Out-Of-Style: A Modern Perspective of How, Why and When Vintage Fashions Evolved - Rilegato

Shubert, Betty Kreisel

Rilegato

ISBN 10: 0983576165 ISBN 13: 9780983576167

Casa editrice: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC, 2012

Riassunto

OUT-of-STYLE A Modern Perspective of HOW, WHY and WHEN Vintage Fashions Evolved is for genealogists, costume designers, theatre companies, social historians, vintage clothing collectors and fashionistas. This is the book that makes other history of costume books already in libraries more easily understood. Hundreds of the author s charming, sequential illustrations reveal the style clues that time-date the clothes worn by men, women and children in the 19th through 20th century and beyond. Fascinating gems of social history culled from countless sources illuminate the life and times of each decade. Informative descriptive text is shown alongside related illustrations eliminating page flipping while trying to match correct picture to correct words. Written by an experienced costume designer with an insightful sense of humor making this a surprisingly good read. Testimonials from famous genealogists, college and university professors of theatre and Disneyland designers attest to the value of the information in this book. See author s website: www.outofstylethebook.com Email Address: bettyshubert@cox.net Publication Date: Sep 22 2012 Release Date: December 2012 Copyright 2013 by Betty Kreisel Shubert About the author: BETTY KREISEL SHUBERT Costume Designer - Fashion Historian Author-Illustrator Betty Kreisel Shubert has designed clothes and costumes for stage, screen, TV Specials, Ready-to-Wear, Las Vegas musicals and Disneyland. A parallel specialty in career apparel design brought assignments for the uniform programs of major cruise lines, race tracks, hotels, restaurants and casinos all over the world. Betty sold her first design to a manufacturer at age 13 ... the year was 1938. She had two hit Hollywood shows to her credit while barely 18. For several years in the 1940s, Betty owned and operated her own costume shop in Beverly Hills and Hollywood where she employed the world-class craftspeople of the Motion Picture Costumers Union. From them, she learned advanced

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: LIGHTNING SOURCE INC
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0983576165
• ISBN 13: 9780983576167
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 372
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile