Dressed: Fashionable Dress in Aotearoa New Zealand 1840 to 1910 by Claire Regnault
70.00 NZD
Category: NZ - History | Reading Level: very good
When crinolines, bustles and ostrich feathers were the height of colonial fashion. This richly illustrated and lively social history explores the creation, consumption and spectacle of fashionable dress in Aotearoa New Zealand from 1840 to the early 1900s. Dressmakers were essential contributors to the ...Show more
Beyond Fabergé - Imperial Russian Jewelry by Marie Betteley; David Schimmelpenninck van der Oye
160.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume
A rare look at the exquisite world of Russian treasures that lies beyond Fabergé. Imperial Russia evokes images of a vanished court's unparalleled splendor: magnificent tiaras, gem-encrusted necklaces, snuffboxes, and other diamond-studded baubles of the tsars and tsarinas. During that time, jewelry sym ...Show more
Dior: New Looks by Jérôme Gautier
90.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume
Published to mark the 75th anniversary of one of the world's greatest couture houses, this gorgeous book combines Christian Dior's classics with the newest creations. Christian Dior achieved immortality with his first collection in 1947. His 'New Look' amazed the world as it emerged after wartime auste ...Show more
Textiles: The Art of Mankind by Mary Schoeser
160.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume
Textiles are the most ubiquitous, diverse, and consistently creative art form on the planet. This major new work comprises more than one thousand images that highlight the beauty, subtlety, simplicity, or complexity of textiles created around the world. Based on knowledge accrued over a lifetime of imme ...Show more
The Gift of Kings: the Noblest of Wools by Bruna Rotunno (By (photographer)); Loro Piana
125.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume
The story of a new Loro Piana excellence, told through the photos of wonderful landscapes and extraordinary people in Australia and New Zealand. There is excellence nature bestows upon man with an implicit understanding: taking care of, preserving and enhancing its qualities. In order to respect this pa ...Show more
Little Book of Gucci : The story of the iconic fashion house by Karen Homer
28.00 NZD
Category: Gift | Series: Little Book of Fashion Ser.
One of the oldest Italian fashion brands in existence today, Gucci was founded in Florence in 1921. Guccio Gucci established his company with the goal of creating opulent luggage for Italy's wealthy and fashionable upper-classes. With the signature Gucci print of dark brown diamonds on a tan background, ...Show more
Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent: The Story of the Iconic Fashion House by Emma Baxter-Wright
28.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume | Series: Little Book of Fashion Ser.
Little Book of Yves Saint Laurent is the pocket-sized and exquisitely illustrated story of 60 years of innovative fashion design. An enigmatic, daring and astonishingly creative designer, Yves Saint Laurent is credited with the elevation of haute couture to fine art, turning the fashion show into a spe ...Show more
1930s Fashion Sourcebook by Charlotte Fiell
45.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume | Series: Fashion Sourcebooks Ser.
Out of the turbulence of the 1930s emerged a fashion revolution. Framed by two world-changing events, the economic crash of 1929 and the outbreak of the Second World War, unparrelled ingenuity and inventiveness from haute couture to the home-seamstress saw new trends emerge and thrive. Despite economic ...Show more
1940s Fashion Sourcebook by Charlotte Fiell
45.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume | Series: Fashion Sourcebooks Ser.
From the ashes of World War II, arose inventive- and forward-thinking designs, the likes of which had never been seen in fashion before, or since. The early Forties were defined by thriftiness and practicality, but the latter half of the decade saw an explosion of elegance. 1940s Fashion: the Definitiv ...Show more
Art of Bob Mackie by Frank Vlastnik
99.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume
The first-ever, comprehensive and authorized showcase of legendary fashion designer Bob Mackie's fabulous life and work, featuring hundreds of photos and dozens of never-before-seen sketches from his personal collection. Cher, Carol Burnett, Bette Midler, P!nk, Tina Turner, Elton John, Liza Minnelli, A ...Show more
The Crown in Vogue by Robin Muir, Josephine Ross
80.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume
'Vogue, like the royal family, has been through many evolutions of its own, and to view Her Majesty's life though the record of our pages is truly a document of history.' Edward Enninful, Editor-in-Chief of British Vogue Four monarchs (crowned and uncrowned); one abdication; one royal investiture; a je ...Show more
Dior: the Legendary 30, Avenue Montaigne by Pietro Beccari (Foreword by); Maureen Footer (Text by); Jérôme Hanover (Text by); Olivier Flaviano (Text by); Laziz Hamani (Photographer)
100.00 NZD
Category: Fashion/Costume
The history of Dior as seen through the mythical Parisian address of 30, avenue Montaigne, home to the House's headquarters and ateliers. Celebrating 30, avenue Montaigne, this sophisticated volume--published on the occasion of the House's 75th anniversary in 2022--presents the public and unseen life o ...Show more