San Francisco, California: Perfect Strangers, 2018. Softcover. Delve into our first issue to read about Korean dramas in Panama. Or English literature in Tehran. Or how an Argentinian-Thai couple work together to create locally-inspired desserts in Shanghai. Or how about a Turkish entrepreneur’s global vision for streaming movies? Or the..... More
Durham, North Carolina: Duke University Press, 2001. Softcover. Winner of the 2002 Berkshire Prize, presented by the Berkshire Conference of Women Historians Fabricating Women examines the social institution of the seamstresses’ guild in France from the time of Louis XIV to the Revolution. In contrast with previous scholarship on..... More
Oxford: Old House Books & Maps, 2013. Julia Stone (drawings and design), Bob Baker (photographs). First Edition. First Printing. Paperback. The late 1960s ushered in a fashion revolution and Carnaby Street was its epicenter, birthplace of the mini-skirt and wildly exuberant fashion statements, all vividly brought to life in this..... More
New York: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 1980. First Edition (presumed). Softcover. Published in conjunction with the exhibition The Manchu Dragon: Costumes of China - The Ch'ing Dynasty held from Dec. 16, 1980 to Aug. 30, 1981. More
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