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The Black Dress

The Black Dress

Valerie Steele

With an essay and images selected by Dr. Valerie Steele, Director and Chief Curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, this volume features page after uniquely designed page of some of the most compelling ...
Fetish: fashion, sex and power

Fetish: fashion, sex and power

Valerie Steele

"Valerie Steele is to kinky dressing what Ann Rice is to vampires".--Christa Worthington, "Elle". 74 halftones. 30 color illustrations.
The Red Dress

The Red Dress

Valerie Steele

Written by renowned fashion authority Valerie Steele, this beautiful volume is a visual celebration of the red dress throughout fashion history.
Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion

Encyclopedia of clothing and fashion

Valerie Steele

"Steele, director of the Fashion Institute of Technology Museum, has crafted, with the help of 325 contributors, an authoritative introduction to fashion, the industry, and the issues that hve defined the field.
A Political Biography of Richard Steele

A Political Biography of Richard Steele

Charles A Knight

Richard Steele is famous as an early writer of sentimental drama and as half of the writing team, Addison and Steele.
Gothic: Dark Glamour

Gothic: Dark Glamour

Valerie Steele

As the text and lavish illustrations in this book suggest, gothic fashion has deep cultural roots that give it an enduring potency.
Fifty Years of Fashion: New Look to Now

Fifty Years of Fashion: New Look to Now

Valerie Steele

Describes top trends and designers of the past fifty years, including their social and cultural contexts
China Chic: East Meets West

China Chic: East Meets West

Valerie Steele

Explores the historical significance of Chinese clothing, and offers examples and commentary on fashions ranging from the dragon robes of the Imperial era to the cheongsams shown on the runways in Paris
The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele ..

The Epistolary Correspondence of Sir Richard Steele ..

Sir Richard Steele

The witty Mrs. Aynston * fays it is a fighting- Mr. Harcourt, will appear by the following article : " Tuesday " morning, John Trevor, esq. youngest son of the late Lord " Trevor, was married to Miss Steele, daughter of the late Sir " Richard Steele, ...
Bags: A Lexicon of Style

Bags: A Lexicon of Style

Valerie Steele

The ultimate status symbol, bags also speak volumes about our approach to style. This gorgeous book presents the best of contemporary design from the world’s leading firms.
The Corset: A Cultural History

The Corset: A Cultural History

Valerie Steele

This lavishly illustrated book explores the cultural history of the corset. 140 illustrations.
Paris Fashion: A Cultural History

Paris Fashion: A Cultural History

Valerie Steele

Paris has been the international capital of style for 300 years. This fascinating book shows that the strength of the French fashion industry rests on the depth and sophistication of its fashion culture.
Fashion, Italian Style

Fashion, Italian Style

Valerie Steele

Discusses the rise of Italian fashion since 1945, the development of the Italian Look from the late 1970's to the present, and the great many designers who have contributed to Italy's fashion triumphs.
June Jordan: Her Life and Letters

June Jordan: Her Life and Letters

Valerie Kinloch

Her Life and Letters Valerie Kinloch. Library of Congress Cataloging-in- Publication Data Kinloch, Valerie, 1974– June Jordan : her life and letters / Valerie Kinloch. p. cm.—(Women writers of color, ISSN 1559–7172) Includes bibliographical ...
Fashion and Museums: Theory and Practice

Fashion and Museums: Theory and Practice

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Palmer, Alexandra (2008), “Untouchable: Creating Desire and Knowledge in Museum Costume and Textile Exhibitions,” in: Exhibitionism, edited by Valerie Steele and Alexandra Palmer, special issue of Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, ...
Women of fashion: twentieth-century designers

Women of fashion: twentieth-century designers

Valerie Steele

Explores the increasing prominence of women in the fashion design and examines their contributions to twentieth-century fashion
Breakfast with Lucian

Breakfast with Lucian

Geordie Greig

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Get Off the Interstate: A Guide to the Historical Markers of ...

Get Off the Interstate: A Guide to the Historical Markers of ...

Valerie Evans Goddard

All rights reserved. Copyright (C) 2002 by Valerie Evans Goddard Cover Art Copyright (C) 2002 by Valerie Evans Goddard Cover art created and designed by Johnny Carl Barlow Photography by Valerie Evans Goddard Get Off the Interstate is ...
Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect ...

Whistling Vivaldi: And Other Clues to How Stereotypes Affect ...

Claude M. Steele

Claude M. Steele, who has been called “one of the few great social psychologists,” offers a vivid first-person account of the research that supports his groundbreaking conclusions on stereotypes and identity.
Beyond Smut and Evil: A Valerie Gray Reader

Beyond Smut and Evil: A Valerie Gray Reader

Valerie Gray

Beyond Smut and Evil shows why Valerie Gray is one of the hottest erotic writers out there.
Washington Representatives

Washington Representatives

J. Valerie Steele

Maura Cullen GTECH Corp. hum: GAM RepBf Russell S. Cartwright Kentucky. Commonwealth of hum: BUD EDU HCR TOB TRA WEL RepBy Russell S. Cartwright. Maura Cullen Nova Southeastern University hum: BUD HCR HOU Rep By ...
Selections from the Works of Sir Richard Steele

Selections from the Works of Sir Richard Steele

Richard Steele

This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Interdisciplinarity, Multidisciplinarity and ...

Interdisciplinarity, Multidisciplinarity and ...

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Eugene Steele. in Humanities Edited by Banu Akçeşme, Hasan Baktır and Eugene Steele This book first published 2016 Cambridge Scholars Publishing Lady Stephenson Library, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE6 2PA, UK British Library ...
Grace Poured Out

Grace Poured Out

Valerie M. Herndon

" Valerie Herndon asks this question and more and faces the toughest answer of all. This is a story of what real faith is, especially when you are believing God for something that doesn't come to pass.

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