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Surveying the past 150 years of fashion history, the book goes beyond what might be expected of such a compilation, offering up entries not only on celebrated designers from paul poiret to helmut lang but also on tastemakers generally less well knownfor example, textile creator zika ascher, cobbler pietro yantorny and early 20th century. Illustrated surveys of historic costume blossomed in the late eighteenth century and reached a peak by the midtolate nineteenth century. A stylish journey through history and the ultimate guide for being fashionable in every era sedlackova, jana on. Navigate to the global search form search landmark. Mar 07, 2020 cant a woman leave her home to buy some books.
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