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Empire's New Clothes A History of the Russian Fashion Industry (1700-1917)

Ruane Christine

ISBN: HB: 9780300141559, Yale University Press, March 2009
256 pp., 27.6x22.6 cm, 50 colour illus., 70 black&white illus.

In 1701, Tsar Peter the Great decreed that all residents of Moscow must abandon their traditional dress and wear European fashion. Those who produced or sold Russian clothing would face "dreadful punishment". Peter's dress decree, part of his drive t...

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Superheroes Fashion and Fantasy

Koda Harold, Bolton Andrew

ISBN: HB (metal): 9780300136708, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2008
192 pp., 25.4x20.6 cm, 200 colour illus.

From Wonder Woman's satin stars and golden bracelets to Batman's brooding cape and mask, the style of superheroes' dress has influenced both street wear and high fashion. This richly illustrated book explores how radical couture, avant-garde sportswe...

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Alaska Eskimo Footwear

Oakes Jill

ISBN: PB: 9781602230064, ISBN: HB: 9781889963808, University of Chicago Press, University of Alaska Press, June 2007
176 pp., 27.9x21.6 cm, 153 colour plates, 2 maps, 2 line drawings

"Alaska Eskimo Footwear" celebrates the incredible beauty and spiritual significance of the shoes and boots worn by Alaska Native peoples. Stunning photography brings the harsh and striking environment of the North alive and demonstrates how essentia...

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Ralph Rucci The Art of Weightlessness

Steele Valerie, Mears Patricia, Sauro Clare

ISBN: HB: 9780300122787, Yale University Press, February 2007
128 pp., 32.5x22.8 cm, 80 colour illus.

Working quietly and without much public attention for more than 20 years, American fashion designer Ralph Rucci suddenly became a headline topic in 2002, when he was invited to show his collection at the haute couture in Paris – the first American to...

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Soviet Textiles Designing the Modern Utopia

Kachurin Pamela Jill

ISBN: PB: 9780878467037, DAP, MFA Publications, August 2006
96 pp., 22.9x21 cm, 52 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! Between 1927 and 1933, as the new Soviet Union emerged and the Communist party struggled to transform an agrarian country into an industrialized state, a group of young artists pitched in by designing fabrics depicting trac...

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Wearing Propaganda Textiles in Japan, Britain and the United States (1931-1945)

Atkins Jacqueline M.

ISBN: HB: 9780300109252, Yale University Press, December 2005
400 pp., 30.6x26.6 cm, 40 colour illus.

Protest fashion from the Vietnam War years is widely familiar, but today few are aware that dramatic fashion and textile designs served as patriotic propaganda for the Japanese, British, and Americans during the Asia-Pacific War (1931-1945). This fab...

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