Who were the Cavaliers and what elaborate hairstyles did they introduce? Did seventeenth-century Puritans wear only simple, unadorned black outfits? Coloring book fans find out with the help of this educational, accurately rendered fashion survey of the period. Notes. 45 black-and-white plates.
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For Broadway afficionados and paper doll fans, 16 stars from the Great White Way, each with costumes from two of her most famous shows. Paper doll figures of Eve Arden, Shirley Booth, Carol Burnett, Diahann Carroll, Barbara Cook, Nanette Fabray, Celeste Holm, Lena Horne, Gertrude Lawrence, Gypsy Ros[...]

Clothing worn by plantation society shortly before the beginning of the Civil War. This collection of 29 carefully researched illustrations captures the fine details of these garments, which include walking costumes, evening gowns, morning and afternoon dresses, and wedding apparel for women, as wel[...]

Recent exhibits of Art Deco design at major U.S. museums have refocused popular attention on the artistic creations of the twenties. Here is a spectacular review of Art Deco fashion, starting with the innovative work of Paul Poiret and Georges Barbier and continuing with the dramatic designs of Soni[...]

Alluring ladies in innovative outfits by Poiret, Lanvin, Chanel, and other designers exude wit, panache and style. Lavish costumes for dining, dancing, and promenading are set against backdrops adapted from posters, photographs, and images from fashion magazines of the period. A delight for Art Deco[...]

Enchanting full-color portraits of lovely ladies in a splendid array of nineteenth-century attire: riding and hunting outfits, hoop skirts under ruffled and lace-trimmed gowns, elegant evening apparel, and charming traveling dresses. Delightful Currier and Ives backgrounds enhance each portrait.

The queen of the World War II pin-ups and the girl with the million-dollar legs, Betty Grable starred in a bevy of Technicolor musicals. This sparkling tribute features 2 dolls and 29 costumes from her movies, including apparel by such noted designers as Orry-Kelly, Charles LeMaire, and Rene Hubert.[...]

Designer Hubert de Givenchy remains best known for the on- and off-screen "haute couture" fashions sported by Audrey Hepburn. Three paper dolls model 30 of Givenchy's elegant dresses, suits, gowns, and other garments from the 1950s-80s. Famous movie costumes include little black dresses from "Sabrin[...]

Elegant ball gowns and opera cloaks from the Belle Epoque, lovely summer frocks and tailored suits from the Roaring Twenties, seductive evening dresses from the 1930s, and dramatic cocktail dresses from the 1940s--including designs from Lanvin, Poiret, Worth, Adrian, Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Balmai[...]

Invaluable collection of authentic costumes, based on historic sources and meticulously rendered by a noted fashion illustrator, displays over 550 costumes-from royal robes and peasant garments of the early 1600s to "bloomers" for active young ladies of the late nineteen century. Includes carefully [...]

Andrei Vinius's life and work attest to the importance of career bureaucrats in ushering Muscovy to a seat at the table of Europe's Great Powers in the Early Modern Age. Kees Boterbloem's study goes further and shows how some phenomena that we associate with mature capitalist economies and their imp[...]