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Nov 20, 2015 f our years ago, waterstones was facing oblivion. This book is filled with historical information about the brands and biographies of some of the. Take an illustrated journey through 5,000 years of fashion, from stoneage furs to flamboyant flounces, corsets and 1970s sequins. Christmas is the perfect time to curl up with a good book. Decades has passed, but the book is still very actual. Waterstones cuts ebook deal with kobo the bookseller. The book dissects the history of events from the parisian couture at the beginning of the 1900s, until the possibility of quick, comprehensive access to fashion on the internet in the early 1990s. Kate middleton shopped at a local waterstones bookstore.
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From the chanel suit to the wonderbra, via jackie kennedy, ziggy stardust and alexander mcqueen, respected fashion journalist and editor. Dec 01, 2016 historical novel the essex serpent by sarah perry has beaten the likes of j k rowling and beatrix potter to be crowned the waterstones book of the year for 2016. The essex serpent crowned waterstones book of the year. Each page features full page illustrations to pore over and information on how styles were developed as each new era defined fashion for itself. Waterstones history and romantic fiction letters books the. In january 1997, waterstones announced the results of its books of the century poll to find out what the public considered to be the hundred greatest books of the twentieth century. This captivating book reproduces arguably the most extraordinary primary source documents in fashion history.
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Surveying the past 150 years of fashion history, the book goes beyond what might be expected of such a compilation, offering up entries not only on celebrated designers from paul poiret to helmut lang but also on tastemakers generally less well knownfor example, textile creator zika ascher, cobbler pietro yantorny and early 20th century. Scholarly developments in the 1920s and 1930s produced studies in which fashion and dress received new. Explore world history and culture through the lens of fashion with the complete book of fashion history. The fashion book is the authoritative resource on absolutely everyone and anyone whos meant. With the refits of waterstones reflecting a more boutique, upmarket style, the. Providing a revealing window onto the renaissance, they chronicle how styleconscious accountant matthaus schwarz and his son veit konrad experienced life through clothes, and climbed the social ladder through fastidious management of selfimage. Buy fashion that changed the world by jennifer croll from waterstones today. As of february 2014, it employs around 3,500 staff in the uk and europe. The book covers the merovingian period, the carlovingian period, the influence of the crusades, reigns of john and of charles v, etc. A smart book on fashion that might be described as karl marx meets alexander mcqueen, with chapters on haunting, phantasmagoria, glamour, and cruelty. Waterstones can live with amazon and stem losses, says james. This illustrated book is a brief guide for the woman who would understand her own type, make the most of it, and know how simple a matter it is to be decorative if she will but master the few rules underlying all successful dressing.
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