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Fashion for Everyone - The Story of Ready-to-Wear 1870-1970
Ley, Sandra
1975 11168 Until the 1870's all women's clothes were handmade, either by the women themselves or by a seamstress who generally came in by the day. A few 'dressmakers' had their own business premises with a select and wealthy clientele. The 1870's were the period also of the first famous courturiers in Paris and London. 153 indexed pages. The story of ready-to-wear from 1870-1970 a fascinating piece of social history, illustrated with delightfully nostalgic pictures from old Sears Roebuck catalogues and early magazi nes like The Delineator, may of them long since out of existence. Focusing on the American Fashion industry, the book covers early workers, sweat shops, the founding of the I.L.G.W.U. and more in 150 pages. Scribner 0-684-12973-6 / 9780684129730
Hard Cover New New book Jacket Old Tappan, New Jersey, U.S.A. Brodart Protective Dust Jacket
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35.89 USD
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