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FASHION SEWING PATTERNS.
Butterick fashions including patterns transfers and needle-art. Counter display catalogue.
New York: Butterick Company Inc. 1939. Fourteen sections in on vol. Folio. 12.5 x 14 in. 201-204; 555-600; 461-600; 279-300; 375-400; 277-300; 289-300; 137-150 293-302; 149-150 20; 273-300; 285-300; 283-300; 231-300 175-200 pp. With over 1000 colour-illustrated and colour-tinted fashion illustrations w/ thumb tabs at fore-edges of each section most heavily creased dustsoiled. Publisher’s quarter-blue cloth over thick printed softcovers cover art of fashionable pinched waist tailored suit & skirt on front cover wear & scuffing to softcovers minor bumping head & foot of spine dustsoiling still VG- copy. First edition of this unusually scarce counter display catalogue of Butterick fashion patterns all-day long dresses tailored dresses jacket dresses evening gowns maternity wear housecoats dressing coats and more for pre-World War II America. This catalogue provides an invaluable illustrated historical reference for the colours styles and fabrics during the explosion and impact of Christian Dior’s new designs reflecting the refined femininity with severely cinched waists extra padding to the hips longer and decidedly more romantic skirts and dresses as well as nicely fitted jacket-and-skirt tailored suits. The 1930s featured more modest and form fitted glamorous styles focusing on natural high waist fitted hips and longer skirts with high necklines and wide shoulders. Modeled on the styles popularized by such glamour queens as Greta Garbo Joan Crawford and Ginger Rogers the ideal “30s woman†was supposed to be tall slender with tiny waist and narrow hips. These designs show the marked rise in special elegance of 1938 fashions emphasizing the pencil-thin silhouette skunk jacket extravagant hats with veils molded dresses full skirts with bright patterns and tiny sailor hats. These catalogues are quite scarce and nearly all have perished over the decades from use not only from the original women’s stores fabric stores tailors seamstresses but also as reference works for costume departments designers and others in the ensuing decades. No copies located in Worldcat. Butterick Company, Inc., hardcover
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FASHION EDWARDIAN. DICKSON George L. & DICKSON William H..
Catalogue for 1906 interspersed with some statistics and other interesting reading matter. Dickson Bros. Co.: general outfitters for men and boys. . . .
Tacoma WA: Dickson Bros. Co. 1120-1122 Pacific Ave. The Quick Print 1906. 8vo. 42 2 pp. With woodcut-engraved illustrations throughout. Pictorial light green softcovers front cover art rendering of the Dickson Bros. front facade before expansion and young college men wearing suits in Cornell dorm room minor toning to fore-edges minor curling to textblock 1 very small tear still a VG copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce Washington department store catalogue for the Dickson Bros. Co. which expanded quickly at 1120-1144 Pacific Ave. in Tacoma WA during the first 30 years of the 20th Century. The company flourished by emphasizing ready-to-wear lines of clothing rather than tailored clothing selling Adler Bros. and Stein-Bloch suits and clothing based out of Rochester NY Stetson Hats and more. They also sold heavy denim work clothes such as Keystone railroad overalls and jackets trunks traveling bags boots shoes and more. George Dickson 1851-1935 was an active outdoorsman mountaineer and merchant in Tacoma. No copies located in Worldcat; See: George L. Dikcson’s Narrative Tacomian Jan. 7 1893. Dickson Bros. Co., 1120-1122 Pacific Ave., The Quick Print, hardcover
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FASHION RUBBER.
Catalogue: rubber boots & shoes manufactured by. . . .
New Haven CT & Pittsburgh PA: L. Candee & Co. H. Childs & Co. 1887. 8vo. 28 pp. Decorated title page lithographed illustrations throughout. Embossed & decorated softcovers front cover decorated & illustrated in gilt & burgundy w/ peacock feather above lettering and nicely executed lithograph on back cover of young saleswoman standing next to a rack of rubber boots & shoes for sale minor toning shelfwear very slight tidemark at upper fore-edge front cover still a VG copy. First edition of this nicely printed Victorian catalogue for rubber boots and shoes. The nicely executed lithographs promote the Hip Boots hip waders thigh high sporting boots double thick Pebble Leg Boots and Fairy Boots reminiscent of cowboy boots as well as the rubber Duck or Canvas Boot for hunting. Also included are many different styles and varieties of rubber shoes for women and children including No Heel Imitation Sandals Gossamer Imitation Sandals Buskins with cotton flanel lining Opera Dew Drop Feather Weight and many others. The company also produced tennis rubber soled shoes croquet shoes as well as heavy duty Stalwart Lumbermen’s Shoe intended to fit over logger’s Wool Boots or German Socks. Leverett Candee 1795-1863 obtained early patent rights from Goodyear for manufacturing rubber shoes as early as 1844 and by 1852 had organized the large Candee Rubber Co. factory with the Hotchkiss Brothers in New Haven and Timothy Lester. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Davis The New England States Vol. I pp. 344-346 1897; Joseph Kane Famous First Facts 1950. L. Candee & Co., [H. Childs & Co.], paperback
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FASHION JAZZ AGE. COMER Charles E.
Comer all weather coats. Volume 113. 1924 styles. . . direct from factory to customer. Salesman sample catalogue with tipped-in wool canvas leather cotton and blend fabric swatches.
Dayton OH: The Comer Manufacturing Co. 1924. Tall 8vo. 5.5 x 10.5 in. 36 pp. Numerous illustrations 4 colour plates 4 sepia-tinted plates 64 wool wool blend canvas linen leather cotton and patterned fabrics some treated w/ coating tipped-in occasional offsetting from samples either surrounding the sample or on facing leaves. Dark red printed softcovers decoration & lettering in orange & blue minor soiling some creasing still a VG- copy. First edition of this scarce salesman sample catalogue for men and women’s Jazz Age raincoats and overcoats in the mid-1920s. The company was founded before World War I by Charles E. Comer b. 1887 who quickly established the company as one of the largest manufacturers in Ohio of raincoats. The colour fashion plates are quite striking for the period and offer invaluable historical reference for the styles and weight of raincoats sold during the Flapper Era. Comer produced rubber-lined coats offered deals if you ordered two coats at once and also offered Mackinaws General Purpose coats Rubber rain slickers reversible coats and even waterproof aprons for housewives. This catalogue notes that they had just completed their new 40000 square foot and even offered waterproof luggage and garment bags. They were well known for advertising in labor magazines trade magazines and professional magazines constantly promoting their product and recruiting new salesmen. Worldcat locates only 1 copy Vol. 166. The Comer Manufacturing Co., hardcover
Référence libraire : 47496
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Fashion Hall Lee
Common Threads; A Parade of American Clothing Signed
Boston: Little Brown & Co 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Wide hardbound quarto in dustwrapper. 324 pp. The history of everyday clothing. With 373 black and white illustrations. A lightly read near fine copy in photo-illustrated dustwrapper. SIGNED by the author on the title page. A somewhat large and heavy volume. <br/><br/> Little, Brown & Co hardcover
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FASHION NEW YORK.
Compliments of L. Marshall one-price clothier hatter and furnisher. Large chromolithograph promotional advertising card with fashionably dressed Victorian children ice skating on a pond.
Auburn NY: L. Marshall ca. 1885. 1 chromolithograph card 6.75 x 11.75 in. Beautiful colour printing very slight toning to fore-edges otherwise bright and clean. First edition thus of this advertising card for L. Marshall who were a very successful and popular Victorian clothing and furnishing store in Auburn New York. They were particularly well known for their beautiful colour advertising cards sent out as promotions and were at their height of popularity at the end of the 19th century. L. Marshall, hardcover
Référence libraire : 46789
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Fashion Doonan Simon
Confessions of a Window Dresser Signed
New York: Viking Studio 1998. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Wide paperbound quarto. 239 pp. Profusely illustrated. Tales from a life in fashion. A fine copy in bound photo-illustrated wrappers with French flaps. SIGNED and dated by Doonan on the first page. <br/><br/> Viking Studio paperback
Référence libraire : 28228
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Fashion Stone Lara Marih Bajantoinette et al.
CR Fashion Book Issue 9 Marie Antoinette
New York: Fashion Media Group 2016. First edition. Paperback. Fine. Thick oversized paperbound quarto. The ninth issue of this magazine devoted to modern fashion. A fine example. A large and heavy volume. <br/><br/> Fashion Media Group paperback
Référence libraire : 24287
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Fashion Weber Bruce Ford Tom et al.
CR Fashion Book Issue 4 Fairy Tales
New York: Fashion Media Group 2014. First edition. Paperback. Near Fine. Thick oversized paperbound quarto. The fourth issue of this Magazine devoted to modern fashion. Includes an article by Tom Ford photos by Bruce Weber and others. Faint crease to spine else a fine example. A large and heavy volume. <br/><br/> Fashion Media Group paperback
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FASHION MID CENTURY.
Croquis haute couture Ete: robes ensembles. . . No. 83. . . .
Vienna: Wiener Modellgesellschaft M.B.H. Editions de Mode Fashion Publications 1955. Folio. 9 x 13 in. 23 colour plates in pochoir-inspired hand-coloured style. Printed beige softcovers minor creasing head of spine minor dustsoiling still VG bright copy. First edition thus of this beautifully rendered collection of haute couture summer dress designs issued by the Viennese fashion cooperative in the 1950s. These designs show the decided shift towards elegance and perfectly matched accessories for women during the 1950s with nipped-in waists full-skirted dresses as well as tailored fitted clothes with a hint of playfulness and exuberance inspired by the designs of Cristobal Balenciaga and Hubert de Givenchy as well as the feminine silhouette of Christian Dior. No copies in Worldcat of this issue. Wiener Modellgesellschaft, M.B.H., Editions de Mode, Fashion Publications], hardcover
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FASHION WORK CLOTHES. BERMAN Oscar.
Crown Special: positively and absolutely the biggest fullest broades roomiest strongest and most bountifully generously and spaciously cut overall that the most free and lavish use of denim can produce. . . .
Cincinnati OH: The Crown Overall Manufacturing Co. 1912. Oblong 4to. 11.5 x 8.75 in. 12 pp unpaginated. which folds down into 3.8 x 8.75 in. accordion-style brochure colour-printed throughout together with coupon printed on pink paper order blank printed on gold paper and facsimile testimonial ALS together with mailing envelope very slight creasing very slight wear to couple corners still NF. First edition of this exceedingly scarce Crown Overalls catalogue advertising two styles of bib overalls a pantaloon overall and denim coats available from Crown Overall Co. in blue denim tobacco Brown and Tan. These incredibly durable work clothes were very roomy comfortable and union made by the popular work clothes company. Berman b. 1877 founded the Crown Overall Company in 1903 and within 10 years became the largest denim overall manufacturing company in America which before World War I employed over 2000 workers operated a giant plant in Cincinnati OH. No copies located in Worldcat. The Crown Overall Manufacturing Co., hardcover
Référence libraire : 55443
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Fashion Trasko Mary
Daring Do's; A History of Extraordinary Hair
Paris and New York: Flammarion 1994. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/near fine. Square hardbound quarto in dustwrappper. 144 pp. Illustrated in color and black and white. A book on the symbolism and significance of hair. A lovely near fine copy in dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Flammarion hardcover
Référence libraire : 28557
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Fashion Dwight Eleanor Diana Vreeland
Diana Vreeland Inscribed by Dwight
New York: William Morrow 2002. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Nearly square glossy red hardbound book in matching dustwrapper. 308 pp. A lavishly illustrated monograph on fashion editor Diana Vreeland. A very good copy in very good dustwrapper. This copy has been INSCRIBED by Eleanor Dwight on the half-title page. <br/><br/> William Morrow hardcover
Référence libraire : 18386
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FASHION TEXTILES.
Dresses from the collection of Diana Princess of Wales. A charity sale conducted by Christie’s. . . on behalf of AIDS Crisis Trust and The Royal Marsden Hospital Cancer Fund. . . .
New York: Christie’s Park Avenue 1997. 4to. 212 pp. Over 200 colour photos & designs. Colour-illustrated softcovers NF copy. First edition of this fascinating catalogue documenting the style of the tragic Princess whose fashion sense preferred English designers. This catalogue includes original fashion drawings and renderings with some of the dresses chronicles where and when they were worn and pays homage to the memory of Diana. Some of the designers include Gina Fratini Catherine Walker Zandra Rhodes Sassoon Victor Edelstein and others. Christie’s Park Avenue, paperback
Référence libraire : 47024
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Fashion Freida Pinto Anna Faris Eva Green Dane Dehaan Sam Claflin Olga Kurylenko Sebastian Stan and Joel Kyack
Flaunt Magazine The Denim Issue; Guess Thirtieth Anniversary
New York: Flaunt No date. First edition. Cloth. Very Good. Quarto. 292 numbered pages. Unusual and lavishly designed fashion magazine celebrating the 30th anniversary of Guess. Edited by Luis Barajas. Covers made out of denim cloth frayed at edges. Glossy interior pages with pop-up features die-cuts fold-outs and other extravagent features. A very good copy of this uncommon magazine issue. <br/><br/> Flaunt hardcover
Référence libraire : 15310
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FASHION TEXTILES
Fruit of the Loom. Easy Care Fashion Prints. Staple Patterns. Checks - Strips - Dots. Just the Touch of an Iron!
Fruit of the Loom. No date. Ca. late 1940s - early 1950s. Eight-panel display booklet tipped in color fabric swatches folding accordion style to 12 x 8 3/4 inches. Covers lightly worn some pencil notations; very good clean condition. Features boldly colored and designed Fruit of the Loom fabrics. Undated presume late 40s early 50s before the company focus shifted almost exclusively to underwear. Fifteen different patterns are represented featuring stripes polka dots checkerboards asterisks and a clover grid. Each pattern is represented by paste-on fabric swatches in shades of red blue yellow green and grey. The cover states the fabrics are Spot and Soil Resistant Stabilized for Shrinkage in Wash Fast Colors and 100% Cotton. The business address in New York's garment district is given as 112 West 34th St. an address the company maintained through the late 50s. Included with the display booklet is a panel 13 1/2 x 10 inches featuring 6 paste-on fabric swatches in shades of green chiefly polka dot patterns badly creased across the top 2 inches. An unusual piece of ephemera reflecting the tastes of another era. . Fruit of the Loom. hardcover
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FASHION FURS. ELWOOD J.ames W.illard? William Pres..
Furs: Catalogue No. 31; Make more money. Be a furrier. Use your spare time learn at home. Complete course 40 lessons. Learn Furcraft service open a fur shop. . . .
Omaha NE: Northwestern Fur Company ca. 1934. Two vols. 4to. 15 1; 16 pp unpaginated. with numerous photo and text illustrations diagrams. Self-printed illustrated softcovers both with cover art of stylish young women wearing furs including one in front of an Art Deco screen both with centerfold creases as issued minor shelfwear rubbing still VG set retaining original mailing envelope addressed to A.lbert H.enry McConnell 1861-1939 Payette Valley Silver Fox Farm Fruitland ID formerly of Gunnison CO set up his fruit orchards ranching business and other opportunities in Idaho. First editions of these very rare fur fashion and furrier supply catalogues issued by the Northwestern Fur Co. of Omaha NE including in the first catalogue furs for sale such as chokers scarfs muskrat Northern Seal Hudson Seal Caracul Siberian Squirrel and others. Also included are listings for furriers’ tools and equipment taxidermy work fasteners and more while the second catalogue promotes the complete furrier course offered by the company. Elwood 1875-1947 with two partners Paul F. Greve and R.H. Smith incorporated the Northwestern Fur Company school of taxidermy and the Northwestern Fur Company furs mail order in 1903 and quickly expanded for the succeeding decades. Elwood had previously taught and been director at a trade school in Iowa before moving to Omaha NE and continued as the public face of the mail order company for decades eventually closing down in the 1980s. No copies located in Worldcat; See: Northwestern School of Taxidermy Northwestern Fur Company Nebraska State Historical Society Manuscript Finding Aid RG5451.AM. Northwestern Fur Company, paperback
Référence libraire : 56170
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Fashion 19th Century Hats Clothing Women's Hair Styles
Group of 19th Century Fashion Design Plates: Women's Hair and Hat Styles; Clothing for Children
Various Places Listed: Various Publishers 1865. 28 individual pages; with some having two images or more on each side of the sheet and several with images on both sides. 4 of the sheets with hand-colored illustrations. Most of the pages have been excised from various 19th century fashionable publications: Godey's; The Young Ladies Journal; Frank Leslie's Lady's Magazine and Gazette of Fashion; Demorest's Monthly Magazine; La Mode with an 1865 - a large prospectus sheet top corner torn away as well as a color plate and others from publications not identified. Of various sizes many folding plates with specific themes - hair millinery children's fashions. Dated circa 1850s- 1880s. Some edge-wear darkening; splitting along fold lines; a few with sections torn away. In good condition overall; an interesting selection of 19th century fashion plates. First Edition. Not Bound. Good. Various Publishers Paperback
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FASHION GLOVES.
Histoire du Gant par la Grande Maison de Blanc. History of the glove. . . .
Paris: Grande Maison de Blanc ca. 1888. 12mo. 42 pp unpaginated. Colour chromolithograph illustrated title 18 colour chromolith plates. Dark green silk gilt lettering on front cover very minor soiling edgewear front cover rear inner hinge starting still a VG bright copy stapled textblock as issued. First edition of this delightfully produced and illustrated history of gloves through the ages. These include descriptions of mesh gloves used by the Egyptians metal gauntlets used by Roman gladiators gloves to keep warm by monks during the Middle Ages leather gloves to protect the hands and arms of the falconer fencing gloves beautiful silk & lace gloves for noblewomen at the courts of Louis XV and Louis XVI and riding gloves for women during the Second Empire of Napoleon III and finally the Belle Epoque. Grande Maison de Blanc was a renowned firm in Paris during the Belle Epoque who were especially proud of selling French-manufactured gloves linens cravats and other household goods at a discount compared to many other stores at the time. They were pioneers in not only producing their own products in house by maintaining factories in Tarare Lille Fives and other areas around France but pushing other suppliers to offer steep wholesale discounts. Worldcat locates 2 copies NYU Princeton. Grande Maison de Blanc, hardcover
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FASHION TEXTILES. REISS Raymond H. Chairman.
International Tailoring Co. All wool line Fall and Winter 1926-27. Salesman sample catalogue.
Chicago New York & Montreal: International Tailoring Co. 1926. Thick elephant folio 19 x 19.5 x 2.75 in. 57 1 pp. printed on thick card stock each mounted on linen hinge. With colour lithograph fashion plates illustrating ITC styles of the period verso of almost all pages with 331 mounted textile samples in wool wool-silk blends -- all samples clearly marked with prices and availability numerous text illustrations decorative borders. Original three-quarter black pebbled cloth over green Art Deco style lettering on front cover slight rubbing very minor shelfwear very minor tidemark to lower fore-edge of a couple leaves still a NF copy. First edition of this scarce and unusually complete salesman sample catalogue for men’s suits work clothes and evening wear during the Jazz Age. The company known as the “King of Tailors†together with its’ famed subsidiary J.L. Taylor maintained a huge tailoring operation in both Chicago New York and Montreal until after World War II employing hundreds of tailors and seamstresses to fill orders. The catalogues were very expensive to produce and so were most often found in department stores mercantiles and men’s stores which would have these catalogues on the sales floor for two years or more. Sales people were directed to simply clip the corners of samples for out-of-stock and discontinued fabrics but they often chose to remove the entire sample in order to not distract potential customers. The catalogue offers invaluable illustrated historical reference for the colours styles and fabrics during the era of F. Scott Fitzgerald and the Flappers. Most of the colour fashion plates illustrating the available sports suits styles Alconquin Arcady Belleterre The Cherokee Comet Cosmopolitan etc. have elegant backgrounds as well as indicating necessary belts hat styles and linings. In addition there is a plate for evening formal dress such as Prince Albert Tuxedos and of course the appropriate silk linings. The factory buildings in Chicago and New York are still standing and in use with the Chicago building designed by Mundie & Jensen finishing construction with additions in 1922 it exemplified the modern spacious natural light and progress work space of the time now used by the Chicago Art Institute and as condos while the New York edifice was designed by Starrett & Van Vleck and converted to Co-ops in 1980. No copies in Worldcat. International Tailoring Co., hardcover
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FASHION PARIS.
La fourrure parisienne. Grand choix de modeles de luxe. Hiver 1936. Publication annuelle No. 4. . . .
Vienna Austria & Paris: Les Editions Leon Claude 4 Rue mayran 1936. Folio. 10.75 x 14.6 in. 4 pp. With 25 colour fashion plates text printed in French English & German. Textured beige softcovers raised & embossed gilt lettering front cover black lettering for Leon Claude minor chipping head & foot of spine edgewear some scuffing still a VG copy w/ the fashion plates in bright condition. First edition of this very scarce and beautifully printed fashion design magazine from the mid 1930s produced by the publishing house which also published fashion publications such as Paris Chic La Coquette and Le Gout Parisien. These designs show the dominant influence of Elsa Schiaparelli’s fashions in the 1930s as she continued Chanel’s idea of comfortable jackets but with the emphasis on beautiful tailoring. The designs here include most in 3/4 length with some sporting shapes and belted jackets as well as fancy wraps made from leopard panther kid-astrakhan Buenos broadtail lamb beaver otter Persian lamb musk mink fox and others. The collars are voluminous and flaring all the way around and the linings are often chosen to complement and match the dresses worn by the models. These 1930s fashions show a dramatic drop in hem lengths the new French beret style hats worn at an angle and designs which inspired the Hollywood glamor look of the era popularized by Joan Crawford Carole Lombard and others. The designs are glamorous and chic with many having geometric patterns and reflecting the Art Deco influence. These fashion designs were issued only to subscribing specialty shops boutiques and fashion enthusiasts at the time with eight different issues on assorted subjects appearing annually. No copies of this issue located in Worldcat. Les Editions Leon Claude, 4, Rue mayran, paperback
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FASHION PARIS.
La fourrure parisienne. Grand choix de modeles de luxe. Hiver 1940. Publication annuelle No. 8. . . .
Vienna Germany & Paris: La Mode Artistique S.A. 4 Rue mayran 1940. Folio. 10.75 x 14.6 in. 4 pp. With 28 colour fashion plates text printed in French English & German. Textured beige softcovers raised & embossed gilt lettering front cover black lettering for La Mode Artistique minor chipping head & foot of spine edgewear some scuffing still a VG copy w/ the fashion plates in bright condition. First edition of this very scarce and beautifully printed fashion design magazine issued in the opening years of World War II following the occupation of Paris in the summer of 1940 originally owned by Leon Claude. The firm had also published fashion publications such as Paris Chic La Coquette and Le Gout Parisien. These fashion designs show the growing restraint and conservatism of Nazi Germany and reflecting the desire by Adolf Hitler to extinguish French influence in European fashion. The designs here include most in 3/4 length with some sporting shapes and belted jackets as well as fancy wraps made from seal kid-astrakhan Buenos broadtail lamb beaver otter nutria ocelot Persian lamb musk mink fox and others. The collars are trimmer and the linings are often chosen to complement and match the dresses worn by the models. These 1940s fashions still show the dramatic drop in hem lengths feathered hats worn by Germans & Austrians and designs which inspired the Hollywood glamor look of the era popularized by Greta Garbo Joan Crawford Carole Lombard and others. These fashion designs were issued only to subscribing specialty shops boutiques and fashion enthusiasts at the time with eight different issues on assorted subjects appearing annually. No copies of this issue located in Worldcat. La Mode Artistique, S.A., 4, Rue mayran, paperback
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FASHION PARIS. ATELIER BACHWITZ & CLAUDE Leon.
La lingerie parisienne. Publication annuelle No. 26.
Vienna & Paris London & New York: Chic Parisien; Les editions Leon Claude 4 Rue Rochambeau January 1932. Folio. 9.25 x 13 in. 8 pp. With 12 hand-coloured pochoir fashion plates 8 printed on thick blue-tinted paper stock some w/ metallic silver ink highlights 4 blue-tinted plates of lingerie 1 text illustration. Thick silver metallic softcovers decorative lettering and cover illustration in orange black white & silver minor scuffingm rubbing minor creasing front cover still a VG exemplar. First edition of this very scarce and spectacular fashion design magazine supplement for women’s lingerie from the early 1930s produced by the famed Chic Parisien publishing house owned by Atelier Bachwitz and printed by Leon Claude who also issued the Le Gout Parisien fashion magazine. These designs show the growing movement away from the straight narrow gamin look for women in the 1920s with two-piece undergarments becoming the norm trimmed with lace and feminine details as well as employing the new Rayon and rubber elastic textiles. Pre-code Hollywood glamor popularized by Carole Lombard Kathryn Crawford Josephine Dunn and others influenced lingerie fashions heavily. Arnold Bachwitz 1854-1930 built one of the most successful and influential fashion journals with Chic Parisien reaching countries around the world and influencing trends in Paris Vienna London and New York. In addition Atelier Bachwitz published over 50 other fashion-related magazines and his widow Rosine 1853-1942 continued the tradition through the 1930s until the business was seized by the Nazis and she was put to death during the Holocaust. No copies of this issue located in Worldcat. [Chic Parisien]; Les editions Leon Claude, 4, Rue Rochambeau, paperback
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FASHION WORLD WAR II. LAMY Estelle MARC LUC LAMY Paul.
La qualite specialite francaise; La Pariesienne 44 telle que la voient; Rayures pois et pastilles Tous les plis tou les plisses toute les fronces; Des robes qui ne se portent plus qu-au cinema; Tailleurs d’ete; La Beaute industrie de Paris. . . In: Qualite. Edite par A La Francaise La Revue de la Qualite. . .
Nice Paris & Maresille: A La Francaise May 1944. 4to. 78 14 pp. With numerous colour plates colour ads over 100 black & white text illustrations & photos. Colour-illustrated softcovers colour cover art on rear minor shelfwear slight rubbing light spotting to front cover and first couple leaves still VG- bright copy. First edition of this very scarce French fashion and luxury goods magazine published in occupied France a few months before the “liberation of Paris†and the Battle of Marseille. The lavish ads and articles tout the achievements of Parisian fashion designers French artists the cosmetics & perfume industry of Paris theatre productions Nazi-controlled French cinema and more. There are few of these occupied France publications surviving and Worldcat does locate a complete run at the Bibliotheque National. A La Francaise], paperback
Référence libraire : 56300
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Fashion Greer Fergus
Leigh Bowery Looks
London: Violette Editions 2002. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine/Near Fine. First edition. A definitive guide to the looks designed and in the photographs included worn by Leigh Bowery. Bowery was an outrageous performance artist fashion designer and nightclub sensation. A fine copy in near fine unclipped dustwrapper. This copy nicely INSCRIBED by Greer in 2003. Signed by Author. <br/><br/> Violette Editions hardcover
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FASHION SINGER SEWING MACHINES. SINGER SEWING; ALOS Margarita.
Libro “Singer†de bordados. . . ; Academia “Singer†Villa Canas: examen primer curso Ano 1939. . . Singer company embroidery manual together with embroidery sample catalogue for Singer Sewing Center in Argentina showing all of Ms. Alos’ sewing samples.
New York: Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co. Departamento de Educacion January 1941; 1939. Two vols. 1st - Tall 8vo. 225 1 pp. Over 150 colour and black & white photo illustrations diagrams. Black textured softcovers gilt lettering & decoration printed on front cover edgewear bumping to corners minor soiling old tape repairs to front cover still G- copy; 2nd -- Oblong 4to. 12 x 7.75 in. 54 pp. on pink-tinted paper with 57 tipped-in fabric embroidered sewing samples including over on linen silk lace satin and wool textiles each w/ school stamp approving sample. Half-blue cloth post-binder over blue goards gilt lettering stamped on front cover sewn at gutter margin w/ white silk ribbon soiling minor dampstain curving to covers from the bulk of the tipped-in samples on the leaves still a VG exemplar. Both preserved in blue textured cardboard box & lid minor edgewear faint tidemark to lower fore-edge 1 corner. Fourth revised edition of this well-illustrated embroidery guide on stitches to be learned and executed on Singer Sewing Machines together with a beautifully done sample book showing Ms. Alos’ skills in learning the necessary skills in her Singer school in Villa Canas Argentina. The Singer Sewing Machine company developed special Singer Sewing Academia in Argentina Mexico and many other South American countries as well as Spain between the World Wars. These special private schools for professional dressmakers using the Singer manuals allowed female-owned dressmaking businesses to grow and create professional spaces separte from men. In addition these academias allowed women to pay by the class and embroidery was one of the advanced skills which commanded higher wages for women at the time. Singer actively encouraged this movement in order to develop home-based businesses and academias which in turn increased their sales of sewing machines. The sample book begins with a number of decorative types of embroidery stitches monograms and then displays floral patterns spider-web patterns laces a beautifully embroidered red roses and carnations on purple silks and satins. Worldcat locates 2 copies of the Libro Singer Bibliotecas del Tecnologico de Monterrey Mexico; British Library 3rd editions; See: Ketteler Sewing through the years in art women and society; Paula de la Cruz-Fernandez Atlantic Threads: Singer in Spain and Mexico 1860-1940 pp. 198-210. Singer Sewing Machine Manufacturing Co., Departamento de Educacion, hardcover
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FASHION 1970s. MONTGOMERY WARD.
Luxurious custom clothes for the look of elegance. Department store salesman sample catalogue for men and women’s tailored suits.
Chicago & New York: Montgomery Ward Steinthal Sample Co. Inc. 1972. Folio. 13 x 11.5 in. 50 pp unpaginated. printed on Harvest Gold Avocado Green and blue tinted textured papers. Numerous fashion plates and fashion sketches throughout w/ 89 fabric samples tipped-in Carol Brent label mounted. Black vinyl metal spiral wire binding as issued gilt lettering and logo stamped on front cover rounded corners minor foxing to pastedowns otherwise an excellent copy. First edition of this scarce and fascinating salesman’s sample catalogue for men and women’s suits leisure wear and formal tuxedos offered by Montogmery Ward at the beginning of the 1970s. This line of clothing featured English fabrics from Herbert Gladson Inc. tailored portions by Imperial in New York some Jacquard fabrics from David H. Small Co. in New York assembled for tailored clothing bearing Carol Brent Lady Brummell and the Designer’s Showcase labels. The men’s suits feature the slim fit with early bell bottoms wide lapels loud and vivid colour linings reverse welt hip pockets cardigans and even matching belts. Women’s clothing featured flared skirts double-breasted suit coats belted coats five-button pantsuits and fly front topcoats. No copies located in Worldcat. Montgomery Ward, Steinthal Sample Co., Inc., hardcover
Référence libraire : 54492
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Fashion Coco Chanel
Mademoiselle Chanel
Japan: Bunkamura 1990. First edition. Paperback. Good . Tall paperbound quarto. 182 pp. Text in Japanese with some French. Catalog of a 1990 exhibition in Japan. Illustrated in color and black and white. A good copy in thick bound photo-illustrated wrappers. Light sunning to spine colors. Please note: this is a large and heavy volume. Additional shipping charges will apply for international orders. <br/><br/> Bunkamura paperback
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FASHION MEN'S SUITS.
McGregor Hebrides Mustard. Color of the Hebrides. Rugged and misty as the Northern isles. Curved gneiss on Lewis Island Hebrides. Beautiful retail advertising poster for men’s corduroy suit signed by Vos.
New York: McGregor Doniger ca. 1953. Elephant folio. 19 x 28 in colour poster expertly mounted on linen backing with 1.5 in. border around the entire poster NF copy. A wonderfully rendered advertisement which was intended for men’s sportswear and jackets sold by the McGregor-Doniger company as part of their Color of the Hebrides campaign in 1953. The image shows the model dressed in the Hebrides Mustard-coloured corduroy suit with blue & gray tartan vest & lining against the backdrop of Lewis Island with the bold McGregor company name in tartan colours at the lower fore-edge. The McGregor company was founded in 1921 by David D. Doniger a hat-maker and tailor from Scotland who left the family clothing business to establish himself in the United States. He focused on sportswear clothing that was both comfortable but also with fabrics colours and styles which were chosen to compliment one another. The McGregor line became the epitome of Preppy fashion during the 1940s and are perhaps best remembered for the red Anti-Freeze jacket worn by James Dean in the 1955 Rebel without a cause. McGregor Doniger, hardcover
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FASHION MEN'S COATS.
McGregor Hebrides Gray. Color of the Hebrides. Rugged and misty as the Northern isles. Skye Inner Hebrides. Beautiful retail advertising poster for men’s sportswear jackets signed by Vos.
New York: McGregor Doniger ca. 1953. Elephant folio. 19 x 28 in colour poster expertly mounted on linen backing with 1.5 in. border around the entire poster NF copy. A wonderfully rendered advertisement which was intended for men’s sportswear and jackets sold by the McGregor-Doniger company as part of their Color of the Hebrides campaign in 1953. The image shows the model dressed in the coat against the backdrop of the Isle of Skye with the bold McGregor company name in tartan colours at the lower fore-edge. The McGregor company was founded in 1921 by David D. Doniger a hat-maker and tailor from Scotland who left the family clothing business to establish himself in the United States. He focused on sportswear clothing that was both comfortable but also with fabrics colours and styles which were chosen to compliment one another. The McGregor line became the epitome of Preppy fashion during the 1940s and are perhaps best remembered for the red Anti-Freeze jacket worn by James Dean in the 1955 Rebel without a cause. McGregor Doniger, hardcover
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FASHION 1940 Texidor cover illus.
Men's Apparel Reporter. December 1940. MAGAZINE WITH CHRISTMAS COVER.
New York.: Men's Apparel Reporter. Vol. 10 No. 7. 12- 1940. Complete December 1940 issue of magazine 13 3/4 x 11 inches 56 pp. The magazine is a monthly trade publication for the men's apparel buyer. Overall general wear and soiling to covers undulation to upper right corner of text block from dampstaining. A striking Santa-themed cover on this uncommon publication. Articles include "Gluck Opens Broadstreet's" "Semi-Sports Fashions." . Men's Apparel Reporter. unknown
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Fashion Isao Yajima
Mode Drawing Costume Signed
Japan: Atorie 1989. Later printing. Paperback. Fine/very good. Square paperbound quarto.in glossy dustwrapper. Text in English and Japanese. Illustrated mostly in color. Unpaginated. A fine copy in plain white bound wrappers in very good illustrated paper dustwrapper. Price sticker to rear panel. This copy has been SIGNED by the artist. <br/><br/> Atorie paperback
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FASHION MEN'S SHIRTS.
Monarch shirts. $ 1.00 and $ 1.25. . . Original wall display painted tin sign advertising Monarch Shirts Arrow with the original oak frame painted on tin.
Troy NY: Cluett Peabody & Co. Makers ca. 1900. Painted tin sign w/ black lettering 19 x 14 in. mounted in original quarter-sawn oak frame 24 x 18 in. with the advertising logo painted in black lettering minor scuffing to lettering very minor rust spotting and blue-tinted patina to sign still a VG- example. A wonderful advertising display for Monarch Shirts which originally came out of a Carlton Oregon general store which at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century also sold men’s clothing accessories and shoes. George Bywater Cluett 1838-1912 and Frederick Forrest Peabody 1858-1927 were pioneers in the shirt & replaceable collar industry in Troy NY who created the iconic Arrow brand detachable Collars and shirts. They formed their company from Cluett & Sons to Cluett Peabody & Co. in 1899 and rapidly grew their business by providing women with an easier way to clean their husbands’ stained shirt collars without having to wash the entire shirt. In addition the collars wore out a much faster rate than the rest of the shirts so these replaceable collars would extend the life of the garments. Monarch shirts were famed for their durability and patented their Patent Bound Bosom Shirt which became known to consumers across the country as the Monarch Shirt. In 1905 the company launched the iconic campaign for Arrow Shirts with the famed illustrations by Joseph Leyendecker which ran for over 25 years. Various Cluett divisions maintained offices and showrooms in New York through 2002 and then in 2004 the Arrow Shirt brand was acquired by Phillips-Van Heusen Corp. Cluett, Peabody & Co., Makers, hardcover
Référence libraire : 48322
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FASHION SEWING.
New fashions for you and your home. Spring-Summer. . . Fashions by Advance Butterick Hollywood McCall’s Pictorial Simplicity Vogue. Interior decorations by American Home Better Homes & Gardens. . . .
New York: Singer Sewing Machine Co. 1938. 4to. 20 pp unpaginated. Numerous colour photo and black & white illusts. Colour-illust. softcvrs slght scuffng 1 small closed tear foot of spine still a VG copy. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated work on dressmaking and sewing in the 1930s by the Singer Sewing Machine Company. Singer Sewing Machine Co., unknown
Référence libraire : 45839
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FASHION EDWARDIAN.
New York fashions: Autumn and Winter of Nineteen-Ten-Eleven. Preferred by well-dressed men in all parts of the world.
New York & Tacoma: Alfred Benjamin & Co.; Dege & Milner 1910. 8vo. 16 pp unpaginated. Black & white plates throughout including double-page centerfold pen & ink reminiscent of work of Charles Dana Gibson. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art of horse-drawn sleigh in the snow slight dustsoiling minor shelfwear still an excellent copy. First edition of this scarce and nicely illustrated catalogue for Alfred Benjamin & Co. fashions for men before World War I. Benjamin Clothes were famed during the opening two decades of the 20th Century for emphasizing their cosmopolitan styling and that they were wholly manufactured and tailored in New York of the highest quality. The plates show well-dressed Benjamin men on the steps of The Met next to the Franz Sigel Statue on Riverside Drive in front of their Brass Era automobile at The Abbey on Lafayette and more. This copy was printed for the Dege & Milner department store in downtown Tacoma which was operated from 1901-1915 by James H. Dege and his partner William Milner before Dege opened the James H. Dege Co. store. No copies located in Worldcat. Alfred Benjamin & Co.; Dege & Milner, hardcover
Référence libraire : 56015
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FASHION CATALOGUE.
New York Fashions. Fall & Winter. National Cloak & Suit Co. . . .
New York: National Cloak & Suit Company 1907. Tall 8vo. 72 pp. Illust. in black & white throughout the order sheets printed on gold-coloured paper. Colour lithograph illustrated softcovers beautifully dressed woman in red seated in chair on front cover illust. of new store at 207-217 West 24th St. minor creasing to couple corners very minor chipping couple corners still a VG- copy w/ original promotional letter laid-in on steel-engraved letterhead. First edition thus of this wonderfully illustrated fashion catalogue for women in the Gilded Age. The company has included order blanks for made-to-order garments illustrations and instructions for tailor-made suits shirt-waist suits jackets skirts rain coats drop skirts shirt-waists wash dresses silk coats Japanese kimonos underwear sable & mink fur stolls and muffs and more. National Cloak and Suit Company was founded in 1888 and their catalogue was devoted to offering made-to-order clothes for women in rural areas and they were one of the first mail order stores for women’s clothing. National Cloak & Suit Company, hardcover
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FASHION TEXTILES.
North America is ready to buy European imports; Haute Nouveautes in cotton; Laces and organdies; Looking at European silks and rayon; Woollens -- new properties of an old material; Blouses collrs and lingerie; Swiss Industries Fair 1950. . . In: International Textiles No. 199/200 Vol. II.
Amsterdam: International Textiles 1950. Folio. 212 pp. With 100s of text illustrations plates diagrams photos many in colour 1 w/ tipped-in fabric sample of red velvet. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art by Jean Colin showing the European dove of peace dangling a tailoring manikin below while flying over the Americas plexiglass spiral binding as issued minor shelfwear light soiling to fore-edges still VG copy. First edition of this very rare installment of this post-World War II fashion textiles trade magazine filled with advertising and articles detailing how Europe intended to wean itself off the Marshall Plan aid in order to rebuild. The article on Parisian fashion includes dress designs by Jean Desses Jacques Fath Pierre Balmain and others. There is a remarkable article on seersucker patterns offered for the 1951 season by Cloques which includes photos of the actual factory sample catalogue leaves showing patterns and tipped-in fabric swatches. In addition there are lavish advertisements and beautifully illustrated articles filled with fashion window displays from the Swiss Industries Fair in 1950 revealing the tremendous explosion of Mid-Century Modern designs out of European fashion design houses. International Textiles, paperback
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FASHION HAIR PIECES & WIGS. HENRY B.
Notre catalogue de saison nouvelle. Importante maison de postiches grande specialite de modeles. . . .
Paris: B. Henry 60 Rue de Turbigo ca. 1900. 8vo. 16 pp. Over 75 text illusts. 1 photo illust. of B. Henry. Self-printed wrappers illust. on front cover some minor dustsoiling wear slight creasing still VG- copy stapled as issued. First edition of this fascinating and very scarce catalogue of the elaborate hair-pieces and wigs for the fashions of mostly women and some men at the end of the 19th century. The pieces include full wigs hair extensions hair braided into the styles to be pinned to existing hair decorative pieces for special occasions and more. In addition there is a very good section on how to accurately measure yourself for your hair-piece. No copies located in Worldcat. B. Henry, 60, Rue de Turbigo, unknown
Référence libraire : 46147
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FASHION MEN'S SHIRTS. LEYENDECKER Joseph Christian.
Original small salesman’s sample oak & glass counter display for Arrow collars preserving two original collars; Leyendecker advertisement for Arrow shirts & collars with Arrow man holding the tiller of a sailboat with young woman companion leaning against the rail looking over her shoulder.
Troy NY: Arrow Shirt Co./ Cluett Peabody & Co. Inc. ca. 1930; 1955. Quarter-sawn oak salesman sample counter display case 18.75 x 6 x 6 ins. with glass top & front door in back with catch w/ original label at bottom of the display indicating that this case was only to be used for the display of the Company collars preserving two Arrow Shirt Co. Collars some scuffing and wear to label at bottom of case affecting lettering minor wear to sides of case together with original Leyendecker advertisement printed on canvas w/ oak frame 28.5 x 21.5 ins. the piece has been professionally cleaned and mounted on archival foam core and removed from the original bars which were damaging the image and placed back in the oak frame some sunning faint discoloration to upper left margin still remarkable pieces. A wonderful advertising display for Arrow shirts and collars including pre-World War II counter sample case and 1950s promotional ad reproducing one of the famed Leyendecker images. These pieces originally came out of a small men’s clothing shop in Bend Oregon. The Arrow collars grew from the marketing idea by Cluett Peabody & Co. in Troy NY that it gave women an easier way to clean their husbands’ stained shirt collars without having to wash the entire shirt. In addition the collars wore out a much faster rate than the rest of the shirts so these replaceable collars would extend the life of the garments. This style of detachable collars remained popular up until the mid-1930s and largely declined out of use by the end of World War II. Leyendecker 1874-1951 created the Arrow Collar Man which was an advertising campaign that ran from 1905 - 1931 and was perhaps one of the most successful product brands in history. He created 100s of images and many of them are still synonymous with men’s fashion and styles. This advertisement was part of a revived campaign by Arrow Shirt Co. in the 1950s through early 1960s as they revived the nostalgia of the Leyendecker ads and pushed their shirts with soft collars. Arrow Shirt Co./ Cluett, Peabody & Co., Inc., hardcover
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FASHION SEWING. DIMELOW Grace C.
Paris frocks at home.
New York: The Butterick Publishing Co. 1930. 8vo. 4 185 1 pp. Frontisp. 176 text illustrations & diagrams. Green cloth silhouettes of fashionably dressed woman and Eiffel Tower on front cover black lettering minor shelfwear minor rubbing to corners still VG copy. First edition of this excellent work filled with sewing tips advice on fabrics suiting patterns proper ways to cut fabrics and keeping Paris inspired Butterick fashions up to date. The Butterick Publishing Co., hardcover
Référence libraire : 52021
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FASHION WOMEN'S PERIODICAL
PETIT MESSAGER DES MODES ET LE CONFIDENT REUNIS
1847. FASHION - WOMEN'S - PERIODICAL LE PETIT MESSAGER DES MODES ET LE CONFIDENT REUNIS: TOME VII NOS. 1-17 22-24; TOME IX NOS. 1-13 15-17. Paris: Imprim. Schneider et Langrand 1847 and 1849. Thirty-six issues illustrated with 72 lovely hand-colored engraved plates of which 33 are by Heloise Leloir and 12 by Laure Colin Noel. Quarto. Text: 27-136169-192; 104113-128121-128 pp. 10 1/4 by 7 in. Nineteenth-century binding: quarter black morocco marbled boards gilt title on spine marbled endpapers. The binding is shelfworn with top joint is starting and lower joint tender. The first issue is missing four text pages; otherwise despite some misleading errors in pagination all text is present. Most issues have a timbre royal mark a French duty stamp on one text page but not on the plates. The plates are generally clean and fresh; however there are a few exceptions: 1. - Both plates in Vol. VII no. 1 have old paper repairs on the inner margin and the top fore-corner of one has been clipped; 2. - The two plates in Vol. VII no. 2 have been trimmed 1/4" shy of the fore-edge of the bookblock; 3. - One plate in Vol. IX no. 15 which is the only horizontal image in the entire volume has been trimmed to the top-edge of the image at the fore-edge. LE PETIT MESSAGER DES MODES was a bi-weekly publication appearing on the 1st and 16th of each month comprised of eight pages of text that was to include 22 engraved plates and 3 large patterns in each six-month period. This volume is bound without any of the large patterns and instead an additional plate has been inserted wherever a pattern is called for. These `extra' plates have been supplied from issues that are not included in this volume. Although most issues are complete with text and appropriate plates together there are twelve instances in this volume including the plates-for-patterns substitutions of plates being misbound or of a plate from another issue replacing the expected plate. And so while the plates are lovely and in very good condition it is for these reasons that the volume is offered as is. unknown
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FASHION MEN'S SHIRTS.
Pilgrim Tru Point shirts. Exclusively with Sears. Individuality on the cuff. The personalized shirt. Your initial on the cuff. . . salesman sample catalogue with cotton and cotton blend samples for shirts.
Chicago: Sears Roebuck Co. ca. 1940. Tall 8vo. 21 leaves on thick card stock w/ 59 cotton & cotton-blend colour fabric swatches tipped-in all of them marked at lower part of page w/ stock no. Quarter-blue cloth over pictorial boards w/ notches cut into head & foot of spine for black ribbon binding to hold individual sample leaves with matching notches minor dustsoiling some thumbing to text leaves fore-edges minor shelfwear still a VG copy. First edition of this scarce salesman sample catalogue for men’s shirts sold by Sears in the 1940s. This catalogue includes samples for dress shirts as well as comfortable leisure and lightweight Spring & Summer weights. Most of them are woven from an excellent cotton and/or cotton blends with decorative patterns in blues tans greens and plain white or blue. Pilgrim Brand had a very long and successful life as a brand of Sears clothing for men first appearing on men’s socks in 1905 and over the next 60 years extended to men’s shirts ties underwear and even children’s clothing. Pilgrim hit its’ high-water mark in the 1940s when Sears sold Tru-Point Royal Ascot Royalton and Nobility men’s shirts under the Pilgrim label. The name was retired in 1964. Sears, Roebuck Co., hardcover
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FASHION 1960s CHANEL STYLED
Presenting the Davidow Collection. TWELVE BOOKLETS
New York.: Davidow. 1960-1969. A dozen eight-page sales brochures in color 10.5x 7.75 inches showcasing the Davidow fashions for fall or spring; the twelve brochures each titled "Presenting the Davidow Collection" span the decade from fall 1960 to spring 1969. Small logo of Meier and Frank Co. department store appears on most front overs. The 1969 brochure has creases on the free edge; time-toning at the top of the Spring 1965 brochure; abrasions at bottom of spine of fall 1963 brochure; stains and creases to rear page of the fall 1962 brochure and a 1 x 2 inch water stain on the bottom edge of front cover that causes ripples to the ensuing pages. Remaining brochures in overall good condition. The web site Sports Illustrated Vault provides an archived article on Davidow fashions first published in 1959: "Davidow suits of soft-colored plaids and tweeds are by now an American institution. They have been made and sold in this country for more than 30 years first by William H. Davidow.who started the family business in New York in 1880 with the manufacture of men's shirts and women's skirts. Coats and suits were added to Davidow's collections in the '20s and the firm has made its fame and fortune on the now familiar three-piece ensemble: coat and suit of matching or harmonizing fabrics. The style of these suits changes only subtly from year to year and this seems to be a secret of their charm to the wearer who knows that her outfit will always be recognized as a 'Davidow suit.' In the past five years since Gabrielle Chanel returned to the couture in Paris the Davidows have revived an old connection and have bought and reproduced the designs of Chanel in this country." The Chanel-inspired designs are featured in each of the twelve 60s brochures. In 1970 the Chanel look was displaced when the firm contracted with designer Umberto Manzo to produce a new line called Couture 71; the twelve brochures thus reflect a distinct epoch in the Davidow fashion line. These are uncommon publications of significance to American fashion history; WorldCat doesn't list any library holdings. Brochures overall in very good clean condition with condition issues noted. . Davidow. unknown
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FASHION FUR COATS.
Roll call of the smart. Hollander Featherlite Persian: this tag on your coat -- for enduring beauty. Promotional advertising portfolio of printed photographs of stylish 1940s models wearing Hollander Featherlite Persian coats.
Newark NJ: A. Hollander & Sons Ltd. ca. 1943. Folio. 10 x 13 in. Sixteen photographic plates printed on thick paper stock preserved in illustrated printed portfolio in blue & white w/ white lettering & illust. on front cover die-cut window showing assorted fashions within tear to lower fore-edge of die-cut window flap minor edgewear slight creasing still VG copy w/ promotional brochure laid-in for Parisian Fur Coat Co. addressed Erb’s Fur Shop in Kelso WA. This scarce promotional advertising portfolio includes printed camera-ready photographs of Hollander Featherlite Persian fur coats from such notable furriers and fashion department stores as L.S. Ayres & Co. Furs by Robert in Detroit Roy H. Bjorkman in Minneapolis featuring a Chinese Mandarin style fur Jordan Marsh Neiman-Marcus Julius Garfinckel & Co. Bonwit Teller and even an image of Marguerite Chapman 1918-1999 former Powers model who starred in Appointment in Berlin and Destroyer 1943. A. Hollander & Co. was founded in 1889 by Albert Hollander who developed processes for creating soft and silky fur coats from less expensive furs and also for developing the “Hollanderizing†cleaning process immortalized in the 1950 Broadway musical Guys & Dolls which involved swirling minks and sable fur coats in drums full of sawdust & chemicals to clean them up for each season. A. Hollander & Sons, Ltd., unknown
Référence libraire : 56139
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FASHION MEN'S SHIRTS.
Rosecliff-quaker shirt models; Sport shirts. . . salesman triptych sample case with samples for standard tailored dress shirts short-sleeve sport shirts.
New York: Rosecliff-Quaker 1239 Broadway 1945. Folding sample case portfolio divided into 3 panels w/ flap and snap closure -- 5 x 8.5 x 1.5 in. when folded up; 18.5 x 8.5 when opened up. The left panel with brochure for Firm-edge comfort collar; right hand panel with 7 leaves with 38 cotton gabardine ascot twill Siltex and other blends; center panel with 52 cotton blend & broadcloth samples divided into 5 sections with colour-printed covers. Sample case binding is pebbled black cloth rivets on center panel verso snap for flap 1 minor scuff on flap hinge minor soiling to a few samples hinge repaired still a G copy. First edition of this exceedingly scarce and imaginative salesman sample case for men’s shirts and sport shirts with man in golf shirt on front cover of right hand sample catalogue. The wonderfully engineered catalogues mounted in the folding case display beautifully. Rosecliff-Quaker was best known for their men’s shirts with firm-edge comfort collars and Sanforized or double shrunk so the shirts would not shrink after purchase. The company was founded in 1895 and retained an active sales force for their shirts for years. No copies located in Worldcat. Rosecliff-Quaker, 1239 Broadway, hardcover
Référence libraire : 47397
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Fashion Walker Richard
Savile Row; An Illustrated History
New York: Rizzoli 1988. First edition. Hardcover. Near Fine/very good . Hardbound 4to in dustwrapper. 192 pp. With dozens of photographs some in color. The definitive history of the world's most famous concentration of bespoke tailors. A near fine copy in lightly worn dustwrapper. <br/><br/> Rizzoli hardcover
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FASHION BUTTONS.
Season 1911. Remarkable Silk & Vegetable Ivory buttons salesman sample catalogue.
France: n.p. 1911. Tall 8vo. 6 leaves on thick card stock printed in gilt & black 7 x 11 in. with 369 black silk & vegetable ivory buttons all with stock numbers below and to the side many in the dark brown patterned material some jet black and many with incised or woven patterns each sample card carefully mounted within corners with facing padded red silk leaves to protect the buttons many with ink annotations indicating whether they were available in stock or not. Quarter-black cloth over purple patterned cloth gilt lettering on front cover spine very minor rubbing at the hinges slight bumping to corners still a NF exemplar with the buttons entirely complete and in perfect condition. First edition of this remarkably beautiful Edwardian button sample catalogue which are exceedingly scarce in such exceptional condition. Included are a number of different styles of buttons in vegetable ivory for clothing coats sportswear and more which were sold by this French manufacturer for export together with a number of beautifully woven black silk cloth buttons for women’s coats hats and dresses. Vegetable Ivory is a very dense material that is manufactured into buttons from the Corozo nut that grows on the Tague Tree a type of Palm. It was named Vegetable Ivory in the 19th Century because it resembles real ivory but was not as heavy or dense. These types of buttons were first introduced at the 1862 International Exhibition in England and then reached full popularity at the 1867 Paris Exposition. The sample buttons preserved here come in pressed carved and fine lined patterns some of them painted with a dark flat black other shiny black and many with a beautiful rich shiny mottled effect. During the Victorian and Edwardian periods and prior to the growth in production and popularity these were the buttons of choice for men’s suits. No copies located in Worldcat. n.p.], hardcover
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FASHION SEWING INSTRUCTION. BLAIR Margaret J.
Sewing tablet no. 2. A new and practical course of graded sewing texts for public and private schools. . . .
St. Paul MN: Webb Publishing Co. 1911. Oblong 16mo. 6.75 x 10 in. 37 leaves. With 44 text illustrations & printed photos 1 large folding patter laid-in 7 fabric swatches a couple with sample stitches for students most retaining their original threads and needles for use in project books. Printed softcovers small illust. & lettering in red & black on front cover stapled at upper fore-edge minor bumping to lower right corner w/ open-backed printed slipcase minor edgewear rubbing some scuffing VG/VG- copy. Fourth edition of this excellent Edwardian course book for instructing students in how to sew assorted types of stitches fabrics and even including project samples for the students to practice with. This installment includes details on stitches on canvas flannel skirt placket Mitered corners cat-stitched flannel hems covered seams french knots pattern for and making petticoats how to make buttonholes and more. Seldom are these complete with the textiles sewing swatches needles and thread. Blair b. 1861 was installed as head of the Domestic Arts program at the University of Minnesota by Virginia Meredith in 1897 produced her successful System of Garment Drafting for use in Girls and Domestic Arts Chools and later began producing these sewing course tablets sponsored by the Univ. of Minnesota. Worldcat locates 1 copy Cornell; See: Whitford Martin & Mattheis The Queen of American Agriculture: A Biography of Virginia Claypool Meredith pp. 212-214. Webb Publishing Co., paperback
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FASHION SILK LABELS.
Shirt and hosiery labels best quality. Salesman sample catalogue filled with a marvelous array of decorative and pictorial silk coat labels pocket labels blouse labels millinery and hat badge samples.
Conventry London & New York: J. & J. Cash Ltd. ca. 1905. 4to. 16 pp unpaginated. thick double-sided coated card stock w/ 153 of 154 woven silk labels sized from .5 x 1 in. up to 3 x 3 in. or 2.25 x 5 in. in a myriad of colours many pictorial assorted font styles. Full calf gilt lettering stamped on front cover scuffing edgewear minor ink stain to fore-edge of front cover not affecting textblock minor damage & repair to inner front hinge still a VG- copy. First edition of this exceedingly rare and fascinating salesman sample catalogue of woven silk labels produced by the famed millinery and ribbon novelties company. Founded originally as a ribbon weaving company in 1846 by John and Joseph Cash the firm quickly expanded and developed it’s techniques and products throughout the Victorian and Edwardian eras. They developed whole lines of monogrammed silk labels striking manufacturers silk labels and tailoring labels for identifying clothing lines hosiery hats blankets and more. The labels could be purchased in “Best Quality†and “B Quality†lots by the prospective companies and these samples within the catalogue encompass such examples as those for Spirella Corsets I.&R. Morley’s Theta Flying Wheel shirts H.C Lucking Tailor & Outfitter Shoreham with view of the suspension bridge Snipe Weatherproofs with iconic image of snipe Dracoproof for all Weathers Fair or Foul with image of swimming mallard duck and so many others. The catalogue also includes silk millinery ribbons and labels made in 14 inch lengths quality coat hanger labels beautifully monogrammed badges and hat bands and also includes labels which can be carefully lifted from elastic to show the quality of the weaving. No copies located in Worldcat. J. & J. Cash Ltd., hardcover
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FASHION SINGER SEWING MACHINES.
Short cuts to home sewing: the modern Singer way. . . ; How to make dresses: the modern Singer way. . . .
New York: Singer Sewing Machine Co. Inc. 1931; 1930. Two vols. 8vo. 48; 48 pp. With text illustrations throughout some colour-tinted diagrams. Colour-illustrated lithograph softcovers on textured paper cover art of young women and their Singer sewing machines minor shelfwear rubbing slight soiling back cover of vol. II still a VG set. Revised edition of these well-written sewing instruction booklets by the Singer Sewing Machine Co. designed for use with the Singer Home sewing Course schools. Singer developed the Sewing Centers to aid in a revival of sewing which had declined during the late 1920s and 1930s with the explosive growth of ready-to-wear clothing during the Roaring 20s. The first booklet offers numerous tips on using the assorted accessories for the Singer sewing machine while the second incorporates patterns and sewing instructions. See: Ketteler Sewing through the years in art women and society; History of Singer Sewing. Singer Sewing Machine Co., Inc., hardcover
Référence libraire : 56169
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