Rare catalog describes and illustrates fashions offered by a prominent mail-order merchant shortly after the turn of the century. Captions fully describe styling, special features and trim of each item and include original prices. Invaluable resource for costume historians, fashion illustrators, graphic designers, and anyone interested in fashions of a bygone era. Approximately 725 illustrations.

Complete w/ 40 full-size striking color pichoir costume plates in remarkable detail, ea. measuring 12.5 in. tall; ea. plate w/ printed tissue guard.

Offers a visual history of the way men have dressed in the twentieth century, tracing twelve social roles that have formed fashion and fashion leaders and profiling numerous trendsetters

“Tracy Tynan uses the universal medium of clothing to tell the highly specific story of her bohemian British upbringing, and she does so with wit, candor, and yes—style” (Lena Dunham).Tracy Peacock Tynan grew up in London in the 1950’s and 60s, privy to her parents’ glamorous parties and famous friends—Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, and Orson Welles. Cecil Beaton and Katharine Hepburn were her godparents. These stylish showbiz people were role models for Tracy, who became a clotheshorse at a young age. Tracy’s father, Kenneth Tynan, was a powerful theater critic and writer for the Evening Standard, The Observer, and The New Yorker. Her mother was Elaine Dundy, a successful novelist and biographer, whose works have recently been revived by The New York Review of Books. Both of Tracy’s parents, particularly her father, were known as much for what they wore as what they wrote. In her “moving, candid, and often hilarious” memoir (Wall Street Journal), Tracy recalls her father’s dandy attire and her mother’s Pucci dresses, as well as her parents’ rancorous marriage and divorce, her father’s prodigious talents and celebrity lifestyle, and her mother’s lifel... [Read More]

Excerpt from New York FashionsOrder Blanks in the front of this Catalogue. Fourth carefully fill out the Order Blank, enclose your remittance and mail them to us. As we conduct a mail-order business. We receive orders by mail only.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Excerpt from Catalogue of Wool Manufactures: Exhibited Under the Direction of the National Association of School Manufactures at the Thirty-Eighth Annual Exhibition of the American Institute of the City of New York, 1869The object of the Exposition was to make known the extent, variety, and actual condition of the wool industry of the United States, rather than to adjudge the comparative merits of competing manufacturers; exhibitors, therefore, were requested to exhibit mainly such articles as they are accus tomed to make for the general market. Exhibitors were informed that an official catalogue would be published, in which the name or business card of every exhibitor and a designation of his contributions would appear. The present catalogue is made in conformity with this promise.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the origina... [Read More]

Illustrations include Architectural Sketches * Maps and Plans * Pictorial maps and Decorative Illustrations * Fashions * and much more.

KBETHOS Winter Trapper Aviator Hat Series. Great Aviator Caps Made Best to Keep You Warm During the Cold Winter. Comes in Various Colors and Styles, This Hat is a Must Have to Accommodate All Outfits You Decide to Wear for the Day. Stretches to Fit All Head Sizes. A Must Have Item!

New York Cop Child Costume - MediumThis kids NYPD cop costume includes a button front shirt with badge, pants and police hat. Our kids police costume comes in child sizes Small, Toddler, Medium, Large. The handcuffs are not included with the kids police costume. Please note: This item's color may vary due to inherent manufacturing variations or your computer monitor's color settings. The item you receive will be identical or substantially similar to the item pictured in this

Look just like funny yet frustrated family man Clark Griswold from the movie classic National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation in the great light-up Santa suit! This costume includes jacket with attached belt and lights, hat, pants and beard! It's just the costume you need for Halloween, character or historical reenactments, parties, plays, parades, family occasions and other holiday productions and

Naughty Nem-Oh Adult Costume - Small/MediumThis sexy Nemo costume includes the clown fish tutu dress, tights and arm-fins. This sexy Nemo costume comes in adult sizes Medium/Large, XS/Small, Large/X-Large, Small/Medium.Please note: This item's color may vary due to inherent manufacturing variations or your computer monitor's color settings. The item you receive will be identical or substantially similar to the item pictured in this