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1974réf. 1003720Paris and New York: International Wool Fashion Office; The Wool Bureau 1974. Ephemeral 1974 trend report on Parisian knitwear for American designers and showrooms issued by the International Wool Fashion Office in Paris and The Wool Bureau in New York. Editor Skippy Stone declares: "Fall 1974. . . Total from top to toe. Paris is everything that is at once avant romantic feminine and grand . . . blending the classic and peasant into a new season of big new clothes." Top runway models of the day among them Jerry Hall pose in voluminous layered knits designed by the likes of Kenzo Issey Miyake Sonia Rykiel and Karl Lagerfeld for Chloë. The International Wool Secretariat IWS the entity behind the IWFO and The Wool Bureau was the natural fiber mills' response to DuPont's introduction of nylon in the 1930s a major disruptor in the fashion industry. The IWS shaped global fashion trends for decades through forecasting reports like this one and the International Woolmark Prize which launched the careers of young designers Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld. In 1997 the IWS would rebrand as The Woolmark Company keeping their iconic logo the stylized skein of yarn sprinkled throughout this report. Text in English and French. An uncommon survival. Side-stapled volume measuring 12 x 9 inches: 80. Original photographic wrappers black-and-white photographs throughout text. Light foxing and edgewear; evidence of label removal to upper wrapper. International Wool Fashion Office; The Wool Bureau unknown books
1986réf. 176806Tokyo: Fashion Foundation 1986. Softcover. VG light shelfwear to wraps corners bumped pages are very clean and tight. White wraps with black lettering color illustration on front cover 104 pp profusely illustrated in color and bw followed by several unpaginated pages of ads. Text in Japanese and English. International textile design contest Dec. 3-5 1986 organized by the Fashion Foundation Tokyo Japan. Fashion Foundation paperback books
1950réf. 218281950. Fashion design archive likely 1950s to 1960s documenting women's garment design during the mid-century through original working sketches that preserve both style development and the practical language of dressmaking. The archive is strongest as evidence of how women's fashion was conceived on paper before production with repeated attention to silhouette trim fabric and construction. Dresses blouses coats and eveningwear appear throughout placing the material within the visual world of postwar American fashion as it moved from structured elegance toward sharper and more decorative later mid-century forms. Archive of over 100 original hand-drawn fashion sketches on individual sheets measuring approximately 6.5 x 9 inches. The drawings are executed in ink and depict a wide range of women's clothing including fitted dresses capes blouses coats and formal designs with careful attention to drape proportion neckline sleeve treatment and surface embellishment. Many sheets are accompanied by dense handwritten notes in the margins or on the reverse recording measurements fabric suggestions and pattern or construction instructions. The combination of illustration and notation gives the sheets the character of working designs rather than purely display drawings and suggests use in dressmaking training or client planning. The archive belongs to the history of women's fashion not only as a record of finished styles but as evidence of the design process itself preserving the intermediate stage between idea and garment. Such working sketches show how fashion circulated through manual skill technical knowledge and close attention to fabric and form in the decades before design became fully digitized. Light general wear from use; overall very good. A substantial mid-century design archive that preserves the visual and technical vocabulary of women's fashion making across more than one hundred original sketches. unknown books
1937réf. 47549Praha Prague: Karl Berner 1937. First edition. Paperback. Very good. Very slim quarto 31 cm Original beige and orange printed wraps bound with two rivets. Eighteen leaves with color lithograph fashion illustrations on every leaf. With rippling and a general layer of mild soiling on the wraps. Some occasional thumbing and barely perceptible tidemarks on the pages. One minor pencil notation. A first edition of this original trade catalogue issued by Karel Berner in Czechoslovakia and featuring the "Chic Parisien" line created by Vlasta an in-house designer. The designs in this catalogue highlight the growing influence of militaristic styles such as square-edged shoulder pads plate hats and an emphasis on tight waists and long skits. Karl Berner paperback books
1931réf. S2251Berlin & Leipzig:: Walter de Gruyter 1931. 1931. 235 x 160 mm. 8vo. ix 300 ads 4 pp. 19 tables 260 figs. index. Cloth folding table inserted in pocket on rear paste-down. Very good. Walter de Gruyter, 1931. hardcover books
1957réf. 4585Detroit: Bolar Printing & Publishing 1957. Good plus. 20; 36pp. Original printed wrappers stapled. Moderate soiling and wear. A pair of rare programs issued for the 1956 and 1957 benefits for the March of Dimes Fashion Extravaganza at the Latin Quarters in Detroit. The programs include information on the organization's committee hostesses sponsors and more. The event itself is titled "Fashion in Colorama" in the earlier program and "Spring Fashions in Symphony" in the latter with a schedule of events listed in both cases. Each program is profusely illustrated with photographs pertaining to the event itself but also in the numerous advertisements which populate both throughout. The ads feature a wide variety of local Detroit businesses providing critical information on commercial entities both owned by African Americans in and around Detroit and also those friendly to the local African American community. The only institutional holdings for these programs in OCLC reside at the Detroit Public Library. Bolar Printing & Publishing unknown books
1923réf. ST20131London: Methuen & Co 1923. 218 x 138 mm. 8 1/2 x 5 1/2". vii 1 280 pp. ELEGANT DARK BLUE MOROCCO GILT BY BAYNTUN stamp-signed on front turn-in covers with gilt fillet frame stippled volute cornerpieces UPPER COVER WITH LOVELY MINIATURE PORTRAIT of a fashionable lady the painting under glass and surrounded by a gilt-tooled frame raised bands spine compartments with volute frame gilt lettering gilt-framed turn-ins ecru moiré silk endleaves all edges gilt. WITH 21 PLATES OF FASHIONABLE PEOPLE five of these called for one color and 16 EXTRA-ILLUSTRATED seven of these in color one double-page and nine in black & white all with tissue guards. Spine gently sunned to navy blue just a hint of rubbing to joints but still quite a fine copy--clean and fresh internally and with almost no signs of use inside or out. This handsomely illustrated look at the London social scene during the Victorian and Edwardian eras and after the Great War comes in a suitably chic binding by the last Victorian bindery still in family hands. Author Ralph Nevill 1865-1933 was a denizen of the world he writes about being the son of one of the leading hostesses of the day Lady Dorothy Walpole Nevill 1826-1913; DNB notes that "family tradition" held that Ralph's father was her close friend Benjamin Disraeli Lord Beaconsfield. Nevill has a wide array of insider anecdotes to share about country house life the pleasures of London society and prominent politicians and journalists. He makes it clear that the Victorian era was preferable to the 20th century and nothing is more drab that the post-war world. The illustrations feature portraits of prominent men landscapes of stately homes and scenes from the balls operas and royal occasions that made up the London Season. The very pretty binding is in the Cosway style made popular by bookseller Henry Sotheran and the Riviere bindery characterized by a miniature painting set under glass on the covers or doublures. Our binding was done by the venerable English firm founded in Bath by George Bayntun in 1894. Among the great English workshops of the Edwardian "golden age" of lavish bindings Bayntun has the distinction of being the only one located outside London's West End to be sought after by bibliophiles. Bayntun was a worthy rival to the likes of Sangorski & Sutcliffe and Riviere & Son the latter being subsumed by Bayntun in 1939. Bayntun of Bath continues to create fine hand bindings for bibliophiles. Unusually the miniature painting in our binding is signed by the artist but we were unable to decipher the signature and the Bayntun bindery did not have any information about the painter's identity. Methuen & Co unknown books
1970réf. 125725New York New York: McGraw-Hill 1970. Hardcover. Fair Ex-lib. usual markings; No dj.; Some discoloration and dampstaining to cloth; Front hinge cracked. Beige cloth; Illus. endpapers; 118 pp.; Profusely illustrated in color and bw. Discusses common themes in Indian art including the woman as mother as lover; the celestial and terrestrial woman; the woman displaying her charms; and more; Includes a glossary of terms. McGraw-Hill hardcover books
1997réf. 166527Boston: Bulfinch Press 1997. First Edition. Softcover. First Edition. Illustrated with 650 color 405 halftone and 150 duotone illustrations. Published in conjunction with a traveling exhibition which opened on November 8 1997 at the Whitney in New York and closed at the Andy Warhol Museum in spring of 1999. Near Fine in perfect-bound wrappers. Bulfinch Press unknown books
1982réf. 195421982. Softcover. VG- slightly bowed and faded cover orange sticker. Bw wraps. 120 pp. Numerous color and bw plates. Exhibition catalogue. Text in English and Japanese. paperback books
1870réf. 6703Liverpool: Calvert & Robertson ca 1870. Edition Unknown. as issued. A good copy; somewhat dusty; old fold. 4to. There are 4 large litho. illus. in a fanfold brochure. A large fanfold brochure illus. with four full page illus. of men's overcoats displayed in different settings. The brochure celebrates the design of the coat to be so original that it was patented. Calvert & Robertson unknown books
1977réf. 1004235New York: The Wool Bureau 1977. Original trend report on American knitwear for fall 1977 featuring fashion sketches on every page each captioned with the name of the manufacturer the wool content and the retail price. Featured designers of these ready-to-wear styles include Donna Karan for Anne Klein Gloria Vanderbilt and Kay Unger. Also represented are the mass-market "sport" lines of Givenchy and Pierre Cardin. The Good Wools was issued by The Wool Bureau the American branch of the International Wool Secretariat. The IWS shaped global fashion trends for decades through forecasting reports like this one and through the International Woolmark Prize which launched the careers of designers Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld. In 1997 the IWS would rebrand as The Woolmark Company keeping their iconic logo the stylized skein of yarn used throughout The Good Wools to signify 100% wool content. Provenance: Ellen Robinson uncredited designer of the tweed separates created for a New Division of Alex Colman page 81. A near-fine copy. Spiral-bound volume measuring 10 x 5.25 inches: 8 170. Original color photographic wrappers. Text printed on tan paper with brown card chapter dividers line drawings on every page. The Wool Bureau unknown books
1910réf. 16878Birmingham England: Stratnoid later Stratton & Co. n.d. ca. 1910. Three board panels with two cloth spines connecting boards. Bound in dark blue leather with gilt title. . Folding triptych display 8" x 11". With thirteen original Stratnoid silver hatpins nickel-plated eight with attached printed paper labels "Stratnoid Untarnishable heads". Also with three mounted illustrated advertisements for hatpin stands and sets of pins: the Collapsible Junior Stand the Collapsible Senior Stand and the De Luxe Collapsible Stand. A paper strip labeled in manuscript identifies which pins are part of the Junior Senior or De Luxe Stand sets. With spaces for the fifteen other hat pins in the set not present. Cracking and wear to joints and some chipping to leather. Some rubbing to extremities. Pins stuck into blue velvet pad with sheet of protective felt. Some foxing to felt and some light toning inside. A very good copy of a rare item. Stratnoid or Stratton and Company after 1920 was founded in 1860 as a producer of knitting needles. By the twentieth century the company was a major producer of powder compacts lipstick holders jewelry hat pins and other metal accessories. Business boomed in the late Victorian and early Edwardian eras as actresses like Lillie Langtry and Lillian Russell began wearing large elaborate hats secured with pins. b b b The hatpins in the present item feature the special Stratnoid Untarnishable heads which were warrantied for ten years and were designed in a variety of shapes like a stylized golf club an acorn and more. The collapsible stands would have been used to display the pins in women's stores and millinery shops. Stratnoid (later Stratton & Co.), hardcover books
1921réf. 454836Menasha Wisconsin: George Banta Publishing Company 1921. Hardcover. Very Good. First edition. Quarto. 735pp. Owner name stamp on front fly exterior with moderate wear and soil spine base bumped in the margin for the first half of the book a very good copy. Text is clean. George Banta Publishing Company hardcover books
1921réf. 44450Menasha: George Banta Publishing Co 1921. cloth. 8vo. cloth. xxiv 735 pages. First edition Besterman 1779. Spine faded covers lightly rubbed else a very good copy. The pioneer collection of source documents and subject bibliographies. George Banta Publishing Co unknown books
1973réf. 71228United Air Lines Inc 1973. Poster. Very Good. Poster measuring 40"h x 25"w. Some very light wear. Vintage promotional airline travel poster advertising skiing at Park City and Snowbird Utah resorts. Also highlights skiing in other Western states such as California Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico the Rockies; Aspen; Crested Butte; Steamboat; Jackson Hole; Taos; Vail; Alpine Meadows; Heavenly Valley; Northstar. United Air Lines, Inc unknown books
1955réf. 16984n.p. Los Angeles areaa: 1955-57 Stored in a contemporary accordion-fold card paper portfolio hand-labeled "Sketches of Accepted Designs.". 137 sheets of hand-drawn sketches sixty-two on 9" x 11 " sheets 75 on 5 " x 8 " sheets. Most with handwritten design descriptions notes and accompanying fabric swatches pinned or taped onto the sheets. Also with price lists inventories and printed ads for the Candy Jr. brand ads correspond with designs made by Saunders that are included in the present set. Portfolio somewhat worn and creased. Enclosed are eight contemporary manila folders organized by season Holiday 1955 Fall 1956 Spring 1957 etc. all hand-labeled in pencil. Some designs signed "V. Saunders" or "Vivian Saunders." Some toning and creasing to leaves. A few fabric swatches detached from leaves. Overall a very good set of striking original sketches of 1950s-era fashion designs for young women. Most of the sketches are for party dresses and evening gowns made for young women in their early teens to early twenties juniors and misses. The designs include many iconic designs associated with the 1950s including "poodle" skirts with ample petticoats boleros and cardigans and sheath dresses with cinched waists. The 26 swatches indicate a wide range of textures colors and patterns like gingham plaid organza metallics appliques ribbon velvet fur and much more." unknown books
1955réf. 962Chicago: Stone-Field Corporation 1955. Group of 115 wool mostly fabric swatches attached to 75 cards with descriptive text 8" x 10.5" promoting the company's line of products for the 1955 - 56 season with approximately 71 pieces of related ephemera contained within a hinged box 13" x 10" x 4" comprised of faux crushed black morocco over boards with clasp & handle. Box well worn including cracks splits & dents. Ephemera & sample cards very good but occasionally showing evidence of use. A fabulous sample case providing everything needed to secure a path to success in the exiting world of door to door sales! Ephemera includes two price lists one for the customer & another "confidential" list no doubt demonstrating the enormous profit potential for the salesman business cards envelopes several pieces of salesmanship advice lay away information & forms order forms two illustrated folio catalogs one spotlighting fall & winter fashions; the other for "16 ounce French Back Serge" with 3 swatches - even a tailor's measuring tape. The Stone-Field Corporation was actually one branch of a conglomerate under the auspices of the Progress Tailoring Company. The company ran afoul of the Federal Trade Commission in 1944 who citing evidence of deceptive trade practice particularly the frequent use of "free" as a descriptor concluded that "the aforesaid acts and practices of the respondents as herein found are all to the prejudice and injury to the public and to the respondents' competitors and constitute unfair methods of competition in commerce and unfair and deceptive acts and practices in commerce within the intent and meeting of the Federal Trade Commission Act." Interestingly in search of representatives the company advertised heavily to African Americans in publications such as Jet & Ebony throughout the 1960s. Stone-Field Corporation books
1962réf. 28400New York: Revlon Inc 1962. Very Good. New York: Revlon Inc. 1962. First Edition. Quarto. Bifolium. Seventeen hair color samples mounted to interior. Light edgewear; punctures from hair mounts to rear; general surface scratching overall Very Good. This trade catalog includes Revlon's "Predict-A-Mat" chart to interior indicating how stylists and patrons can change their natural Light Blonde hair to say Light Gold or Sunburst. Rear cover includes an additional chart showing how the competitors have no direct comparable shades to the Ultra-Ash series. A glimpse into the world of early 1960s advertising and fashion. No copies in retail and not located in OCLC. Revlon, Inc books
1877réf. List323Chicago: J.B. Westendorf 1877. Folio 10 ½ x 14 inches 6 pp. Very Good. J.B. Westendorf unknown books
2002réf. 35844NY:: Thames & Hudson. Near Fine. 2002. Paperback. 0500283834 . Color photographs throughout. First edition thus paperback. Near fine in pictorial wraps. . Thames & Hudson, paperback books
1951réf. 200661951. Fashion Women's fashion design sketches dated 1951 document the rapid transformation of female dress following the end of wartime rationing and the international adoption of Christian Dior's "New Look" silhouette. These drawings show designers experimenting with narrow waists structured bustlines wide skirts and dramatic outerwear styles that defined postwar femininity and reshaped global fashion culture in the late 1940s and early 1950s. Such instructional sketches provide visual evidence of how couture aesthetics circulated through design schools and professional training environments during a moment when fashion industries in Europe and the United States were rebuilding after World War II. Archive of fifteen original women's fashion design sketches executed on nine illustration boards measuring approximately 11 x 14 inches. Drawings are rendered in pencil ink watercolor and collage techniques and depict coats dresses trench coats and daywear ensembles characteristic of early 1950s style. Several boards include multiple designs including sheath dresses with high necklines and plunging backs bell sleeved coats trimmed with fur and children's pinafore dresses worn over blouses. One design shows a woman wearing a flight jacket cravat and pleated trousers recalling mid century women adopting traditionally masculine tailoring. One board bears the signature "Reindel" on the verso. Designs prominently feature hourglass silhouettes associated with Dior's New Look including cinched waists sloped shoulders and flared skirts. Other garments incorporate menswear inspired coats and tailored outerwear reflecting the hybridization of wartime practicality and postwar luxury. Boards show light foxing and minor handling marks. Very good condition. A visual teaching archive illustrating postwar fashion design practice during the early Cold War era. unknown books
1950réf. 218261950. Fashion design archive. 1950s-1960s. This group documents mid-century women's fashion design practice through a sustained body of original sketches and working notes showing how garments were conceived annotated and prepared for construction during a period of stylistic transition in American dress. The material provides direct evidence of design thinking at the level of silhouette fabric selection and pattern planning including repeated attention to cocktail wear outer garments and formal dress. It captures the movement from structured postwar styles toward more experimental and decorative approaches associated with later mid-century fashion with particular emphasis on the technical and aesthetic decisions made by a designer or dressmaker. Archive of over 100 original hand-drawn fashion sketches on individual sheets measuring approximately 6.5 x 9 inches executed in ink with extensive handwritten annotations on rectos versos and margins. The drawings depict a range of women's garments including dresses blouses coats and evening wear with recurring titles such as "cocktail dress" "cocktail cape" and "dress." The figures are rendered with attention to line proportion and textile texture often emphasizing drape fitted bodices and surface embellishment. Annotations provide detailed construction guidance including measurements fabric types and pattern instructions. One design for a strappy dress specifies "Pattern: leopard or zebra fur attached.fabric velveteen.color red -- orange -- black." indicating experimentation with bold materials and color combinations. The consistent pairing of image and instruction suggests use as a working portfolio either for client presentation dressmaking production or formal training. Mid-century fashion in the United States expanded through department stores home sewing and professional dressmaking with designers and students producing working sketches that translated style into reproducible garments. The presence of detailed technical notes alongside finished illustrations places this archive within that production process linking aesthetic design to practical construction. Light wear from handling; overall very good. A concentrated record of mid-century women's fashion design practice preserving both the visual language and technical methods used to create garments during a period of evolving style. unknown books
1990réf. 160300N.p.: N.p. 1990. Vintage jumbo oversize UK record store poster promoting Depeche Mode's 1990 release "Violator." Considered by many to the the most sophisticated and sublime of all their releases Depeche Mode's seventh studio album "Violator" propelled the English electronic New Wave band to international stardom. Preceded by the release of two smash hit singles "Personal Jesus" and "Enjoy the Silence" the triple platinum "Violator" achieved the band's greatest critical and commercial success and lists 167 on Rolling Stone's 2020 list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. 40 x 60 inches folded as issued. Some light rubbing on the outer creases else Near Fine. N.p. unknown books
1999réf. 159683San Francisco: Zip Zap Hair Salon Circa 19990. Original hand colored and annotated flyer advertising Zip Zap hair salon San Francisco circa 1990. San Francisco's Zip Zap Hair Salon opened on 245 Fillmore Street in 1986 and is still in operation today. 8.5 x 11 inches Xerographic duplication colored and annotated with oil pastel. Very Good plus with several small pinholes. Zip Zap Hair Salon unknown books
