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Schiffer Fashion Press BACKLIST 1 5 VINTAGE EYEWEAR Eyeglass Retrospective: Where Fashion Meets Science. Nancy N. Schiffer. Examples of eyewear from the 17th century to the present are shown in 600+ color photos with an engaging text. Bifocals, monocles, pince-nez, fanciful and safety styles appear, along with some price estimates. Size:11"x81/2"•600colorphotos Price Guide/Index • 192 pp. ISBN:0-7643-1041-0•hardcover•$39.95 Specs Appeal: Extravagant 1950s & 1960s Eyewear. Leslie Piña & Donald- Brian Johnson. A colorful selection of eyeglass stylings from the fabulous 1950s and hip 1960s presented in 450 color photos and vintage ads. The text includes identifying information, histori- cal notes, and current prices. Size:11"x81/2"•450color&b/wphotos PriceGuide/Index•160pp. ISBN:0-7643-1403-3•hardcover•$39.95 VINTAGE FASHION ACCESSORIES The Art of Fashion Accessories. Joanne Dubbs Ball & Dorothy Hehl Torem. 100 years of fashion accessories. Hundreds of hats, shoes, gloves, scarves, jewelry, handbags, and more in a decade-by-decade progression of fashion styles. 478 color photos, original drawings, and an extensive text. Size:81/2"x11"•478colorphotos Price Guide • 240 pp. ISBN:0-88740-461-8•hardcover•$59.95 The Fashionable Fan. Bella Veksler. The history of fans and their relationship to the major fashion trends. Over 255 dramatic original photos and historical illustrations showcase fans made of pa- per, silk, lace, wood, celluloid, feathers and more. An outstanding resource for fashion historians, students, designers, and collectors. Size: 11" x 8 1/2" • 215 color photos 46 b/w photos • Price Guide • 208 pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-1100-0•hardcover•$49.95 Victorian Paisley Shawls. Chet Gadsby. Over 300 elegantly designed paisley shawls from 1830 through the early 20th century including various sizes and fabric types from India and Europe, an overview of shawl types, tips for selecting, clean- ing, and storing shawls, and price guide. A must for vintage textile buyers, sellers, and collectors. Size:81/2"x11"•306colorphotos Price Guide • 208 pp. ISBN:0-7643-1570-6•hardcover•$59.95 Vera Textiles: Add Color to Everyday Fashion. JeanetteMichalets&KatherineMichalets. VeraNeumann,betterknownbyherfirstnameand distinctivesignature,createdclothingandtextilesthat areasfashionabletodayastheywere inthe1960s and ’70swhenshewasattheheightofhercareer. With over 500 color photos, this book documents Vera’svibrantscarves,blouses,dresses,sleepwear, kitchen textiles,bed linens,anddishes. Size:81/2"x11"•506colorphotos •PriceGuide 192pp.•ISBN:0-7643-2406-3•hardcover•$39.95 Collecting Handkerchiefs. Revised 2nd Edi- tion. Roseanna Mihalick. 100s of handkerchiefs are featured in over 300 color photos. Examples from the 1940s to the 1960s include handker- chiefs by designers Billie Kompa, Faith Austin, Tammis Keefe, Frederique, and others. Includes floral prints, holiday motifs, hand-rolled or neatly machine-stitched scalloped edges, fine lace trim, and original labels or tags. Up-to-date pricing. Size:81/2"x11"•315colorphotos•PriceGuide 144pp.•ISBN:0-7643-2517-5•softcover•$24.95 Children’s Handkerchiefs. J.J. Murphy. With their colorful designs, children’s handkerchiefs served social and educational roles. Designs evolved to depict childhood, sports and games, nursery rhymes, and fairy tales. Later, storybook and comic strip characters appeared, such as Mickey Mouse, Rag- gedy Ann, and Davy Crockett. Size:11"x81/2"•350colorphotos Price Guide/Index • 160 pp. ISBN:0-7643-0430-5•hardcover•$39.95 Printed & Lace Handkerchiefs: Interpreting A Popular 20th Century Collectible. Betty Wilson. Over 400 color photos and a lively and factual text present hankies from both historical and design points of view. The examples are arranged by decades and by their geometric shapes. A price guide and helpful information about displaying your collection are provided. Size:81/2"x11"•413colorphotos Price Guide • 160 pp. ISBN:0-7643-1801-2•softcover•$29.95 Aprons of the Mid-Twentieth Century: To Serve & Protect. Judy Florence. Over 200 aprons are featured, accompanied by detail shots that highlight design elements, stitching, and embellishments. Included are devoted to gingham aprons, floral designs, rickrack, handkerchief aprons, plaids and stripes, and polka dots. Aprons with embroidery, crochet, tatting, lace, and cross stitching are examined in detail, and a collection of vintage apron patterns is included. Size:81/2"x11"•406colorphotos•160pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-1341-7•softcover•$29.99 Gingham Aprons of the ’40s & ’50s: A Checkered Past. Judy Florence. Over 300 full color photographs is devoted to gingham aprons, beautiful, meticulously handcrafted garments featuring a myriad of designs, styles, and techniques. Informative captions with values are included in this important book for textile designers and collectors of vintage household linens. Size:81/2“x11"•377colorphotos Price Guide • 144 pp. ISBN:0-7643-1748-2•softcover•$29.95 VINTAGE HATS High Fashion Hats, 1950-1980. Rose Jamie- son and Joanne Deardorff. Expert styling and flattering designs characterize the high fashion hats of the 1950s to 1980s. This comprehensive book combines over 700 color photographs with carefully researched facts about historical events, hairstyles, and hat designers in each decade. An extensive millinery glossary is very useful. Hats are becoming again an important fashion accessory. Size:81/2"x11"•710colorphotos Price guide • 176 pp. ISBN:0-7643-2450-0•softcover•$29.95 Decades of Hats: 1900 to the 1970s. Sue Nightingale. An easy to use compilation of catalog images spanning over seven decades and featuring hat styles available to the general female population. Chronologically presented from nearly 100 sources, the hats are showcased and presented without commentary to allow the reader to enjoy looking at them and forming their own conclusions as to style changes and trends in any era. Size:81/2"x11"•302 images•144pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-4511-1•softcover•$29.99 Women’s Hats of the 20th Century: For Designers and Collectors. Maureen Reilly & Mary Beth Detrich. 100s of beautiful American & European hats illustrated in over 550 color photos. Profiles of the creators and lists of the most desirable labels. Special sections with tips on dating, storing and decoration, as well as a useful value guide. Size:81/2"x11"•570colorphotos Value Guide • 240 pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-0204-6•hardcover•$49.99 Hats. Desire Smith. Fashion hats from the early 19th century to the present in over 350 color photos. They are presented chronologicallybyprimarymaterials;straw, felt, horsehair, feathers, silk, velvet and flowers. Trends in hat designs, styles, and tips on collecting, along with cur- rent prices. Size:11"x81/2"•Over350colorphotos• PriceGuide•160pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-0030-1•hardcover•$39.95 1,000 Hats. Norma Shephard. Over 1,240 images of museum quality hats show millinery history from the 1790s to the 1970s and include ascots, bourrelets, bigonnets, chapeaux rouges, nurses’ hats, Pamelas, pillboxes, toreodors, turbans, and wedding hats. Materials includ- ing felts, furs (real and imitation), and feathers are adorned with beads, flowers, and sequins. Size:81/2"x11"•1190color&58b/wphotosn Price Guide/Index • 240 pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-2403-1•hardcover•$39.95 Baker’s Encyclopedia of Hatpins and Hatpin Holders. Lillian Baker. This updated and expanded edition of the classic hatpin reference is enhanced with hundreds of new color photographs depicting a wide array of collectors’ treasures. Victorian hatpins and the holders used to store them are shown in close- up views with extensive text to interpret their use and place them among popular historical fashion accessories. Size:81/2"x11"•566photos Index • 204 pp. ISBN:0-7643-0485-2•hardcover•$39.95 VINTAGE SHOES In Step with Fashion: 200 Years of Shoe Styles. Norma Shephard. Take an intimate look at shoe design over two centuries. More than 550 full color photographs reveal foot fashion favorites and their correlation to ever-changing social factors. Savor past designs and glimpse the future of shoe styles through the work of avante gardedesignersJohnFluevogandDannySullivan. Size:81/2"x11"•540color&34b/w photos PriceGuide/Index•160pp. ISBN:978-0-7643-2817-6•softcover•$29.99 Platform Shoes: A Big Step in Fashion. Ray Ellsworth. Over 300 eye-popping platform shoe styles, in full color, spanning the world and the decades. They include sporty, daytime, and evening styles. Some are practical, others simply outrageous, and all simply delightful. Size:11"x81/2"•317colorphotos Price Guide • 112 pp. ISBN:0-7643-0459-3•softcover•$19.95 Fashion Footwear: 1800-1970. De- sire Smith. Footwear can most certainly be magical. Over 500 color photographs displaying fantastic footwear appear with an interview of contemporary shoe designer Howard Davis. Details of construction are highlighted, styles are shown and explained with a thorough Footwear Glossary, and value ranges are offered for beginning collectors. Size:9"x6"•501colorphotos Price Guide/Index • 256 pp. ISBN:0-7643-1132-8•softcover•$19.95 Hot Shoes: One Hundred Years. Maureen Reilly. Explore women’s shoes as a powerful talisman of fashion, cul- ture, and sexual energy. With 500 original color photographs and two dozen vintage illustrations, this book tells the real history of shoes real women wore. Each photo caption includes a value range. Size:11"x81/2"•540colorphotos Price Guide/Index • 224 pp. ISBN:0-7643-0435-6•hardcover•$49.95