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Dyeing and Screenprinting on Textiles

By Joanna Kinnersly-Taylor

The Fifties & Sixties:A Lifestyle Revolution

By Akhtar, Miriam, Humphries, Steve

Fashion Illustration Today

By Nicholas Drake

Designs by "Erte: Fashion Drawings and Illustrations from "Harper's Bazaar"

By Erte "Erte"

Erte's Theatrical Costumes in Full Color

By Erté

The Compleat Gentleman: Five Centuries of Aristocratic Life

By Geoffrey Beard

Transparency in Textiles

By Dawn Thorne

The Little Book of Paris Style: The fashion story of the iconic city

By Alois Guinut

Picture Postcard and Its Origins

By Frank Staff

Survey of Historic Costume: A History of Western Dress

By Phyllis G. Tortora, Keith Eubank

Developing a Fashion Collection

By Elinor Renfrew (Kingston University, UK), Colin Renfrew (Manchester Metropolitan University

How to Read a Dress: A Guide to Changing Fashion from the 16th to the 20th Century

By Lydia Edwards (Edith Cowan University, Australia)

The Sustainable Fashion Handbook

By Sandy Black

Tudor Fashion

By Eleri Lynn

Textile Surface Decoration: Silk and Velvet

By Margo Singer

Snow Country: Mountain Homes and Rustic Retreats

By Elizabeth Clair Flood, Woloszyski, Peter Woloszynski

Toiles De Jouy: French Printed Cottons, 1760-1830

By Sarah Grant, Christine Smith

Daphne Guinness

By Valerie Steele, Daphne Guinness

Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

By Clare Hunter

Handmade Bags

By Terence Terry

Jewelry: From Antiquity to the Present

By Clare Phillips

Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle

By Clare Hunter

Textiles: Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

By Cavallo, Alolph S.

How to Make Baskets from Countryside Materials

By Susie Vaughan

Behind the Seams: The perfect gift for fans of The Great British Sewing Bee

By Esme Young

The Guinness Guide to 20th Century Homes

By Bond, David

Africa: The Art of a Continent

By Tom Phillips, etc.

Textured Embroidery

By Jenny Bradford

Costume History

By Francoise Tetart-Vittu

Cosmopolitanism and Women's Fashion in Ghana: History, Artistry and Nationalist Inspirations

By Christopher L. Richards (City University of New York, USA)