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| Genre/Form: | Encyclopedias |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Mary Lisa Gavenas |
| ISBN: | 9781563674655 1563674653 |
| OCLC Number: | 148851371 |
| Description: | x, 419 p. : ill. ; 29 cm. |
| Responsibility: | Mary Lisa Gavenas. |
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An unexpected exception
This is an exception to those awful "how to dress" guides and "manuals of style" that purport to give the last word in menswear and are really just some boring garmento's opinion on which tie goes with which shirt collar. (Does anybody care about that anyway?) It covers absolutely everything....
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This is an exception to those awful "how to dress" guides and "manuals of style" that purport to give the last word in menswear and are really just some boring garmento's opinion on which tie goes with which shirt collar. (Does anybody care about that anyway?) It covers absolutely everything. It's also an unexpectedly fun read.
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excellent reference on fashion arcana
I came to this after getting her other book out of the library. Although it's totally different--it's an encyclopedia--it was a great reference. I double-checked it on the Internet and a lot of this stuff is NOT AVAILABLE on the Internet, which makes it worth having.
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best --and the only--standard reference on this subject
Most fashion writing is awful, but--thank God--this is not a fashion book. I found it to be extremely reliable, succinct, and witty. I recommend it to my students as a reference.
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excellent textile resource
Good basic fashion resource--most of the book applies to anything--not just menswear. Has color plates insertedne to identify fabric by pattern and visual appearance.
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