Product Description: The perfect A‐Z guide to the creators of today’s fashion world, now in a travel‐sized format.

Product Description: This book contains stunning photography of clothes from around the world to captivate young learners and inspire questions. The first text appears in detailed parent and teacher notes at the end of the book. These notes contain information about clothing and suggestions for discussion, including suggestions for a variety of ways in which the book can be used...read more

Citing the fashion gaffes committed by most women, a resource on how to dress effectively while avoiding style mistakes provides for a woman's professional, personal, and special occasion wardrobes while sharing hundreds of sample photos designed to help women dress to their strengths. Original. 100,000 first printing.

Product Description: Book by Schmidt, Clara (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

An illustrated journey through the intricate details of ethnic dress, this sumptuous volume showcases an extraordinary range of traditional clothing from Central Europe, India, and the Far East. Ornate buttons, embroidered borders, architectural pleating, gold-threaded tassels: 150 color photographs, many specially commissioned, spotlight an astounding array of ornamentation, and these breathtaking close-ups are coupled with accurate line drawings of each garment's underlying structure. Arranged thematically, the chapters bring together different examples of each type of decoration from disparate cultures, and the text includes information about the ceremonial roles of much of the clothing. The latest addition to the esteemed Victoria and Albert Fashion in Detail series, this unique visual resource can be used for practical purposes by designers, students, and other style-o-philes.

Organized by country, fifteen portfolios of 120 full-color photographs, accompanied by insightful observations and commentary, capture the rich cultures of thirty-five of the world's indigenous peoples, offering a series of intimate portraits, images of traditional ceremonies, and studies of customs. 12,500 first printing. (view table of contents)

Words for and pictures of the clothing worn by a well-dressed man, woman, and elephant for daytime and nighttime activities.

Color drawings show a baby wearing diaper, undershirt, socks, shoes, shirt, overalls, and hat

Product Description: All 500 woodcut illustrations from the famous 16th-century compendium: nobles, matrons, peasants, more. New English captions. Includes clothing from Italy, France, Spain, England, Northern Europe, Germany, Central Europe, Eastern Europe, European Turkey, Africa, Asia, and America...read more

Plates first published between 1861 and 1890 trace the development of dress throughout the world from ancient times to the end of the nineteenth century