Fashion History

Image of Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style
Author(s):
April Calahan
Genre(s):
Fashion History

Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style

November 18, 2015
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

NY Journal of Books just reviewed Fashion: A Timeline in Photographs: 1850 to Today and Fashion Plates should have been its predecessor as it details in chronological ord

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Image of The Killer Detail: Defining Moments in Fashion: Sartorial Icons from Cary Grant to Kate Moss
Author(s):
Francois Armanet
Genre(s):
Fashion History

The Killer Detail: Defining Moments in Fashion: Sartorial Icons from Cary Grant to Kate Moss

January 18, 2014
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

". . . offers an entirely different perspective on the world of fashion . . ."

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Image of Paris Haute Couture (Langue anglaise)
Author(s):
Anne Zazzo
Genre(s):
Fashion Phortography, Fashion History, Graphic Design

Paris Haute Couture

January 23, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

Paris Haute Couture is possibly one of the most informative and exhaustive volumes on the subject.

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Image of Cult Eyewear: The World's Enduring Classics
Author(s):
Neil Handley
Genre(s):
Consumer & Industrial Design, Fashion History, Graphic Design

Cult Eyewear: The World's Enduring Classics

November 20, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

In Cult Eyewear: The World’s Enduring Classics, Neil Handley provides a rich history of eyeglasses starting in the late 18th century right up to the present.

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Image of Forties Fashion: From Siren Suits to the New Look
Author(s):
Jonathan Walford
Genre(s):
Beauty, Fashion History, Sewing: Quilting, Needlepoint, Textiles, Weaving, Knitting, Embroidery, Crossstitch, Crochet

Forties Fashion: From Siren Suits to the New Look

March 14, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

Mr. Walford affords the reader great insight with regard to one of the most highly influential fashion decades of the past century.

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Image of Emilio Cavallini
Author(s):
Genre(s):
Designers, Muses & Personalities, Fashion History, Design

Emilio Cavallini

February 22, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

To anyone with a comprehensive knowledge of the fashion industry, the name Emilio Cavallini is immediately associated with hosiery and leg wear.

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Image of The Allure of Chanel (Pushkin Collection)
Author(s):
Paul Morand
Genre(s):
Designers, Muses & Personalities, Fashion History

The Allure of Chanel (Pushkin Collection)

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to spend a weekend with Coco Chanel?

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Image of The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris
Author(s):
Alicia Drake
Genre(s):
Designers, Muses & Personalities, Historical, Fashion History

The Beautiful Fall: Fashion, Genius, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris

October 1, 2010
Reviewed by: 
Jeffrey Felner

 (Little, Brown and Company, September 2006) The Beautiful Fall has been classified “pop culture” but it is more much a chronicle of the parallel lives of two of the most famous designers of

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