‎Fashion‎

‎French Fashion‎

‎Art - Gout - Beaute: Feuillets de l'elegance feminine. Feb. 1929 No. 102‎

‎Paris: Successors of Godde Bedin & Co. 1929. 12.5" x 9.5". 36 pp. including wraps in single quire. Text in French. Tan card wraps printed in black and gold central mounted illustration in color; pochoir illustrations and tipped-in plates in text. Some rubbing to spine light toning at margins and small water stain to front cover; some leaves with light chipping. A Very Good bright issue of the lavishly-produced French magazine published monthly between 1921 and 1933 promoting French fashion culture of the 1920s and 30s. . VeryGood. Paperback . Successors of Godde, Bedin & Co. 1929 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36070

‎French Fashion‎

‎Art - Gout - Beaute: Feuillets de l'elegance feminine. Aug. 1931 No. 132‎

‎Paris: Successors of Godde Bedin Mondon & Co. 1931. 12.5" x 9.5". 44 pp. including wraps in single quire secured with yellow back string. Text in French. Beige card wraps printed in black and gold central mounted illustration in color; pochoir illustrations photographs and tipped-in plates in text. Some rubbing to spine and light toning at margins; some pages with light marginal foxing. A Very Good bright issue of the lavishly-produced French magazine published monthly between 1921 and 1933 promoting French fashion culture of the 1920s and 30s. . VeryGood. Paperback . Successors of Godde, Bedin, Mondon & Co. 1931 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36088

‎French Fashion‎

‎Art - Gout - Beaute: Feuillets de l'elegance feminine. Feb. 1931 No. 126‎

‎Paris: Successors of Godde Bedin Mondon & Co. 1931. 12.5" x 9.5". 40 pp. including wraps in single quire secured with yellow back string. Text in French. Tan card wraps printed in black and gold central mounted illustration in color; pochoir illustrations and tipped-in plates in text. Some rubbing to spine and light toning at margins; some pages with light foxing. A Very Good bright issue of the lavishly-produced French magazine published monthly between 1921 and 1933 promoting French fashion culture of the 1920s and 30s. . VeryGood. Paperback . Successors of Godde, Bedin, Mondon & Co. 1931 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36086

‎French Fashion‎

‎Art - Gout - Beaute: Feuillets de l'elegance feminine. Jan. 1932 No. 137‎

‎Paris: Successors of Godde Bedin Mondon & Co. 1932. 12.5" x 9.5". 36 pp. including wraps in single quire. Text in French. Tan card wraps printed in black and gold central mounted illustration in color; printed illustrations and photographs in text. Some rubbing to spine light toning at margins small stain on front cover and 3.5 in. split at bottom of spine. A Very Good bright issue of the lavishly-produced French magazine published monthly between 1921 and 1933 promoting French fashion culture of the 1920s and 30s. . VeryGood. Paperback . Successors of Godde, Bedin, Mondon & Co. 1932 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36091

‎French Fashion‎

‎Art - Gout - Beaute: Feuillets de l'elegance feminine. Jul. 1929 No. 107‎

‎Paris: Successors of Godde Bedin & Co. 1929. 12.5" x 9.5". 36 pp. including wraps in single quire. Text in French. Tan card wraps printed in black and gold central mounted illustration in color; pochoir illustrations and tipped-in plates in text. Some rubbing to spine light toning at margins and some bubbling to covers; some leaves with light bubbling. A Very Good bright issue of the lavishly-produced French magazine published monthly between 1921 and 1933 promoting French fashion culture of the 1920s and 30s. . VeryGood. Paperback . Successors of Godde, Bedin & Co. 1929 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36074

‎French Fashion‎

‎Art - Gout - Beaute: Feuillets de l'elegance feminine. Aug. 1928 No. 96‎

‎Paris: Successors of Godde Bedin & Co. 1928. 12.5" x 9.5". 32 pp. including wraps in single quire. Text in French. Tan card wraps printed in black and gold central mounted illustration in color; pochoir illustrations and tipped-in plates in text. Some rubbing to spine and light toning at margins. A Very Good bright issue of the lavishly-produced French magazine published monthly between 1921 and 1933 promoting French fashion culture of the 1920s and 30s. . VeryGood. Paperback . Successors of Godde, Bedin & Co. 1928 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36065

‎French Fashion‎

‎Art - Gout - Beaute: Feuillets de l'elegance feminine. Jun. 1930 No. 118‎

‎Paris: Successors of Godde Bedin & Co. 1930. 12.5" x 9.5". 44 pp. including wraps in single quire secured with yellow back string. Text in French. Beige card wraps printed in black and gold central mounted illustration in color; pochoir illustrations and tipped-in plates in text. Some rubbing to spine light toning at margins light bubbling to front cover and 4.5 in. split at bottom of spine; some leaves with light chipping. A Very Good bright issue of the lavishly-produced French magazine published monthly between 1921 and 1933 promoting French fashion culture of the 1920s and 30s. . VeryGood. Paperback . Successors of Godde, Bedin & Co. 1930 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36082

‎French Fashion‎

‎Art - Gout - Beaute: Feuillets de l'elegance feminine. Sep. 1931 No. 133‎

‎Paris: Successors of Godde Bedin Mondon & Co. 1931. 12.5" x 9.5". 36 pp. including wraps in single quire. Text in French. Tan card wraps printed in black and gold central mounted illustration in color; pochoir illustrations photographs and tipped-in plates in text. Some rubbing to spine and light toning at margins; some leaves with light toning at margins. A Very Good bright issue of the lavishly-produced French magazine published monthly between 1921 and 1933 promoting French fashion culture of the 1920s and 30s. . VeryGood. Paperback . Successors of Godde, Bedin, Mondon & Co. 1931 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36089

‎French Fashion‎

‎Art - Gout - Beaute: Feuillets de l'elegance feminine. Jan. 1929 No. 101‎

‎Paris: Successors of Godde Bedin & Co. 1929. 12.5" x 9.5". 36 pp. including wraps in single quire. Text in French. Tan card wraps printed in black and gold central mounted illustration in color; pochoir illustrations and tipped-in plates in text; 4pp. insert 12.5" x 9.25" "Les Travestis" with pochoir illustrations. Some rubbing and light waterstaining to spine light toning at margins corners of front cover slightly creased. A Very Good bright issue of the lavishly-produced French magazine published monthly between 1921 and 1933 promoting French fashion culture of the 1920s and 30s. . VeryGood. Paperback . Successors of Godde, Bedin & Co. 1929 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36069

‎French Fashion‎

‎Art - Gout - Beaute: Feuillets de l'elegance feminine. May. 1932 No. 141‎

‎Paris: Successors of Godde Bedin Mondon & Co. 1932. 12.5" x 9.5". 40 pp. including wraps in single quire secured with yellow back string. Text in French. Tan card wraps printed in black and gold central mounted illustration in color; printed and pochoir illustrations and photographs in text. Some rubbing to spine light toning at margins and light marking to front cover; some leaves with light toning at margins. A Very Good bright issue of the lavishly-produced French magazine published monthly between 1921 and 1933 promoting French fashion culture of the 1920s and 30s. . VeryGood. Paperback . Successors of Godde, Bedin, Mondon & Co. 1932 paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 36095

‎FASHION EDWARDIAN.‎

‎Style book Autumn and Winter 1910-11.‎

‎Chicago & Tacoma: Hart Schaffner & Marx; Dege & Milner 1910. Sml. 4to. 32 pp unpaginated. Black & white plates throughout. Colour-illustrated softcovers cover art with initials S.N.A. of young colonial woman carrying basket full of lobsters by two Redcoats slight dustsoiling minor shelfwear still an excellent copy. First edition of this scarce and nicely illustrated catalogue for Hart Schaffner & Marx clothing before World War I. The company was well known for their lavish use of colour lithography in advertising and especially their catalogues. This includes a series of exceptional artwork displaying overcoats formal dress sportswear automobile travel clothes for men and more. These motoring coats were clearly being marketed to young men and college students increasingly taking to the roads during the Brass Era. 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. Hart Schaffner & Marx; Dege & Milner, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 56013

‎FASHION EDWARDIAN. PECK Samuel W.‎

‎The seven wonders of the world plus the “Eighth†which is Sampeck Clothes.‎

‎New York & Tacoma: Samuel W. Peck & Co.; Dege & Milner 1910. 8vo. 12 pp unpaginated. Colour-illustrated title 7 colour plates text printed in red & blue w/ decorations. Gray pictorial softcovers cover art image of Atlas holding a globe in blue & gilt embossed gilt lettering & decoration fine copy. First edition of this wonderfully illustrated fashion catalogue targeting the young college man in the decade before World War I. This inventive catalogue positions models wearing Sampeck suits in front of the ancient Wonders of the World including the Pharos Lighthouse of Alexandria Pyramids of Egypt Colossus of Rhodes and more. Sampeck clothes were targeted to the virile aggressive young college man competeing with the Hart Schaffner & Marx Varsity line. 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; See: Daniel Clark Creating the College Man: American Mass Magazines and Middle-Class Manhood pp. 169-170. Samuel W. Peck & Co.; Dege & Milner, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 56014

‎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

Bookseller reference : 56015

‎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

Bookseller reference : 55735

‎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

Bookseller reference : 55463

‎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

Bookseller reference : 54649

‎FASHION NETHERLANDS. JAGER A.ndries de.‎

‎Album de costumes des pay-bas. Netherlands folk costume fashion photo album.‎

‎Amsterdam: A. Jager ca. 1880. 12mo. 3.5 x 5.25 in. 12 hand-coloured albumen carte de visite images sized 2.25 x 3.5 in. mounted on thick 3 x 5 in. cards text in lower fore-edge of board bound in leporello accordion-style format linen hinges renewed. Original publisher’s decorated red cloth over beveled boards elaborate gilt decorated front cover and lettering minor rubbing edgewear minor bumping to corners still VG exemplar w/ most images retaining strong contrast and colour bookseller’s label of Joh. G. Stemler Cz. Algemeene Goekhandel Amsterdam on rear pastedown. Early printing of this charming photographic souvenir with hand-coloured albumen CDV photos illustrating the styles of folk costumes in different regions of the Netherlands. The villages and regions include Marken North Holland a fisherwoman carrying basket on her head from Scheveningen a fishing port a middle class orphan girl from Amsterdam a young girl wearing elaborate hat from Krommenie North Holland northeast of Haarlem. Jager 1825-1905 published many different series of these souvenir fashion photos as well as images of scenes in and around Amsterdam often as stereoviews some working with Dutch photographer Pieter Oosterhis. See: Maartje van den Heuvel The Rise of Dutch Landscape Photography. How a Vision of Painting Entered Photography Depth of Field Vol. 6 No. 1 July 2015. A. Jager, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 54558

‎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

Bookseller reference : 54344

‎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

Bookseller reference : 53215

‎FASHION YARN CATALOGUE. PERRIN Florence Designer; BRADLEY Frederick Photographer.‎

‎Tioga Mills & Dye Works. . . 63 exclusive Tioga fashions. hand knits. Vol. 3. . .‎

‎South Conventry CT & New York: The Tioga Yarn Company 1939. Folio. 86 2 pp. With over 60 photo plates all w/ facing knitting instructions. Colour-illustrated softcovers Tioga trademark cover art of women knitting in red & black minor dustsoiling edgewear minor creasing to lower right corner still VG- copy. First edition of this scarce yarn catalogue and instruction book including directions on specific yarn needs as well as necessary stitches for the sweaters and other projects featuring fashion designs by Perrin based on the Hollywood glamour of the 1930s. These fashions reflect the accentuated high waist designs intended for slim hips longer mid-calf or floor length hemline and wiode soldiers. However since most women were not blessed with slim hips and narrow waists shoulders were exaggerated ruffled sleeves and long flowing capes. Worldcat locates 2 copies Univ. of Illinois NYPL. The Tioga Yarn Company, paperback‎

Bookseller reference : 53220

‎FASHION DOLLS. BANNON Laura.‎

‎The wonderful fashion doll. Story and pictures by. . . .‎

‎Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co. 1953. 8vo. 86 2 pp. Illustrated half-title illustrated title page numerous text illustrations & plates 3 colour plates colour-illustrated endpapers. Blue-green coloured cloth illust. of doll in yellow holding parasol on front cover yellow lettering on spine very minor shelfwear minor rubbing & very slight bumping to lower corners w/ d.j. cover art of fashion doll by Bannon minor chipping head & foot of spine wear to corners minor rubbing upper corner clipped $ 2.25 price written in lower corner in pencil VG/VG copy. First edition of this remarkably rare and beloved children’s book surrounding the mystery and treasurer hunt for a 19th-century fashion doll in Peterborough NH by a young girl hidden by her ancestor in a secret room. Fashion dolls also called Queen Anne Dolls were often made of wood plaster or bisque with a fashionable hairstyle in flax or wool and dressed in miniature clothes showcasing the latest couture of the day. The most desirable dolls in the 19th-century were the French bisque dolls distributed all over Europe and were originally modeled on teen girls or adult women although these eventually changed over into child like bisque doll babies which would dominate the market from the 1860s onward. Bannon 1895-1963 was inspired to write this work while staying at the famed MacDowell Art Colony in Peterborough NH which carried a legend of a secret room in the MacDowell farmhouse. Original copies of this work have become quite scarce especially first editions. Houghton Mifflin Co., hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 52352

‎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

Bookseller reference : 52053

‎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

Bookseller reference : 51748

‎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

Bookseller reference : 51654

‎FASHION TAILORING CATALOGUE.‎

‎The Federal Tailoring Co. America’s greatest all wool custom tailoring values. Salesman sample catalogue filled with woolen swatches.‎

‎Baltimore MD: Federal Tailoring Co. Baltimore & Carey Streets ca. 1910. Tall 8vo. 6 x 11 in. 30 pp unpaginated on thick cream-coloured stock w/ 47 tipped-in worsted serge wool blend and felt samples all w/ printed black borders & stock numbers. Black embossed cloth gilt lettering on front cover lettering in blind on back cover blind-stamped ruling bound in accordion-style flexible binding w/ each leaf mounted on hinge occasional minor loss and slight insect predation to a few samples still a VG bright copy. First edition of this scarce Edwardian salesman sample catalogue for men’s suits trousers and wool winter jackets. Federal Tailoring Co. was a consortium of several Jewish tailoring wholesalers located across from the Drovers & Mechanics National Bank in Baltimore. The woolen samples contained within this catalogue were patterns intended for suits suits & trousers and winter coats of the Baltimore working class at the beginning of the 20th century with heavier weaves courser wool blends and more neutral colour palate focusing on dark blues tans browns some grays. No copies located in Worldcat. Federal Tailoring Co., Baltimore & Carey Streets, hardcover‎

Bookseller reference : 50389