Shoes

With over 900 colour photographs and illustrations, this title provides a visual feast of handbags. The author reveals the trade secrets of designers in interviews, capturing the It bag that defines a period of decade.

Focuses on shoes and everyday dress accessories from the Middle Ages.

This is a vivid record, in words, illustrations and working diagrams, of a section of women's clothing design from 1600 to 1930. The author was in charge of costume at the Theatre Studio run by Michel Saint-Denis in the 1930s.

Reveals the changing position of women in the 20th century - the first era in which it has been fashionable for them to walk, freely and comfortably, and in which shoes have been designed for fit and balance. The book shows however, that extravagant fancy has continued to thrive in shoe designs.

Queen Maud of Norway was one of the best-dressed women of her age: a setter as well as a follower of fashion. Her wardrobe includes a range of creations, from her wedding trousseau of 1896 to the latest Worth designs of the 1930s, showing the changes in women's lifestyles and fashions from Edwardian bustles to informal sportswear.

Fashion and sex have always enjoyed a very close relationship. This history of corsetry and body sculpture shows how this phenomenon is closely bound up with sexual self-expression. It shows how the use of the corset rejected the role of the passive, maternal woman; in Victorian times it was seen by many as a scandalous threat to the social order.

Three centuries of women's clothing Founded in 1978, the Kyoto Costume Institute holds one of the world's most extensive clothing collections and has curated many exhibitions worldwide. Showcasing highlights from the Institute's archives of skilled photographs depicting the clothing expertly displayed and arranged on custom-made mannequins, Fashion History is a fascinating excursion through the ..

The Kyoto Costume Institute holds one of the world's most extensive clothing collections and has curated many exhibitions worldwide. This title showcases a vast selection from the Institute's archives of skilled photographs depicting the clothing expertly displayed and arranged on custom-made mannequins.

A collection of Tokyo street fashion portraits from Japan's premier fanzine of the same title, photographed by leading Japanese street photographer Shoich Aoki. It comprises 45 portraits of young Tokyo-based teenagers and represents a single documentation of the changing face of street fashion.

Thirty projects from 23 countries offer a worldwide representation of bags, from Asia and Africa to Europe and the Americas. From the fish-shaped Japanese felted bag to the Persian carpet inspired handbag, each bag is a product of its cultural history. Each pattern begins with a brief history descr