My list usually tends heavily toward books, too. This year I'm planning
to ask for Janet Arnold's Patterns of Fashion: 1660-1860 (believe it or
not, I've never even read it!), and a V&A book called 19th Century
Fashion in Detail that apparently has gorgeous photographs.
Emily
On 11/5/2011 2:57 PM, Lavolta Press wrote:
For costume-related gifts, I usually ask for books. Here's my list.
From Minos to Midas: Ancient Cloth Production in the Aegean and in
Anatolia
SPANISH FASHION IN EARLY MODERN EUROPE: The Prevelance and Prestige of
Spanish Attire in the Courts of the 16th and 17th Centuries (but the
release date is unclear)
Seventeenth-Century Women's Dress Patterns: Book 2 (release date also
unclear)
The Empire's New Clothes: A History of the Russian Fashion Industry,
1700-1917
Facing Beauty: Painted Women and Cosmetic Art (release date unclear)
War and Worship: Textiles from 3rd to 4th-Century AD Weapon Deposits
in Denmark and Northern Germany
Fran
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