Author: Suzi Love
Publisher: Suzi Love
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
What was fashionable for purses in past centuries?Call them what you like:purses,bags,handbags,reticules,ridicules,clutches. pocket replacements. They all did the same job and they changed greatly with the prevailing fashions of time.
Reticules, Bags, or Purses
Author: Suzi Love
Publisher: Suzi Love
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
What was fashionable for purses in past centuries?Call them what you like:purses,bags,handbags,reticules,ridicules,clutches. pocket replacements. They all did the same job and they changed greatly with the prevailing fashions of time.
Publisher: Suzi Love
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 197
Book Description
What was fashionable for purses in past centuries?Call them what you like:purses,bags,handbags,reticules,ridicules,clutches. pocket replacements. They all did the same job and they changed greatly with the prevailing fashions of time.
Ladies’ Dress Accessories
Author: Eleanor Johnson
Publisher: Shire Publications
ISBN: 9780747805700
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
As human societies evolved, so clothing became more than just a basic necessity to protect the body from cold. Both men and women used their costume to display their status and wealth. This additional function of dress was from the beginning accompanied by the appearance of a wide variety of complementary accessories. These included perfume and scent bottles, jewellery, buttons, buckles, buttonhooks, hat pins, gloves, handbags, purses, fans, parasols and many other attractive items and, since the First World War, objects associated with make-up and smoking. In this book Eleanor Johnson describes and illustrates many of the items that one may come across.
Publisher: Shire Publications
ISBN: 9780747805700
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 56
Book Description
As human societies evolved, so clothing became more than just a basic necessity to protect the body from cold. Both men and women used their costume to display their status and wealth. This additional function of dress was from the beginning accompanied by the appearance of a wide variety of complementary accessories. These included perfume and scent bottles, jewellery, buttons, buckles, buttonhooks, hat pins, gloves, handbags, purses, fans, parasols and many other attractive items and, since the First World War, objects associated with make-up and smoking. In this book Eleanor Johnson describes and illustrates many of the items that one may come across.
Illustrated Encyclopedia of World Costume
Author: Doreen Yarwood
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486433803
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
This authoritative resource presents a comprehensive history of clothing and accessories. "A mine of information" (Choice), the book covers every world culture with 650-plus entries, more than 2,100 black-and-white drawings, and eight pages of color illustrations. A detailed index makes it easy to locate garments from any era.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 0486433803
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 490
Book Description
This authoritative resource presents a comprehensive history of clothing and accessories. "A mine of information" (Choice), the book covers every world culture with 650-plus entries, more than 2,100 black-and-white drawings, and eight pages of color illustrations. A detailed index makes it easy to locate garments from any era.
Bags and Purses
Author: Vanda Foster
Publisher: Quite Specific Media Group
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Publisher: Quite Specific Media Group
ISBN:
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 108
Book Description
Handbags
Author: Tessa Paul
Publisher: Chartwell
ISBN: 9780785825920
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Fashion.
Publisher: Chartwell
ISBN: 9780785825920
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 328
Book Description
Fashion.
Art of the Handbag
Author: Clare Anthony
Publisher: Race Point Publishing
ISBN: 162788081X
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
DIV“I find that it is vital to have at least one handbag for each of the ten types of social occasions.�—Miss Piggy /divDIVMost women would agree with Miss Piggy—and even those who didn’t would think one bag for all occasions isn’t really enough. Ever since the reticule came into style after the French Revolution, women have been attached to their handbags. And whether you’re a woman of leisure who wants a tiny bag to carry a lipstick, comb, and mirror or a working woman who needs a satchel to hold your cell phone, e-reader, laptop, water bottle, makeup, lunch, and whatever else you need in the course of a long day, you’re sure to be enchanted by the variety of bags featured in this lavishly illustrated book. A wonderful range of bags is presented--from Judith Leiber’s sculpted, crystal-studded metal “minaudières� to James Piatt’s “Peacekeeper� handbag with its knuckleduster handle, from Lulu Guinness’s red snakeskin “Lips� clutch to Hester van Eeghen’s elegant “Monocle� bag, from Kathleen Dustin’s exquisite “Rose Bud� wrist purse to Inés Figaredo’s retro “Telephone� shoulder bag.It’s a showcase gallery of 25 contemporary handbag designers, and it features over 100 artful creations.The crazy beautiful bags in this book provide perfect accents for every wardrobe./div
Publisher: Race Point Publishing
ISBN: 162788081X
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 160
Book Description
DIV“I find that it is vital to have at least one handbag for each of the ten types of social occasions.�—Miss Piggy /divDIVMost women would agree with Miss Piggy—and even those who didn’t would think one bag for all occasions isn’t really enough. Ever since the reticule came into style after the French Revolution, women have been attached to their handbags. And whether you’re a woman of leisure who wants a tiny bag to carry a lipstick, comb, and mirror or a working woman who needs a satchel to hold your cell phone, e-reader, laptop, water bottle, makeup, lunch, and whatever else you need in the course of a long day, you’re sure to be enchanted by the variety of bags featured in this lavishly illustrated book. A wonderful range of bags is presented--from Judith Leiber’s sculpted, crystal-studded metal “minaudières� to James Piatt’s “Peacekeeper� handbag with its knuckleduster handle, from Lulu Guinness’s red snakeskin “Lips� clutch to Hester van Eeghen’s elegant “Monocle� bag, from Kathleen Dustin’s exquisite “Rose Bud� wrist purse to Inés Figaredo’s retro “Telephone� shoulder bag.It’s a showcase gallery of 25 contemporary handbag designers, and it features over 100 artful creations.The crazy beautiful bags in this book provide perfect accents for every wardrobe./div
Bags
Author: Claire Wilcox
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN: 9781851775361
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Features everything from the early-day drawstring purses to the latest Chanel bag." --Marie Claire Exploring the changing styles and uses of bags from the Middle Ages to the present day, this gorgeous book--featuring specially commissioned photography of bags from the Victoria & Albert's world-famous collections--includes everything from delicate drawstring purses to must-have designer handbags by the likes of Chanel, Moschino, and Prada.
Publisher: Victoria & Albert Museum
ISBN: 9781851775361
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
"Features everything from the early-day drawstring purses to the latest Chanel bag." --Marie Claire Exploring the changing styles and uses of bags from the Middle Ages to the present day, this gorgeous book--featuring specially commissioned photography of bags from the Victoria & Albert's world-famous collections--includes everything from delicate drawstring purses to must-have designer handbags by the likes of Chanel, Moschino, and Prada.
American Girl's Book, Or, Occupation for Play Hours
Author: Eliza Leslie
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Amusements
Languages : en
Pages : 336
Book Description
Petticoats and Pistols
Author: Margaret Brownley
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780451406187
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Kate Whittaker will never find a husband as long as she keeps shocking the town with her newfangled inventions. That's just fine with Kate--until she meets Jonas Hunter, who dares to claim her inventions are his. Jonas is stunned to discover that this infuriating woman is stealing his ideas--and then his heart.
Publisher: Berkley
ISBN: 9780451406187
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Kate Whittaker will never find a husband as long as she keeps shocking the town with her newfangled inventions. That's just fine with Kate--until she meets Jonas Hunter, who dares to claim her inventions are his. Jonas is stunned to discover that this infuriating woman is stealing his ideas--and then his heart.
The Secret History of the Handbag
Author: Meredith Etherington-Smith
Publisher: Double-Barrelled Books
ISBN: 9780957150065
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the earliest practical containers to the star handbags of today, this book is a comprehensive gallimaufry of the handbag through the ages.
Publisher: Double-Barrelled Books
ISBN: 9780957150065
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
From the earliest practical containers to the star handbags of today, this book is a comprehensive gallimaufry of the handbag through the ages.