Category: Fashion & Beauty
Following the success of Don'ts for Husbands and Don'ts for Wives a brand new old collection of advice for couples from courtship to the honeymoon. On looking for a partner in life: "Don't single out a girl if you do not intend to propose to her, for the way in which your conduct is regarded will be gre ...Show more
Category: Fashion & Beauty
A must-have for any shoe or fashion addict, "Shoes A-Z" tells the story of sixty years of shoes. This fun yet authoritative book covers more than 350 leading womens shoes designers and manufacturers, and includes a vast range of fashionable styles, from trainers to haute couture. Each illustrated entry ...Show more
Category: Fashion & Beauty
Having written three bestselling books about Paris, journalist, author and photographer Janelle McCulloch thought she knew most of the best places in which to stay, wander and explore. But the more time she spent in Paris, the more she realised how much there was still to discover. Paris in Style reveal ...Show more
Category: Fashion History
To coincide with the 50th anniversary of Myer Fashions on the Field, this beautiful book celebrates the unique and long established link between the Melbourne Cup Carnival and style, exploring the fun and flamboyancy of fashion at Flemington over the years. Covering the designers and milliners who have ...Show more
Category: Fashion & Beauty
Renowned quilter and textile artist Helen Parrott explores the creative potential of using your local surroundings to create beautiful textile artworks. Drawing on the Slow Stitch movement, Helen Parrott explains how mark-making--using stitches to make marks on fabric as you develop your design--can be ...Show more
Category: Make-up techniques
With a new 'miracle' makeup product launching every week and beauty trends changing faster than you can say 'ten-step Korean skin routine', it's harder than ever to cut through the outlandish marketing claims and overwhelming choice to find exactly what's right for you (and your wallet). Independent ma ...Show more
Category: Fashion & Beauty
From four stunning and accomplished French women -- at last -- a fresh and spirited take on what it really means to be a Parisienne: how they dress, entertain, have fun and attempt to behave themselves. In short, frisky sections, these Parisian women give you their very original views on style, ...Show more
Category: Fashion History
The much-anticipated first book by photographer Kevin Amato, a leading influencer in fashion today Kevin Amato, a fashion insider whose influence is felt around the world, defines who and what is beautiful and fashionable today. Through his photography - evocative of the work of the generation of photog ...Show more
Category: Fashion & Beauty | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
The book explores five central themes--the suit, the camellia, jewelry, makeup and perfume, the little black dress--and follows the threads from past to present to show how these key items have been rediscovered and reinvented by new designers. It includes many previously unpublished archive photographs ...Show more
Category: Fashion & Beauty
This is a treasure trove of information about the fashion icons who have created modern style for men, with advice on what to wear and how to wear it.
Category: Design & Designers | Series: Vogue on Designers
The handsome, aristocratic Hubert de Givenchy blended the hallowed traditions of haute couture with a modern sensibility. For 40 years he focused always on purity of line, but combined an artist's eye with a keen entrepreneurial mind. His innovative 1952 debut collection made its mark by presenting sepa ...Show more
Category: Design & Designers
Alexander McQueen: Evolution is the story of the designer's thirty-five runway shows and the genius behind them. From Jack the Ripper Stalks His Victims, his 1992 graduate collection, to Plato's Atlantis, the last show before his death in 2010, Lee Alexander McQueen was as celebrated for the meticulous ...Show more
