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The Berlei Review Volume 15, 1936
AU$400.00 Read MoreAdd to cartBerlei
Sydney: Berlei Ltd., 1936.A bound set of the complete volume 15 of The Berlie Review, being the company journal for Australian lingerie company Berlie for the year 1936. Volume 15 comprises 10 parts, with January/February and October/November being double issues. Founded by Fred R. Burley and first operating in Sydney from 1910 as Unique Corsets, before Frenchifying to Berlie in 1917, with the vision “To Design and Manufacture Corsets and Brassieres of such perfect Fit, Quality, and Workmanship, as will bring pleasure and profit to all concerned, while at the same time rendering such excellent service to our Clients and Consumers as will merit their permanent patronage.” Burlei Australia is still operating today.
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Artists and Sculptors Agree… that a lovely Bosom is Nature’s most appealing line
AU$50.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHordern Brothers; Berlei
Sydney: Hordern Brothers, No date.Advertising flyer for Berlei brassieres by Sydney department store, Hordern Brothers, whose pitch is to let them show you the new woman you could be… Berlie is an Australian lingerie company, first operating in Sydney from 1910 as Unique Corsets, before Frenchifying to Berlie in 1917, with the vision “To Design and Manufacture Corsets and Brassieres of such perfect Fit, Quality, and Workmanship, as will bring pleasure and profit to all concerned, while at the same time rendering such excellent service to our Clients and Consumers as will merit their permanent patronage.”
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The Little Black Jacket: Chanel’s Classic Revisited
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKarl Lagerfeld; Carine Roitfeld
Gottingen: Steidl, 2013.“This book is Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld’s reinterpretation of Chanel’s iconic little black jacket. Lagerfeld has redesigned the jacket, transforming it into a modern, adaptable garment to be worn by both sexes of all ages. The Little Black Jacket contains Lagerfeld’s photographs of celebrities wearing the jacket with individual flair – sometimes classic, sometimes irreverent, but always Chanel – and each styled by Carine Roitfeld. A range of accomplished actors, musicians, designers, models, writers and directors gets the little black jacket treatment, including Claudia Schiffer, Uma Thurman, Kanye West, Tilda Swinton, Baptiste Giabiconi, Yoko Ono and Sarah Jessica Parker. This book shows the astounding versatility of Chanel’s vision in Lagerfeld’s hands, and ensures the little black jacket’s future as a timeless classic.”
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The Fabrics of Culture: The Anthropology of Clothing and Adornment
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartJustine M. Cordwell; Ronald A. Schwarz
The Hague: Mouton Publishers, 1979. -
Yoruba Beaded Crowns: Sacred Regalia of the Olokuku of Okuku
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartUlli Beier
London: Ethnographica, 1982. -
Bulgarian Folk Costumes Volume IV: Bulgarian Folk Costumes from South Bulgaria in the 19th Century and the First Half of the 20th
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartM. Veleva; E. Lepavcova
Sofia: Publishing House of the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, 1988.The final volume in a 4 work series on Bulgarian Folk Costumes focusing on Southern Bulgaria.
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The Customized Body
AU$30.00 Read MoreAdd to cartHousk Randall; Ted Polhemus
London: Serpent’s Tail, 2000. -
DeMask Mistress Collection
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSteve English; Trevor Watson
Amsterdam: DeMask Disribution, 2003.Deluxe trade catalogue of femdom fetishwear photographed by Trevor Watson of Dutch latex and leather store DeMask. Opened in 1990 by Steve English in the Red Light District of Amsterdam (with Xaviera Hollander attending the launch) the store still operates today. Throughout the 1990s DeMask helped shape the international fetish scene hosting events (Europerve, Rubber Ball et al.) in collaboration with Skin Two magazine.
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The Corset Fetish Vol. 1 No. 1
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCandy Lane
Nottingham: Candy Lane, No date.Dedicated to Fashions, Fads, Fancies and Fetishes. Largely full page black and white photographs of women in corsets accompanied by several John Willie illustrations. Text is mostly the story, The Thrill of Corsets, by H. T. Lowe, together with a couple of short introductory remarks on corset and fetish appreciation.
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The Magic of Colour [Color] Harmony in Dress
AU$500.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMona Moncrieffe
Sydney: Bebarfald’s, 1927.1920s ladies’ fashion, though more extensively a guide to succeeding as a crafty and fashionable woman with a particular focus on the successful use of colour for different types of women. The majority of the illustrations signed Hilton, possibly Cecil Hilton Jones, also Alec J. Wood.
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Made in U.S.A. Catalog, 1975 and Made in U.S.A.-2 Scrapbook of America, 1976 (2 Volumes)
AU$550.00 Read MoreAdd to cartYoshihisa Kinameri; Jiro Ishikawa
Tokyo: Yomiuri Shimbun, 1975.Two catalogues of American fashion, culture, tools, and lifestyle products, an earlier project from the founders of Popeye magazine, who travelled the United States to put together these volumes which became a massive driver of American lifestyle and fashion influence in Japanese culture. Today, they remain a detailed catalogue of 1970s American culture. Both volumes include detailed shopping guides to numerous American cities. Unrecorded in OCLC or CiNii,
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Reflections of Paradise: Silks and Tiles from Ottoman Bursa
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAhmet Ertug
Istanbul: Ertug & Kocabiyik, 1995. -
Boy George Fashion & Make-up Book
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWayne Winder; Gerardine Winder; Christina Saunders
London: Hamlyn, 1984.Everything you need to know to achieve that early 1980s Boy George look you always wanted.
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The Miracle of Celanese Brand Fabrics
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCelanese Corporation of America
New York: Celanese Corporation of America, 1928.Early promotional booklet for Celanese, a cellulose acetate “artificial silk” fabric, produced by the Celanese Corporation of America. The firm, a Fortune 500 company still operating today as Celanese, the name being a portmanteaux of cellulose and ease, promoting the new product as easy to clean and care for. The booklet is illustrated throughout by Robert L. Leonard (1879-1958), a pioneering figure of American decorative arts, design, and illustration. Having studied and worked as an illustrator in Munich, Berlin, and Paris before migrating to the United States in 1923, he brought with him a modernist style which is on full show in the colourful art deco illustrations. Leonard was a founding member of the American Union of Decorative Artists and Designers and edited the first Annual of American Design in 1931. A rare treat of 1920s fashion and illustration, with only 1 copy recorded in OCLC, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Library.
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City Indians: Photographs of Western Tribal Fashion
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChris Wroblewski; Nelly Gomez-Vaez
Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn Verlag, 1983.Photographic study of youth subculture in the United Kingdom and Europe in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Divided into sections: Mohicans, Piercing, Skinheads, Rock and Roll, Sons of Hell, Leather, Sic Boys, Dress, Tattoo, Hare Krishna, and Rasta. This copy inscribed by Wroblewski on the title page and with an inscribed laid in postcard of his photograph of one of the tattooed subjects featured in the book.
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The Dansant at the Cafe Royal, London, 1971 [Programme]
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDerek Roe; Margot Macrae; Cecil Beaton; Hettie Jacques
Paris and London: Nina Ricci, 1971.Programme for The Dansant ’71 insired by L’Air du Temps by Nina Ricci, created by Derek Roe. Texts by Margot Macrae and Cecil Beaton. The occasion presented fifty years of fashion from the Cecil Beaton Collection. The programme consists primarily of British advertisements, highlights include an advert for Valium Roche. This copy signed by English actress Hettie Jacques (1922-1980) to the front cover. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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The Designer’s Guide: Easton Pearson Archive
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRenai Grace; Madeleine Johns; Alice Payne; Pamela Easton; Lydia Pearson
Brisbane: Museum of Brisbane, 2018.Produced to accompany the exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane, 23 November, 2018 – 22 April, 2019.
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The Other Side of the Picture
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartOlivier Theyskens
New York: Assouline Publishing, 2009.Photographs by Julien Claessens. Introduction by Sally Singer.
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Not Only Black + White Magazine Number 55: The Fashion Issue
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2001.Single issue of successful Australian photography magazine, (not only) Black+White. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events. In this issue: The Fashion Issue: Leeanna Walsman, Ray Liotta, Bettina Rheims, Alexandre Matthieu, Sneak Obsession.
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Not Only Black + White Magazine Number 50: The Fashion Issue
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2001.Single issue of successful Australian photography magazine, (not only) Black+White. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events. In this issue: The Fashion Issue (Collector’s Edition): Nude Celebrity Highlights from 50 Issues featuring Portia de Rossi, Guy Pearce, Kate Fiscer, Grant Hackett, Melissa Tkautz, Adam Garcia, Annalise Braakensiek, Melissa George and more, also: 2001 Directions, Rose Byrne, Anna Sui, Moulin Rouge.