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How to read a dress
£25.99How to read a dress
Fashion is ever-changing, and while some styles mark a dramatic departure from the past, many exhibit subtle differences from year to year that are not always easily identifiable. With overviews of each key period and detailed illustrations for each new style, ‘How to Read a Dress’ is an authoritative visual guide to women’s fashion across five centuries. Each entry includes annotated colour images of historical garments, outlining important features and highlighting how styles have developed over time, whether in shape, fabric choice, trimming, or undergarments.
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How to wear everything
£22.00How to wear everything
What we wear matters. It matters because looking, and therefore feeling, like yourself is essential. Clothes can be the difference between a good day and a bad day. Clothes have the power to make your mood ten times worse or one hundred times better. Clothes should give you confidence, and never make you doubt yourself. Whether you already have a go-to look or feel overwhelmed by choice, ‘How to Wear Everything’ covers where to start, what you need and what you absolutely do not – whatever your age, body type or budget.
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Make Do and Mend
£6.99Make Do and Mend
A delightful reminder of the techniques for household economies extolled by the wartime government. First published in 1943, all of the tips can be used to spruce up your wardrobe today. Old fashioned remedies for everything from washing silks and mending your clothes, to repelling the ÃÃÿmoth menaceÃÃÃ!
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The forever wardrobe
£12.99The forever wardrobe
Have you ever opened your wardrobe and, despite it being bulging with clothes, don’t know what to wear? Enter the capsule wardrobe, a streamlined approach to creating a long-lasting and empowering wardrobe, whatever your style of budget. One that’s good for you and the planet. Let fashion editor Anna Cascarina give you the tools and knowledge to create a wardrobe full of pieces you’ll love and wear time and time again. With easy-to-follow steps, tools and questionnaires, this book will help you build a wardrobe and dress in a way that not only reflects your personality and style (it’s not just solely neutrals!) and fills you with confidence but it will also help you understand how to consciously buy items (be it new or vintage, as well as renting), take care of clothes and avoid fast fashion trends once and for all.
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The story of perfume
£38.00The story of perfume
Lavishly illustrated with archival documents from the most beautiful fragrance brands, ‘The Story of Perfume’ transports its readers into a precious and mesmerizing world. It is the perfect gift for special occasions and a must-have for all perfume lovers.
£38.00