 | Gordon Conway: Fashioning a New Woman (American Studies Series) by Raye Virginia Allen
Buy used from: $65.00 Conway's little known history is an incredible resource for studying American fashion and design in the 1920's.
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 | French Fashions "of Good Taste" 1920-1922: From Pochoir Illustrations (Schiffer Design Book)
Buy new: $30.36 / Used from: $33.96 Pochoirs were exclusively French-produced and the ultimate in 1920's fashion illustrative technique. This book has many nice samples.
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 | French Art Deco Fashions: In Pochoir Prints from the 1920s (Schiffer Design Book)
Buy new: $37.96 / Used from: $31.50 More very nice pochoir illustrations.
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 | Art Deco Fashion by Suzanne Lussier
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $7.49 Excellent resource. A very good look at 1920's fashion and design.
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 | Sonia Delaunay: Art into Fashion
Buy new: $14.00 / Used from: $7.95 Modern art meets fashion. A must have in every fashion history library.
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 | Sonia Delaunay: Fashion and Fabrics by Jacques Damase
Buy used from: $48.95 And Sonia's textiles, too.
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 | Fashions of the Roaring '20s by Ellie Laubner
Buy new: $19.77 / Used from: $13.94 One of the best compilations of 1920's clothing you will find. Very well done.
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 | Collectible Fashions of the Turbulent 1930s by Ellie Laubner
Buy new: $36.68 / Used from: $32.78 Ditto on this one for the 1930's by the same author.
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 | Early Modern Textiles from Arts and Crafts to Art Deco by Marianne Carlano
Buy used from: $4.95 Know your textiles to know the period.
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 | Art Deco Textiles by Charlotte Samuels
Buy used from: $43.00 and this
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 | Art Deco Textiles: The French Designers by Alain-Rene Hardy
Buy used from: $124.99 and this
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 | The Complete Guide to Vintage Textiles by Elizabeth Kurella
Buy used from: $4.86 Can't get enough about period textile design ... add this one too.
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 | Designs by Erte: Fashion Drawings and Illustrations from Harper's Bazar by Erte
Buy new: $12.71 / Used from: $4.90 This is one of my favorite Erte-illustrated guides.
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 | A Fashion for Extravagance by Sara Bowman
Buy used from: $9.72 These two older volumes are very good resources for fashion history and period design.
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| The golden age of style by Julian Robinson
Buy used from: $19.95 Another one of my older favorites. Will be one your as well.
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 | Vintage Style 1920-1960 (Schiffer Book for Collectors) by Desire Smith
Buy new: $36.68 / Used from: $15.00 Here begins some of my favorite vintage clothing guides, or clothing history resource guides. Reviews of each to follow.
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 | Antique & Vintage Clothing: A Guide to Dating & Valuation of Women's Clothing 1850 to 1940 by Diane Snyder-Haug
Buy used from: $14.65 A small, but concise book.
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 | Instant Expert: Vintage Fashion and Fabrics by Pamela Smith
Buy new: $10.20 / Used from: $2.50 Good little pocket guide to help you review periods, designers and fabrics.
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 | Your Vintage Keepsake: A Csa Guide to Costume Storage and Display by Margaret T. Ordonez
Buy new: $9.95 / Used from: $13.80 A Costume Society of America conservation guide.
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 | Vintage Clothing 1880-1980: Identification and Value Guide by Maryanne Dolan
Buy used from: $2.99 A good guide with nice section on 1920's clothing and accessories.
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| Harriet Love's Guide to Vintage Chic by Harriet Love
Buy used from: $0.99 Harriet's book is still one of my very favorites. Geena Davis is a model in this tome.
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| Women's Wear of the 1920's: With Complete Patterns by Ruth S. Countryman
Buy new: $57.00 / Used from: $91.60 Excellent resource for developing 1920's clothing patterns. I use this for period doll costumes too.
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| Poiret by Rizzoli
Buy used from: $194.99 Poiret was an original. Here is a beautiful book worth the investment if you can find it.
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| The Twenties in Vogue by Carolyn Hall
Buy used from: $4.70 Another one of my very favorites. Easy to find, inexpensive and huge on capturing the period.
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| Cecil Beaton: Photographs 1920-1970 by Philippe Garner
Buy used from: $69.87 A great look at the quintessential Cecil Beaton and his images of fashionable ladies throughout the 20th century.
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