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Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire B. Shaeffer

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Sewers who have ever longed to create clothing with the distinctive look of haute couture will love this book. They'll learn the finer points of hand sewing, shaping, and finishing for a high-end, professional look. This book is for all sewing enthusiasts who appreciate fine workmanship.1 point

High Fashion Sewing Secrets from the World's Best Designers: A Step-By-Step Guide to Sewing Stylish Seams, Buttonholes, Pockets, Collars, Hems, And More (Rodale Sewing Book) by Claire B. Shaeffer

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Internationally known sewing expert Claire Schaeffer reveals the secrets of high-fashion legends such as Geoffrey Beene, Ralph Lauren, Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Liz Claiborne, and Calvin Klein. Claire's illustrated, step-by-step instructions let you duplicate the design details made famous in expensive ready-to-wear. Plus, Claire's timesaving patternmaking and copying methods can be used to create one-of-a-kind, original garments.Only a few simple tools and patternmaking skills are needed...1 point

The Golden Age of Couture: Paris and London 1947 - 1957

In 1947, Christian Dior's "New Look" was more...1 point

In 1947, Christian Dior's "New Look" was greeted with both shock and delight, making headlines around the world. Accompanying the exhibition opening at the Victoria and Albert Museum in September 2007, this lavish book focuses on Parisian and British couture between 1947 and 1957, the decade Dior hailed as fashion's "golden age." The "New Look" symbolized a new femininity. The full skirts and hourglass silhouettes were considered highly decadent, synonymous...1 point

Dior by Farid Chenoune

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Couture: The Art of Fine Sewing by Roberta C. Carr

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Bridal Couture: Fine Sewing Techniques for Wedding Gowns and Evening Wear by Susan Khalje

Though ostensibly a how-to manual on wedding gown more...1 point

Though ostensibly a how-to manual on wedding gown construction, this magnificent book teaches all about advanced dressmaking skills, and its principles can be applied to creating many other types of haute-couture-style gowns. The very thorough text details all aspects of fabrics and construction: the unique characteristics of each type of fashion fabric, including extensive information on manipulating lace; preparing the muslin mockup (a necessary first step to ensure a perfect fit); adjusting the...1 point

The Zapp Method of Couture Sewing: Tailor Garments Easily, Using Any Pattern by Anna Zapp

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Fine Embellishment Techniques: Classic Details for Today's Clothing by Jane Conlon

Celebrating all that is elegant and classic about more...1 point

Celebrating all that is elegant and classic about vintage clothing, this book shows how to embellish new garments to make them look as though they were crafted in a more glamorous era. Readers will learn they don't have to be experts to add embellishment techniques from the 1920s, 30s, and 40s to their wardrobes. They'll discover the possibilities of adding threadwork, beading, trims, piping, and more to garments. These projects are elegant and sophisticated and especially appealing to those who...1 point

Madeleine Vionnet by Betty Kirke

Back in print at last, with a ravishing new cover, more...1 point

Back in print at last, with a ravishing new cover, Madeleine Vionnet is "not only the best book on Vionnet, but perhaps the best book ever on a fashion designer" (Out). Madeleine Vionnet (1876-1975) was the greatest dressmaker in the world. Considered a genius for her innovations with the bias cut—the most difficult and desirable cut in clothing design—she has a fanatical following. Vionnet was a maverick, her results spectacular. She dressed the stars of the '30s, invented new pattern-making...1 point

Creative Cloth Doll Couture: New Approaches to Making Beautiful Clothing and Accessories by Patti Medaris Culea

This book is the third installment on making creative more...1 point

This book is the third installment on making creative art doll clothing and accessories from successful doll artist Patti Culea, following Creative Cloth Doll Making and Creative Cloth Doll Faces, both from Rockport Publishers. This book builds on the previous two by delving into how to make exotic and beautiful garments and accessories such as hats, shoes, and purses for art dolls. This is the only book available on making clothing for art dolls. Moreover, it not only includes a pattern for various...1 point

Couture Crochet Workshop: Mastering Fit, Fashion, and Finesse by Lily M. Chin

A review of crochet standards, chart reading, and more...1 point

A review of crochet standards, chart reading, and technique is combined in this guide with a course on sizing crocheted garments to fit like a glove-all in the interest of encouraging crocheters to try their hand at lace fashions that look as though they came straight off a ready-to-wear runway. Patterns include a metallic ribbon Chanel-style jacket, a lace shift dress with a mohair lace camisole, a cowl-neck trapeze tunic, and a chevron wedding dress with matching fingerless gloves. Those...1 point

The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris by Alicia Drake

Paris in the '70s was running at full tilt -- a ne more...1 point

Paris in the '70s was running at full tilt -- a new order was coming into view amid hedonism, ambition, and outrageous decadence. This was a fashion revolution, the beginning of fashion as rock-star spectacle, and the world went wild for it. Alicia Drake writes about the dramatic collision and rivalry between two titanic geniuses, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld, whose clashes sparked that tumultuous decade. Americans came to Paris in droves - from Andy Warhol and Jerry Hall to Bianca Jagg...1 point

Balenciaga and His Legacy: Haute Couture from the Texas Fashion Collection by Myra Walker

Born in 1895 in a remote fishing village in Spain, more...1 point

Born in 1895 in a remote fishing village in Spain, Cristóbal Balenciaga learned sewing and tailoring at his mother's knee. By 1937, the talented and persistent young man had opened his own design salon in Paris, and in the years following World War II he emerged as a designer to be reckoned with in the world of haute couture. The House of Balenciaga grew to serve an international clientele from locations in Paris, Madrid, and Barcelona, and from 1937 to its closing in 1968 created some of the...1 point

Great Fashion Designs of the Fifties Paper Dolls in Full Color: 30 Haute Couture Costumes by Dior, Balenciaga and Others by Tom Tierney

Two lifelike paper dolls and 30 haute couture outf more...1 point

Two lifelike paper dolls and 30 haute couture outfits by Chanel, Paquin, Jacques Heim, Mainbocher, Pauline Trigere, Givenchy, Cardin, Norell, other greats. Publisher's Note. Captions.1 point

Theatre de la Mode: Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture by Edmond Charles-Roux, Herbert R. Lottman, Stanley Garfinkel, Nadine Gasc

Harnessing the romance of the world of fashion and more...1 point

Harnessing the romance of the world of fashion and high art, this fascinating story of a collection of miniature mannequins describes the birth of Théâtre de la Mode, the Theater of Fashion. Full of stars such as Robert Ricci (Nina Ricci's son), filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and other members of the 1944 haute couture industry, the story follows 237 miniature fashion dolls through their epic tour of Europe and North America, bringing fashion, elegance, and beauty into a war-torn world. Also included a...1 point

Great Fashion Designs of the Sixties Paper Dolls in Full Color: 32 Haute Couture Costumes by Courreges, Balmain, Saint-Laurent and Others by Tom Tierney

Bold bright colors, miniskirts, a "see-throug more...1 point

Bold bright colors, miniskirts, a "see-through" dress, an innovative pants suit, and "kooky" accessories typify wardrobes of 2 dolls in this extensively researched and painstakingly rendered collection. Spectacular apparel by Mary Quant, Paco Rabanne, Oscar de la Renta, and others. Introduction and notes. Captions. 16 plates.1 point

Knit Couture: 20 Hand-Knit Designs from Runway to Reality by Gail Downey, Henry Conway

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Gail Downey (half of the popular London label Weardowney) and Henry Conway present the philosophy and innovative designs that make up this vintage-inspired, fashion-forward design label. Vogue has said about their designs that they are like "old friends already" and Knit Couture offers twenty patterns based on their acclaimed designs plus an in-depth view of the world of fashion knitwear. One of Weardowney's goals is to teach and inspire by offering modern-day knitters a window into the wider world...1 point

Baby Couture: Sew Stylish Fashions for Infants and Children by Samantha McNesby

Stylish baby clothes don?t have to cost a fortune ? more...1 point

Stylish baby clothes don?t have to cost a fortune ? readers can emulate the latest trends in baby gear simply and inexpensively with this new guide. Projects are designed for levels of sewing experience from beginner to more advanced, and include patterns for booties, slippers, caps, bibs, jumpers, pants, dresses, coats and more.Author Samantha McNesby shares five specific trends to coordinate with the patterns: Shabby Chic, a soft, traditional look with an heirloom feel; Orient Style, with bold...1 point

The Couture Accessory by Caroline Rennolds Milbank

Accessories are addictive, and the most spectacula more...1 point

Accessories are addictive, and the most spectacular ones- those created by the great designers-provide not only enormous pleasure but also offer a perfectly crystallized image of their creator's vision. This book celebrates the visionary hats, bags, shoes, belts, scarves, gloves, and jewels fashioned by the greatest designers of the 20th century, beginning with Poiret, Vionnet, Chanel, and Schiaparelli and continuing through to today with such inventive minds as Azzedine Alaia, Jean Paul Gaultier,...1 point

Great Fashion Designs of the Forties Paper Dolls in Full Color: 32 Haute Couture Costumes by Hattie Carnegie, Adrian, Dior and Others (Paper Dolls) by Tom Tierney

Two dolls plus 32 classic costumes by Lanvin, Nore more...1 point

Two dolls plus 32 classic costumes by Lanvin, Norell, Schiaparelli, and other legends.1 point

Cool Couture: Construction Secrets for Runway Style (Singer Studio) by Kenneth D King

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Hot Couture by Tilly Greene

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How Fashion Works: Couture, Ready-to-Wear and Mass Production by Gavin Waddell

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Fashion deals with a world of illusion on the one hand and a hard-bitten, multifaceted and multi-billion pound industry on the other. This stimulating book clarifies how fashion operates on all its levels: the mystery of haute couture is explained, the complexities of ready to wear are simplified, and the power of mass production assessed and evaluated. Fashion terms, their use and meaning are explained in plain words and the complicated stages of design, manufacture and distribution are described...1 point

The Couture Name in History by Ancestry.com

The Couture Name in History is a customized book o more...1 point

The Couture Name in History is a customized book offering a unique blend of fascinating facts, statistics and commentary about the Couture name. The book is just one of an entire series of family name books in the Our Name in History collection. Each book in the collection is printed on demand and is compiled from hundreds of millions of records from the world's largest online resource of family history, Ancestry.com. This particular book follows the Couture family name through history and makes...1 point

Victoria and Albert Museum Desk Diary 2008: The Golden Age of Couture 1947-1957 (Desk Diary) by Frances Lincoln

These Victoria & Albert Museum diaries are ill more...1 point

These Victoria & Albert Museum diaries are illustrated with images of Parisian and British couture from a decade that Christian Dior described as the 'Golden Age' of fashion.1 point