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Shoes of All Kinds and Styles is a vintage catalogue of shoes and boots published by New York shoe manufacturer Andrew Alexander in 1890. With detailed illustrations and information on selection, fitting, and more, this volume will appeal to those with an interest in vintage footwear, and it is not...

The bestselling New Fashion Figure Templates has been providing help for fashion students and fashion designers for decades and this new expanded edition will provide help for generations to come. The new edition includes over 200 templates of men, women, teens, and children on perforated pages for...

"A well-tied tie is the first serious step in life," quipped Oscar Wilde, a fashion genius who could knot an ascot as well as he could turn a phrase. For the rest of us, there's How to Tie a Tie. Whether you have always wanted to master a classic Windsor knot or simply need to rustle up an acceptable...

Between 1970 and 1990 the prewar districts of Dutch cities underwent an unparalleled process of renewal. What began as ‘building for the neighbourhood’ in protest against extensive demolition has now come to be known as ‘city renewal’. Large numbers of affordable dwellings and social facilities...

At the beginning of the Victorian period, most of England's population lived in the countryside; by its end, the balance had tipped towards living in urban and suburban spaces. In the context of this rapidly changing world, Rachel Worth explores the ways in which the clothing of the rural working...

Morocco: Ancient cities, adobe fortresses of centuries past, fertile plains of wheat and olives, carpets of wildflowers, endless deserts, wild mountains, and isolated rural villages. And of course, the fabled open-air markets framed with stacks of woven rugs and other handicrafts, exotic scents wafting...

This book is addressed to students and teachers in design degrees and researchers interested in logical thinking of design. Just like any other discipline, design must accredit its rational fundamentals to refer the conditions of knowledge that determine it as a specific object of study. Methodology...

Ackermann’s Repository of Arts was an illustrated British periodical published from 1809-1828 by Rudolph Ackermann. The formal title of the journal was Repository of arts, literature, commerce, manufactures, fashions, and politics, and it did cover all of these fields. In its day, it had great...

The value of advertising has always been an effective way to increase consumerism among customers. Through the use of emotional branding, companies and organizations can now target new and old patrons while building a strong relationship with them at the same time, to ensure future sales. Driving Customer...

There are few jobs more rarefied or as physically and mentally demanding as prima ballerina. And yet, despite very real professional risks, three dancers from the world-class San Francisco Ballet all decided to have children at the pinnacle of their careers. In Balancing Acts, photographer Lucy Gray...

Our lives are as unique as our fingerprints. There are no two alike and each is so distinctly our own that it is capable of carrying our identity with just a single touch. Our homes can be just as distinct-- a unique expression and reflection of our personalities, an invigorating sanctuary that welcomes...

This vintage book contains some concise but useful facts about leather, boots, and shoes. Although old, much of the information contained within this volume is timeless and will be of considerable utility to modern readers. From the manufacturing of leather to things to consider when buying leather...

Facts Worth Knowing About Leather, Boots, and Shoes is a concise guide to shoe manufacturing and the shoe industry, published by Chicago shoe manufacturers “Walker Tannery”. It includes information on a variety of related subjects, as well as details concerning the company, it's ethics and ethos,...

This vintage book contains a detailed treatise on the leather industry in late-nineteenth century America, being a dissertation on the methods employed in and the economics of tanning. This volume is highly recommended for those with an interest in the history and development of the American tanning...