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Contents: Mademoiselle is at home -- Gabrielle -- In the shadow of the cross -- Coco -- Courtesans and camellias -- The double -- The little black dress -- Misia and the muse -- Number five -- The Russians -- The duke of westminster -- Riviera chic -- The woman in white -- The promised land -- Diamonds as big as the Ritz -- Through a glass, darkly -- The comeback -- Celebrity Chanel -- Scissors -- La grande mademoiselle.
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Fashion fairies volume Book 3
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Scholastic, Inc
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English
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"The Fashion Fairies use their magic accessories to make sure that fashion everywhere is fun and fresh. But when jealous Jack Frost steals their magic away, it could lead to a fashion flop! Luckily, Rachel and Kirsty are ready to dive into another fairy adventure...It's time to make costumes for the local fashion show auditions, but everything is going all wrong! Rachel and Kirsty have to help Tyra the Designer Fairy find her magical measuring tape--and...
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"Once upon a time, a no-frills J.Crew rollneck sweater held an almost mystical power--or at least it felt that way. The story of J.Crew is the story of the original 'lifestyle brand,' whose evolution charts a sea change in the way we dress, the way we shop, and who we aspire to be over the past four decades--all told through iconic clothes and the most riveting characters imaginable. In The Kingdom of Prep, seasoned fashion journalist Maggie Bullock...
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Gallery Books
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"From a bestselling fashion guru--a fascinating, meticulously researched history of Western fashion covering every topic from the history of the high heel to the origin of blue jeans.America's favorite fashion expert, New York Times bestselling author, beloved mentor on Project Runway, and a frequent guest on The Oprah Winfrey Show, Dr. Oz, The Biggest Loser, and others--Tim Gunn is also the chief creative officer of Liz Claiborne and a former faculty...
7) First sight
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Paris, L.A., and the world of ready to wear fashion provide rich backdrops for Danielle Steel's deeply involving story of a gifted designer whose talent and drive have brought her everything - except the ability to erase her past and trust relationships. New York. London. Milan. Paris. Fashion Week in all four cities. A month of endless interviews, parties, and unflagging work and attention to detail at the semiannual ready to wear fashion shows -...
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Justine Picardie paints a portrait of the enigmatic woman behind the designer Christian Dior: his beloved younger sister Catherine, who inspired his most famous perfume and shaped his vision of femininity. With unparalleled access to the Dior family homes and archives, Picardie's research into Catherine Dior's courageous life shines a new light on Christian Dior's legendary work, and reveals how his enchanting "New Look" emerged out of the shadows...
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Critter Club volume Book 8
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Little Simon
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English
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While her friends in the Critter Club babysit frogs, second-grader Marion enters a fashion design contest.
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"As the face of her eponymous couture bridal business, Erin Cole radiates refined elegance. But the designer's glamorous lifestyle and sweeping success belie a childhood marked by profound dysfunction. Raised on a steady diet of abuse, alcoholism, poverty, and death, no one would have expected Cole to go on to become a force in the fashion world. As a child, she often had no access to food; other times she was force-fed until she vomited. At home...
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Drawing on a vast array of sources, including interviews with the last surviving seamstress, this powerful book tells the story of the brave women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, exposing the greed, cruelty and hypocrisy of the Third Reich.
At the height of the Holocaust, young inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp-- mainly Jewish women and girls-- were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions in a...
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Little Bee Books
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"As soon as Ann Cole Lowe could walk, her momma and grandma taught her to sew. When her mom died, Ann continued sewing dresses. It wasn't easy, especially when she went to design school and had to learn alone, segregated from the rest of the class. But the work she did set her spirit soaring, as evidenced in the clothes she made. Rarely credited, Ann Cole Lowe became "society's best kept secret." This beautiful picture book shines the spotlight on...
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Viking, an imprint of Peguin Group (USA)
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English
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"Mitford the giraffe has always dreamed of working at Cover Magazine, and when Panda Summers needs a new assistant, Mitford finally gets the chance. Together, can they save New York Fashion Zoo Week or will it all be a disaster?"--
20) The knockoff
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An outrageously stylish, wickedly funny novel of fashion in the digital age, The Knockoff is the story of Imogen Tate, editor in chief of Glossy magazine, who finds her twentysomething former assistant Eve Morton plotting to knock Imogen off her pedestal, take over her job, and reduce the magazine, famous for its lavish 768-page September issue, into an app.
When Imogen returns to work at Glossy after six months away, she can barely recognize her...
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