Fashion

Vintage Eyewear Style

$29.99

A comprehensive visual survey of currently available vintage eyewear from the 1920s to the 1990s for anyone who has ever considered owning vintage eyewear. Vintage-eyeglass shop staff and owners were interviewed and their wares photographed, with the resulting 131 valuable...

Timeless Classics

$60.00

A finely illustrated survey of modern dress watches that presents  how this genre has evolved. It is aimed at discerning readers who love fine mechanical formal timepieces. In the world of horology, many trends are transient, but dress-style watches have...

The Squarzi Archive

$45.00

A visual showcase of fashion icon Alessandro Squarzi's 6000-piece American vintage collection of rare garments spanning military to workwear, embodying styles from the '20s to the '80s with an Italian touch. The Squarzi Archive unveils Alessandro Squarzi's vast American vintage...

The Guide to Kimono

$29.99

An informative, introductory guide to identifying, dating, and pricing antique and vintage Japanese kimono Finally, the kimono can be appreciated and understood by all. This concise, fully illustrated guide examines the ever-popular and iconic kimono—a form of traditional Japanese clothing...

Fashion Design Archive
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Fashion Design Archive

$29.99

An abundantly illustrated guide providing the tips, tools, and knowledge that fashion enthusiasts need in order to design and express one-of-a-kind creations People of different skill levels and backgrounds find themselves drawn to the beauty and creativity of fashion design...

Kenneth

$34.99

Discover the story of the pioneering hairstylist who obliterated the once-omnipresent hat and transformed the fashion industry through his A-list clients at his iconic 54th Street Salon. Kenneth Battelle, known simply as “Kenneth,” started his 50-year career in the early...

The Practical Guide to the Beard

$14.99

Whether chosen for comfort, to appear more mature, or for aesthetic reasons, a beard is a means for a man to affirm his style. In the working world, where a closely shaved face has long been the norm, its return...

The Dharma of Fashion

$14.99

Our desires for fashion, our addiction to cheap clothes, our fixation on surface looks . . . can we find ways to make what we wear more positive? Here's a quirky, irreverent way to consider what's a more sustainable way to...

Vintage Rolex Sports Models, 4th Edition

$84.99

This comprehensive and detailed reference guide to Rolex sports model watches is an indispensable asset to watch collectors and dealers. The only work of its kind, it covers the history of the Submariner, Sea-Dweller, Explorer, GMT-Master, Turn-O-Graph, Milgauss, and Cosmograph...

Arsho Baghsarian

$24.99

One of the most important shoe designers of the mid- to late twentieth century, Arsho Baghsarian spent more than four decades working behind the scenes for prestigious companies with men's names on the label, including Christian Dior, Andrew Geller, I....

Creating Beauty

$59.99

More than 530 beautifully photographed examples of jewelry and art-enamel work glow from the pages of this first comprehensive study of the work and aesthetic vision of the American Arts & Crafts movement. The lives and art of the era's...

Dreaming in Silver / Soñar en Plata

$69.99

Sculptors, painters, and architects in 20th-century Mexico, working in silver, inspired unprecedented stylistic and technical experimentation. This dual-language English/Spanish compendium focuses primarily on threads of influence in the development of the modern Mexican silver industry. It covers the active artistic...

Chronicles of a Fashion Buyer

$24.99

Fashion is a business of smoke and mirrors, notorious for crushing the souls of most who dare to be part of the industry. Go on a global expedition with New York City-based fashion buyer, strategist, and consultant, Mercedes Gonzalez, as...

Denim Branded

$45.00

Most take for granted that a pair of jeans is not considered complete without patches, rivets, buttons, and other trims. The existence of such design elements is not questioned because they are seen as the standard. Nick Williams’s book is...

Pueblo Bead Jewelry

$34.99

The bead played a vital role in Pueblo Indian jewelry design, and its influence continues today in modernist American design. In these pages, featuring more than 250 breathtaking photos, renowned expert Baxter integrates her decades of research with updated findings....

The Fashion Shoe

$45.00

This comprehensive survey of women's fashion footwear, with more than 1,000 photos, includes every type of fashion shoe that has walked through the century, from the 1900s through the early 2000s. Along with a decade-by-decade photo timeline, with detailed information...

Made for Walking

$24.99

Social meets fashion history in the tantalizing story of the boot from the Roaring Twenties and Prohibition to online shopping and fashion blogs. Weaving together such unlikely elements as Glam Rock, the martyrdom of Joan of Arc, and the Iran-Contra...

The Illinois Watch and Its Hamilton Years

$295.00

This new five-volume, boxed set completes the Illinois Watch story in detail never before revealed, describing the American watch industry at its inception and at the time of the Great Depression, including the impact this economic disaster had on the...

Chasing Time

$34.99

A detailed twentieth-century vintage watch guide by a watch collector for watch collectors. The early 2000s were an important period, spanning a time when mechanical watches had quite rightly retaken their place in the world market. We all may have...

Turquoise Mines, Minerals, and Wearable Art, 2nd Edition

$29.99

Explore the fascinating history and contemporary influence of turquoise as a gemstone of choice for collectors, artists, and jewelry wearers. Immerse yourself in its history from ancient times to the present, and the influence of Native American artists in making...

Darlings of Dress

$34.99

This nostalgic look at children's costume, from 1860 to 1920, reveals diverse cultural influences on its manufacture and design. More than 300 historic photographs, fashion plates, and selections from vintage catalogs and magazines, plus 115 color images, show examples of...

Classic Beauty

$49.99

Discover the captivating and ever-evolving journey of beauty standards throughout the ages in this comprehensive and updated reference book. Delve into the dynamic interplay among politics, society, and beauty rituals, shaping the concept of a beautiful face from ancient civilizations...

The Sweater

$39.99

Originally knit as underwear, the sweater is a practical garment with homely beginnings and has evolved as a fashion statement. This book traces the sweater's 300-year history as an aesthetic and craft object, telling the story of its materials and...

Eisenberg Originals

$39.99

Eisenberg was one of the first American design houses, and the jewelry that bears its mark is among the finest costume pieces ever created. Yet there is surprisingly little written about the company, and almost nothing about the other products...

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