The British School of Millinery Tiara Headdresses

Author: Denise Innes-Spencer
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780995787209
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 128

Book Description
This is a book for the budding milliner who wants to make bridal headdresses. From the beginner to the more advanced, this book takes you from the question of which wires to use all the way to constructing bases and advanced decorative techniques. With detailed, illustrated instructions on many different projects, you'll learn to use wires, knitted wire, beads, diamante and more. With the guidance of Denise Innes-Spencer, 'British Bridal Awards' nominee and Creative Director of the British School of Millinery, you can be sure you're in good hands as you set out to make your own beautiful headdresses.

Love in the Time of Cholera (Illustrated Edition)

Author: Gabriel García Márquez
Publisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0593310853
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 473

Book Description
A beautifully packaged edition of one of García Márquez's most beloved novels, with never-before-seen color illustrations by the Chilean artist Luisa Rivera and an interior design created by the author's son, Gonzalo García Barcha. In their youth, Florentino Ariza and Fermina Daza fall passionately in love. When Fermina eventually chooses to marry a wealthy, well-born doctor, Florentino is devastated, but he is a romantic. As he rises in his business career he whiles away the years in 622 affairs—yet he reserves his heart for Fermina. Her husband dies at last, and Florentino purposefully attends the funeral. Fifty years, nine months, and four days after he first declared his love for Fermina, he will do so again.

Millinery

Author: Sarah Lomax
Publisher: GMC Publications
ISBN: 9781784943547
Category : Crafts & Hobbies
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A bespoke hat, designed with a particular event in mind, is something that many people long for but often feel is price prohibitive. In this fabulous new book, couture milliners, Lomax & Skinner, show that this need not be the case. clear and comprehensive step-by-step instructions and photography includes 12 very different hats for a variety of occasions, including a wood felt tribly, a chic pillbox, a fascinator and a feathered headband materials and equipment that are required are fully detailed, along with all the necessary techniques Full of inspirational and instructional photography, Millinery truly showcases this wonderful craft and provides all the know-how in order to achieve high-end, couture results at home.

Bridal Jewellery

Author: Clare Yarwood-White
Publisher: A&C Black Visual Arts
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 100

Book Description
Bridal jewelry is, for many women, the most cherished jewelry they will ever own.

The Complete Costume Dictionary

Author: Elizabeth J. Lewandowski
Publisher: Scarecrow Press
ISBN: 0810840049
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 623

Book Description
Introduction -- Dictionary -- Appendix A: Garment types -- Appendix B: Garment by country -- Appendix C: Garment types by era

A Short History of the World

Author: Herbert George Wells
Publisher: Binker North
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 494

Book Description
A Short History of the World is a period-piece non-fictional historic work by English author H. G. Wells. The book was largely inspired by Wells's earlier 1919 work The Outline of History.

English Women's Clothing in the Nineteenth Century

Author: Cecil Willett Cunnington
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costume
Languages : en
Pages : 460

Book Description

Designing and Making Hats and Headpieces

Author: Judy Bentinck
Publisher: Crowood
ISBN: 1847978231
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 573

Book Description
Designing and Making Hats and Headpieces is an inspiring instructional guide to the art of millinery. It explains how to go about designing a hat, what equipment and materials you will need, and the techniques required to get started. It divides the projects into three types of hat - blocked, headpieces and fascinators, and cut and sewn - and thereby describes how to make fourteen different designs. It goes on to suggest ways of finishing the hats with embellishments such as bows, felt, veiling and flowers. Drawing on her rich experience, the author generously shares her ideas and her advice so that you can achieve a professional finish and make a design that flatters the wearer and completes an outfit. With beautiful photographs and clear instructions, this book is an essential guide for anyone who wants to design and make a hat for a daily outing, a special occasion or a costume. The comprehensive coverage introduces stitching, shaping and sewing techniques - the essential skills of millinery; advises on design, where to find inspiration and fitting hats; covers blocked hats - five styles explained with different materials and trimming ideas; includes headpieces and fascinators - seven designs, including a bridal suggestion with lace, feathers and flowers; and cut and sewn hats - making the beret and bandeau using dressmaking techniques. With further ideas for trimmings, including advice on how to use bows, additional felt, veiling, flowers and much more, this is an inspirational book aimed at everyone interested in hats, millinery and fashion. Over 400 stunning colour photographs support the step-by-step instructions and illustrate the beauty of these hats.

The Language of Dress

Author: Steeve O. Buckridge
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789766401436
Category : Clothing and dress
Languages : en
Pages : 292

Book Description
"His work contributes to the ongoing interest in the history of women and in the history of resistance."--Jacket.

'Up the Country'

Author: Emily Eden
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 298

Book Description