bolton, Harold Koda · 240 pages

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Flapper: A Madcap Story of Sex, Style, Celebrity, and the Women Who Made America Modern

Joshua Zeitz · 345 pages

Blithely flinging aside the Victorian manners that kept her disapproving mother corseted, the New Woman of the 1920s puffed cigarettes, snuck gin, hiked her hemlines, danced the Charleston, and necked in roadsters. More important, she earned her own keep, controlled her own destiny, and secured liberties that modern women take for granted. Her newfound freedom heralded a radical change in American

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To Marry an English Lord

Gail MacColl, Carol Wallace · 403 pages

In 1895, nine American girls married peers of the British realm. It was the peak year of a social phenomenon that began when the entrenched members of old New York snubbed these "new money" families after the Civil War, sending them off to England in quest of class. MacColl presents a rich tapestry of essays, sidebars, fact-filled boxes, and lively anecdotes to chronicle the era respresnted by Dow

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Women in Clothes

Sheila Heti, Heidi Julavits, Leanne Shapton · 521 pages

"An exploration of the questions we ask ourselves while getting dressed every day, and the answers from more than six hundred women"--From back cover.

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Hair Story: Untangling the Roots of Black Hair in America

Ayana Byrd, Lori L. Tharps · 208 pages

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Barbie: The World Tour

Margot Robbie · 168 pages

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Parisian Chic: A Style Guide

Ines de La Fressange · 242 pages

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Lauren Conrad Style

Lauren Conrad, Elise Loehnen

Lifestyle and fashion icon Lauren Conrad, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Lauren Conrad Celebrate and Lauren Conrad Beauty, lets fans step into her enviable closet in this must-read guide on finding the perfect style. Filled with an inspiring array of fashion tips and personal stories, and lavishly illustrated with dozens of color photographs throughout, Lauren Conrad Style is the p

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Fashion: The Definitive History of Costume and Style

Susan Brown · 480 pages

"From simple to sophisticated, elegant to excessive, what we wear says who we are. "Fashion" is the ultimate visual guide to everything ever worn. From the extravagance of Ancient Egypt, through the legendary fashion houses of Chanel and Dior, to the latest cutting-edge labels, this gorgeous collection of costume and dress shows how fashion reflects people and places, and captures the times in whi

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Gothic and Lolita

Masayuki Yoshinaga, Katsuhiko Ishikawa · 272 pages

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