Historic Costume: 20th & 21st c. America & the UK: Accessories

From the 1900s to the year 2000, John Peacock charts the development of every kind and style of jewelry for both women and men: brooches, earrings, necklaces, pendants, bracelets, buckles, dress clips, hair ornaments, rings, watches, cufflinks, and more. Both precious jewelry and costume jewelry appear, as does novelty jewelry.

Arranged in twenty-year sections, the pictures are accompanied by complete descriptions including details of materials, stones, designs, fastenings, mounts, and surrounds. Highly detailed drawings allow the reader to see how the styles of the great twentieth-century designers and jewelry houses -- among them Lalique, Cartier, Chaumet, Chanel, Jensen, Verdura, Schlumberger, Haskell, Harry Winston, Van Cleef & Arpels, and Tiffany & Co. -- have filtered down to mass-produced and costume jewelry. Every style is represented: Art Nouveau and Arts and Crafts pieces of the early twentieth century; Art Deco of the twenties and thirties; cocktail jewelry of the forties and fifties; Pop Art creations of the sixties and seventies; flashy, ostentatious jewelry of the eighties; and more delicate, retro jewelry of the nineties.

This book presents eleven profiles of glamorous women who assembled important jewelry collections in the mid-twentieth century. The fall of European monarchies meant royal jewels passed into the hands of a new social elite that included figures from show business and the worlds of industry and commerce. The women of the era cut their hair, wore looser-fitting clothes, and had greater freedom than before the war. The change in fashion led to a new style of jewelry--the historic gemstones were reset and new collections created.

Since the 1960s jewelry has found fresh inspiration from other arts, the use of surprising materials and the desire to make an individual statement or even to tell a story. Hundreds of colour photographs featuring this rich and imaginative work are supported by a critical history, tracing the first challenges to traditional forms and the inspired use of new materials, new processes, new tools and new ideas since 1960.

Covers the end of the sixteenth century up through 1925.

Illustrated with items from the Victoria & Albert Museum, this title "traces the evolution of underwear, from rare examples dating from the sixteenth century and the exaggerated shapes of eighteenth-century courtly undergarments, to Dior's curvaceous 'New Look' girdles to contemporary lingerie by Agent Provocateur and Rigby and Peller. Meticulous colour photography shows these fascinating garments in close detail, while intricate line drawings reveal their construction." -- Publisher's description

Covering women's undergarments (and to a lesser extent children's and men's) from 1840 to 1990, the text is divided into three 50-year periods. Clothing is explained from the "outside in"---that is, the fashionable silhouette, and what layers were needed beneath to sustain it. This is followed by an analysis of the clothes, fabrics, design and decoration and developments in the industry.

Exploring changing styles and usage, this account features a wide range of bags from delicate draw-string and richly worked ecclesiastical purses, to large 18th-century work-bags and tiny reticules worn by slender-waisted Empire beauties.

The style of handbags in the 20th Century mirrors the evolution of fashion as a whole. The Roaring 20's, the Depression, two world wars, and times of properity have all played their part. From a tiny drawstring purse to heavy-duty carryalls display the variety and inventiveness of bag design.

Louis Vuitton "City Bags" -- the first a 1901 "Steamer" designed to be packed inside a steamer trunk -- have diversified into designs for a variety of modern functions, evident in their descriptive names: Keepall, Bucket, Papillon, Alma, Locket, Noe, and Speedy. Early graphics and ad campaigns reveal the clothing and context of their targeted audience.

Traces the history of shoes emphasizing how they have symbolized everything from the strength of a Roman legion, to the power of Medieval lords or the beauty of Chinese women.

A celebration of shoes for the footwear fanatic, it features photographs of the trendsetting 20th c. shoes, created by designers like Manolo Blahnik, Jimmy Choo, Gucci, and more.

Shoes from 1970 to 1925. See especially the "Pictorial History" on pages 31-96.

A comprehensive history and sourcebook of shoes, charting the development of every kind and style of footwear for both men and women from earliest times to the present day.