Textile & Costume Books


Oriental Carpet & Textile Studies VIIOriental Carpet & Textile Studies VII
Best Price: $115.00
Tattooed Mountain Women and Spoonboxes of Daghestan: Magic Medicine Symbols in Silk, Stone, Wood and FleshTattooed Mountain Women and Spoonboxes of Daghestan: Magic Medicine Symbols in Silk, Stone, Wood and Flesh
Best Price: $33.91
Advanced Textile DesignAdvanced Textile Design
This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations,...
Art Textiles of the World: Japan, vol. 2Art Textiles of the World: Japan, vol. 2
Best Price: $158.00
Volume Two of a collection of the Art Textiles of Japan. A beautiful monograph of the art work...
Body Art: v. 2Body Art: v. 2
Best Price: $118.88


Graphis T-Shirt DesignGraphis T-Shirt Design
Best Price: $70.73
Insignia Collection FashionInsignia Collection FashionTattoo Design Book 02 (Bk. 2) (Japanese Edition)Tattoo Design Book 02 (Bk. 2) (Japanese Edition)
Best Price: $41.50
Richly illustrated throughout with photographs, drawings and other reproductions, this tattoo...
Folk Costumes of NorwayFolk Costumes of Norway
Best Price: $130.40
Peinados y Cuidado del Cabello (Spanish Edition)Peinados y Cuidado del Cabello (Spanish Edition)
Best Price: $102.61


Montres et Merveilles: 200 Creations Rares Provenant du Musee de l'Horlogerie de Geneve et des Collections Privees Piaget (English and French Edition)Montres et Merveilles: 200 Creations Rares Provenant du Musee de l'Horlogerie de Geneve et des Collections Privees Piaget (English and French Edition)Emanuel UngaroEmanuel Ungaro
I was very pleased with this book for its even coverage of the decades spanning Ungaro's...
Carpaccio: Le Storie De Sant'Orsola (Dentro la pittura) (Italian Edition)Carpaccio: Le Storie De Sant'Orsola (Dentro la pittura) (Italian Edition)
Best Price: $150.00
Andrea Pfister: Los Angeles (English and Italian Edition)Andrea Pfister: Los Angeles (English and Italian Edition)
Best Price: $21.14
1920s Fashion Design Pb (Pepin Press Design Book)1920s Fashion Design Pb (Pepin Press Design Book)
This volume offers a selection of high-quality reproductions of fashion drawings from the 1920s,...

Modemuseum/The Fashion Museum: BackstageModemuseum/The Fashion Museum: Backstage
Despite a 1997 article in Business Week that stated, "It is difficult to imagine Antwerp,...
Silken Threads and Lacquer ThronesSilken Threads and Lacquer Thrones
Best Price: $32.07
The unique character of the 19th century Lan Na culture of Northern Thailand is seen in its...
The Woven Mystery: Old Tibetan Rugs (White orchid books)The Woven Mystery: Old Tibetan Rugs (White orchid books)
Best Price: $54.68
This text offers 78 of the finest examples from the great Tibetan tradition of rug-making in...
Egyptian Carpets: A Practical GuideEgyptian Carpets: A Practical Guide
Best Price: $24.95
Introduction to the Traditional Costumes of SabahIntroduction to the Traditional Costumes of Sabah
Best Price: $43.61

Weaving in NepalWeaving in Nepal
Best Price: $19.99
Embroidery from Palestine (Fabric Folios)Embroidery from Palestine (Fabric Folios)Mexican TextilesMexican TextilesShoes: What Every Woman Should KnowShoes: What Every Woman Should Know
Best Price: $10.46
I am enjoying Shoes: What Every Woman Should Know so much that I have decided to order a few...
Fashion Plates: 1950-1970 (Schiffer Design Books)Fashion Plates: 1950-1970 (Schiffer Design Books)
Best Price: $29.54
Here is a look at some typical and some extraordinary clothing of mid-century. Whether by...

Ties of Distinction (Schiffer Book for Designers & Collectors)Ties of Distinction (Schiffer Book for Designers & Collectors)
Best Price: $7.00
This book details Britain's neckwear of distinction, with 472 regimental, college,...
The Well-Dressed Child: Children's Clothing, 1820-1940The Well-Dressed Child: Children's Clothing, 1820-1940
Best Price: $24.55
I was very disappointed with this book. I bought this book because of all the glowing reviews...
Gingham Aprons of the '40s & '50s: A Checkered Past (Schiffer Book for Collectors)Gingham Aprons of the '40s & '50s: A Checkered Past (Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Best Price: $19.36
I really like this book. Since I love aprons,sewing and I am interested in history, this makes a...
Motorcycle Jackets: A Century of Leather DesignMotorcycle Jackets: A Century of Leather Design
Best Price: $43.61
The leather motorcycle jacket is more than a coat; it's a mentality. Beginning in the early...
Faberge FlowersFaberge Flowers
Best Price: $17.98
Just about a year ago, I went to a special exhibition in Newark, New Jersey that had artifacts...

Vogue FashionVogue Fashion
Best Price: $21.40
"Vogue Fashion" takes a fresh look at fashion history from 1900 to today, celebrating...
Fashion Theory Volume 11 Issues 2 and 3 (v. 11, Issues 2 & 3)Fashion Theory Volume 11 Issues 2 and 3 (v. 11, Issues 2 & 3)
Best Price: $29.38
This special issue of Fashion Theory is a special issue focusing on Muslim fashions.
Basic Guide to Make-UpBasic Guide to Make-UpNineteenth-Century Fashion in DetailNineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
Best Price: $46.56
Let me begin by saying that this is a beautiful book. It's coffee table sized, and printed...
Celtic Body Art Book PbCeltic Body Art Book Pb
Best Price: $4.07
Celtic body decoration was originally used t o frighten opponents in battle - now it is the...

Dress and Ethnicity: Change Across Space and Time (Ethnicity and Identity)Dress and Ethnicity: Change Across Space and Time (Ethnicity and Identity)
Best Price: $28.95
From African-American women's headwraps to beauty pageants in Swaziland, this absorbing book...
Fashion Theory: Volume 3, Issue 1: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture (v. 3, Issue 1)Fashion Theory: Volume 3, Issue 1: The Journal of Dress, Body and Culture (v. 3, Issue 1)
Best Price: $35.40
Caroline Evans: 'Masks, Mirrors and Mannequins Elsa Schiaparelli and the Decentred...
Mallarmé on Fashion: A Translation of the Fashion Magazine La Dernière Mode, with CommentaryMallarmé on Fashion: A Translation of the Fashion Magazine La Dernière Mode, with Commentary
Best Price: $16.47
In 1874, Stéphane Mallarmé, the great French poet, undertook a highly idiosyncratic...
Brenda's Bible: Escape Fashion Hell and Experience Heaven Every Time You Get DressedBrenda's Bible: Escape Fashion Hell and Experience Heaven Every Time You Get Dressed
Best Price: $3.70
I expected more from this book, but it's really little more than a "greeting card"...
Body Art: The Human Canvas -- Ink and SteelBody Art: The Human Canvas -- Ink and Steel
Best Price: $22.62
One of the aspects of contemporary art that is most striking is the choice of matrix on which...

Costume of ChinaCostume of ChinaFast, Fun and Easy Fabric Boxes: Eight Great Designs -- Unlimited PossibilitiesFast, Fun and Easy Fabric Boxes: Eight Great Designs -- Unlimited Possibilities
Best Price: $3.25
8 basic box designs and 13 projects offer unlimited creative options. Finalist in the USA Book...
Mayan Weaving: A Living Tradition (Crafts of the World)Mayan Weaving: A Living Tradition (Crafts of the World)
Best Price: $3.80
Briefly describes how the Maya wove their cloth, how they dyed the fabric, and how they created...
Crochet pattern busy bee beanie (47) 5 sizes newborn to adult (crochet hats)Crochet pattern busy bee beanie (47) 5 sizes newborn to adult (crochet hats)
This is the second bug in my collection! (first one is the ladybird), I think there is something...
Patternmaking for Fashion Design (4th Edition)Patternmaking for Fashion Design (4th Edition)
Best Price: $75.05
I admit I've only skimmed through this. It'll be more of a reference guide for me to use...

Flowers of the Yayla: Yoruk Weaving of the Toros MountainsFlowers of the Yayla: Yoruk Weaving of the Toros Mountains
Best Price: $27.00
Flowers of the Yayla: Yoruk Weaving of the Toros Mountains Anthony N Landreau (1990) ...
Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
Best Price: $18.59
Extreme Beauty is a wonderful book that celebrates the Metropolitan's equally brilliant...
Folk Costumes Of The WorldFolk Costumes Of The World
Best Price: $25.00
I'm very interested in folk costumes and found this book informative with beautiful...
Constructions of the Classical Body (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)Constructions of the Classical Body (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)
Best Price: $37.00
In a world where it is difficult to talk about the human body as a social construct, it should...
Schiaparelli Fashion Review Paper DollsSchiaparelli Fashion Review Paper Dolls
Best Price: $5.00
I'm a big fan of this amazing fashion designer of the 50's and this book showed parts of...

Great Fashion Designs of the Thirties Paper Dolls: 32 Haute Couture Costumes by Schiaparelli, Molyneux, Mainbocher, and Others (Dover Paper Dolls)Great Fashion Designs of the Thirties Paper Dolls: 32 Haute Couture Costumes by Schiaparelli, Molyneux, Mainbocher, and Others (Dover Paper Dolls)
Best Price: $3.50
The sophistication and elegance of the 1930-s is wonderfully expressed by Tom Tierney's...
Everyday Fashions of the Forties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs (Dover Fashion and Costumes)Everyday Fashions of the Forties As Pictured in Sears Catalogs (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
Best Price: $8.49
I got this book though amazon's used books, and was completely pleased. Websites and library...
Wedding Fashions, 1862-1912 : 380 Costume Designs from "La Mode Illustree"Wedding Fashions, 1862-1912 : 380 Costume Designs from "La Mode Illustree"
Best Price: $84.56
Dover has a whole series of books devoted to reproductions of vintage fashions. ...
Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from "La Mode Illustree" (Dover Fashion and Costumes)Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from "La Mode Illustree" (Dover Fashion and Costumes)
Best Price: $13.03
I was leery of ordering this book, because most of the books that claim to illustrate both the...
Great Characters from Shakespeare Paper Dolls (Dover Paper Dolls)Great Characters from Shakespeare Paper Dolls (Dover Paper Dolls)
Best Price: $2.67
Tom Tierney's paper doll books from Dover are wonderful as teaching aids for students of all...

Godey's Fashions Paper Dolls 1860-1879 (Dover Victorian Paper Dolls)Godey's Fashions Paper Dolls 1860-1879 (Dover Victorian Paper Dolls)
Best Price: $3.82
Some outfits not pictured on the cover include: pink party dress, violet evening dress, 2 bridal...
Techno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and DesignTechno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design
Best Price: $46.25
This work is a celebration of the way in which the new textile technology is bringing together...
Traditional Indian TextilesTraditional Indian Textiles
Best Price: $78.00
No other land enjoys such a profusion of creative energies for the production of textiles as...
Earrings: From Antiquity to the PresentEarrings: From Antiquity to the Present
Best Price: $23.74
As as jewelry designer, I am continuously researching the history of design. In building a...
Traditional Folk Textiles and Dress: Selected Readings and BibliographyTraditional Folk Textiles and Dress: Selected Readings and Bibliography

Show Ring Style (Allen Photographic Guides)Show Ring Style (Allen Photographic Guides)
Best Price: $2.99
Brief, concise, and filled with helpful photos, this introductory guide provides essential...
The First Ladies HallThe First Ladies Hall
Best Price: $12.99
The Art QuiltThe Art Quilt
Robert Shaw draws upon his impressive expertise to celebrate the traditional bed quilt as a...
The Art of Fashion Accessories: A Twentieth Century RetrospectiveThe Art of Fashion Accessories: A Twentieth Century Retrospective
Best Price: $43.81
This gorgeous work takes a sentimental journey through 100 years of fashion accessories that...
Canes Through the Ages: With Value Guide (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)Canes Through the Ages: With Value Guide (A Schiffer Book for Collectors)
Best Price: $58.36
I'd been looking for an authoritative Kane "Bible" for some years now (I...

The Conservation of Tapestries and Embroideries: Proceedings of Meetings at the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels, Belgium (Getty Trust Publications: Getty Conservation Institute)The Conservation of Tapestries and Embroideries: Proceedings of Meetings at the Institut Royal du Patrimoine Artistique, Brussels, Belgium (Getty Trust Publications: Getty Conservation Institute)
Best Price: $7.95
Contributors discuss current research, new findings, and specific problems, innovations,...
Lace in Fashion from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth CenturiesLace in Fashion from the Sixteenth to the Twentieth Centuries
All of Pat Earnshaw's books are wonderful resouces in the study of laces and this book is a...
Beyond the Basics: Advanced Feltmaking TechniquesBeyond the Basics: Advanced Feltmaking Techniques
Best Price: $19.75
Celtic Tattoo Workbook TwoCeltic Tattoo Workbook TwoCostume of ChinaCostume of China

Fast, Fun and Easy Fabric Boxes: Eight Great Designs -- Unlimited PossibilitiesFast, Fun and Easy Fabric Boxes: Eight Great Designs -- Unlimited Possibilities
Best Price: $3.25
8 basic box designs and 13 projects offer unlimited creative options. Finalist in the USA Book...
Mayan Weaving: A Living Tradition (Crafts of the World)Mayan Weaving: A Living Tradition (Crafts of the World)
Best Price: $3.80
Briefly describes how the Maya wove their cloth, how they dyed the fabric, and how they created...
Crochet pattern busy bee beanie (47) 5 sizes newborn to adult (crochet hats)Crochet pattern busy bee beanie (47) 5 sizes newborn to adult (crochet hats)
This is the second bug in my collection! (first one is the ladybird), I think there is something...
Patternmaking for Fashion Design (4th Edition)Patternmaking for Fashion Design (4th Edition)
Best Price: $75.05
I admit I've only skimmed through this. It'll be more of a reference guide for me to use...
Flowers of the Yayla: Yoruk Weaving of the Toros MountainsFlowers of the Yayla: Yoruk Weaving of the Toros Mountains
Best Price: $27.00
Flowers of the Yayla: Yoruk Weaving of the Toros Mountains Anthony N Landreau (1990) ...

Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)
Best Price: $18.59
Extreme Beauty is a wonderful book that celebrates the Metropolitan's equally brilliant...
Folk Costumes Of The WorldFolk Costumes Of The World
Best Price: $25.00
I'm very interested in folk costumes and found this book informative with beautiful...
Constructions of the Classical Body (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)Constructions of the Classical Body (The Body, In Theory: Histories of Cultural Materialism)
Best Price: $37.00
In a world where it is difficult to talk about the human body as a social construct, it should...
Schiaparelli Fashion Review Paper DollsSchiaparelli Fashion Review Paper Dolls
Best Price: $5.00
I'm a big fan of this amazing fashion designer of the 50's and this book showed parts of...
Over the Line: No. 16Over the Line: No. 16
Best Price: $20.99

Grids to Stitch: No. 17Grids to Stitch: No. 17
Best Price: $20.99
This book explores the use of the grids found in architecture, organic structures, jewelry and...
Constructions: No. 24Constructions: No. 24
Best Price: $20.99
Body Packaging: A Guide to Human Sexual DisplayBody Packaging: A Guide to Human Sexual Display
Best Price: $53.55
Julian Robinson, a noted fashion designer, author, lecturer, and historian, has put together a...
Stylemakers : Inside FashionStylemakers : Inside Fashion
Best Price: $2.92
This book was a gift to me from someone who knows I love fashion. But loving fashion does not...
Textiles from Burma: Featuring the James Henry Green CollectionTextiles from Burma: Featuring the James Henry Green Collection
Best Price: $41.00

Stiletto (Mitchell Beazley Art & Design S.)Stiletto (Mitchell Beazley Art & Design S.)
Best Price: $161.57
The stiletto is a style icon of the 20th and 21st centuries. Its seductive power has attracted a...
Attitude: Hats (Attitude Series)Attitude: Hats (Attitude Series)
Best Price: $0.01
Nice hardcover with dust jacket. Hulton Getty, Author. Lots of interesting and unique colors,...
Northern Archaeological Textiles, Nesat VII: Textile Symposium in Edinburgh, 5th-7th May 1999Northern Archaeological Textiles, Nesat VII: Textile Symposium in Edinburgh, 5th-7th May 1999
Best Price: $47.99
This volume presents the papers from the seventh North-European Symposium for Archaeological...
Textiles & Textile Production in Europe: From Prehistory to AD 400 (ANCIENT TEXTILES SERIES)Textiles & Textile Production in Europe: From Prehistory to AD 400 (ANCIENT TEXTILES SERIES)
Best Price: $80.78
There is evidence that ever since early prehistory, textiles have always had more than simply a...
Techno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and DesignTechno Textiles: Revolutionary Fabrics for Fashion and Design
Best Price: $69.97
This book was a well thought out and planned introduction to the world of technical/synthetic...

History of Men's Costume (Costume Reference)History of Men's Costume (Costume Reference)
Best Price: $111.52
The Seventeenth Century (A Visual History of Costume)The Seventeenth Century (A Visual History of Costume)DRESS AND MORALITYDRESS AND MORALITYEvolution of FashionEvolution of Fashion
I am a sometime costumer, and love the patterns offered in this book. I have used a couple of...
Children's ClothesChildren's Clothes
Best Price: $140.06

Visual History of Costume 19th Century (A visual history of costume)Visual History of Costume 19th Century (A visual history of costume)
Best Price: $34.50
Part of the series, "A Visual History of Costume" this book is designed to be used as...
Socks & Stockings (The Costume Accessories Series)Socks & Stockings (The Costume Accessories Series)
Best Price: $47.50
This book traces the evolution of fashionable legwear from the cloth hose of Tudor times,...
English Costume of the Later Middle Ages the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (Vol 2)English Costume of the Later Middle Ages the Fourteenth and Fifteenth Centuries (Vol 2)Japanese Quilt BlocksJapanese Quilt Blocks 
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