(Part 2) Best fashion books according to redditors
We found 533 Reddit comments discussing the best fashion books. We ranked the 275 resulting products by number of redditors who mentioned them. Here are the products ranked 21-40. You can also go back to the previous section.
I searched for "coffee table art books" on Amazon and they're pretty much all under $100. This one's Louis Vuitton, the related items include Tom Ford, Gucci, Chanel, etc https://www.amazon.com/Louis-Vuitton-Modern-Luxury-Updated/dp/1419705563/
It's fun not giving sources when you make stupid ass comments.
From /u/zlex:
No, it is expensive. Most high quality coffee table books cost about $100.00
Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and Architecture (https://www.amazon.ca/Louis-Vuitton-Modern-Luxury-Updated/dp/1419705563) ~ $80.00 CAD
Chanel: Collections And Creations (https://www.amazon.ca/Chanel-Collections-Creations-Daniele-Bott/dp/0500513600/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=CZCPW99HJRV9QE40PMJ7) ~ 45.00 CAD
GUCCI: The Making Of (https://www.amazon.ca/GUCCI-Making-Katie-Grand/dp/0847836797/ref=pd_sim_14_10?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=T705DG6XV6G513FBXBZZ) ~ $75.00 CAD
People keep linking to books that cost several hundred dollars and saying "Look see there are more expensive books," but they are all limited edition and rare.
This is a mass market book. It's very expensive. I don't care if people buy it but it's seriously ridiculous listening to people say it's priced normally. It isn't.
No, it is expensive. Most high quality coffee table books cost about $100.00
Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion and Architecture (https://www.amazon.ca/Louis-Vuitton-Modern-Luxury-Updated/dp/1419705563) ~ $80.00 CAD
Chanel: Collections And Creations (https://www.amazon.ca/Chanel-Collections-Creations-Daniele-Bott/dp/0500513600/ref=pd_bxgy_14_img_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=CZCPW99HJRV9QE40PMJ7) ~ 45.00 CAD
GUCCI: The Making Of (https://www.amazon.ca/GUCCI-Making-Katie-Grand/dp/0847836797/ref=pd_sim_14_10?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=T705DG6XV6G513FBXBZZ) ~ $75.00 CAD
People keep linking to books that cost several hundred dollars and saying "Look see there are more expensive books," but they are all limited edition and rare.
This is a mass market book. It's very expensive. I don't care if people buy it but it's seriously ridiculous listening to people say it's priced normally. It isn't.
Okay. Here's my outside shot: The new album is called Sunflower.
It works as an album title; colorful, evocative, and bright. It matches thematically with the transformation between Reputation and the present - "I once was poison ivy, but now I'm your daisy." They grow very tall and they're blonde on top, just like Taylor. My first thought along those lines was that it might be somebody's nickname for her, so I started running with it.
The dress she wears for the first part of the video has a large sunflower (or sunflower-esque bloom) at the center of the skirt. There's a vase of them on the table in her apartment's entryway, a great easter egg. (There's also a vase of non-sunflower yellow blooms on the table near the window, underneath a painting of a cat with yellow flowers.) Later in the video, Brendon's suit is spangled with a liberal helping of them - or, if not sunflowers, then sunflower-esque yellow blooms.
As she sings "one of these things is not like the others," Taylor comes center-frame wearing a yellow suit. Apart from a couple of pocket squares and ties, the color yellow is reserved only for Taylor and Brendon throughout the video.
If this were true, it'd need more supporting evidence than just the video, and I think that exists as well. Taylor's first reveal for this new era was the Elle cover, where she was dressed in an explosively-bright yellow gown - the background of which makes the folds of the dress look like a yellow bloom. The infamous five-hole fence picture has a yellow tint and was marked with a yellow heart emoji. Even the picture she took in Australia on November 10th has her looking to the left at what might be yellow blossoms. (I'm not above going full Charlie board on this.)
I think that it becomes a perfect overall symbol of rebirth and growth. What better antidote is there to dark times than the sun?
Edit: Almost forgot one. The top book on her table under the cool chicks pictures is Cartier in the 20th Century, but I thought it was more interesting for the catchy color. She sings all about the colors of the rainbow in ME!, and these books are red, pink, and orange, in that order. The next color in the spectrum would be yellow.
Edit 2: Okay, I think I'm really onto something here. The video even starts with the butterfly trying to get through the window to Taylor, and she's been wearing them all over the place ever since the teasers started.
Edit 3: Pretty sure the flowers Brendon tries to give to Taylor are pink sunflowers.
Perhaps they should reject Demetri Marchessini's donations as well, considering he believes gay people are incapable of love and that women can't be raped within marriage since once she accepts she accepts. He even released a book showing women in trousers because of how unappealing he finds it. I wish that I made this shit up.
And please, of course it's PR. Every big party does it. The Greens was PR, the Tories was PR, Labour was PR (even rejecting some huge donations when they were hurting for cash). No guys, UKIP is the really principled party here. Their donations are under scrutiny all the time!
Please. £30,000 is a small price to pay for the positive headline they get out of this, rather than the potentially bad headline from people finding out about it.
Definitely. Pressing is part of the process and some of the problem may be that you haven't pressed so you can't see everything that's happening.
I know of many resources. Some of the books are expensive or hard to find. You may be able to borrow them from a library.
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Some Japanese men's pattern books can be found here and here.
For Inspiration
I can't make a recommendation for menswear patternmaking books. I plan to take a class this spring and the teacher told me he was going to follow the basic format of a particular book, but he noted that the book had mistakes.
I'm not SCA either, I'm an English early medieval re-enactor, but dodgy shoes seem to be a constant in all forms of recreational medievalism. I've been making shoes and other period leatherwork for about 15 years. A good shoemaker will always be popular, but personally I only make them for family and a couple of close friends, because they are about my least favourite bit of leatherwork to actually do. If you enjoy shoemaking, then even if you're "half-skilled" now, you'll get enough work that you'll soon be a master cobbler.
Please bear in mind that everything below is written from the perspective of someone who thinks history ended at about 2pm on 14 October 1066, Haroldus Rex interfectus est and everything after that is just modern :).
Be prepared to waste a lot of leather, especially when you're starting out. Remember that most people have slightly different sized feet, a left shoe is not simply a mirror image of a right shoe, especially in period shoes, always get measurements/patterns for both feet. A last is not a model of a foot, it is a model of the inside of a shoe. Learn to sew really well, I always use saddle stitch but it's not essential, and knot the thread every 4-5 stitches to minimise the risk of the shoe falling apart as soon as the thread wears through, which it will. Use the best quality waxed linen thread you can get, I'd compromise on quality of leather before buying cheap thread. The leather probably doesn't need to be as thick as you think, this may just be me, but the number of shoes I've made and then realised they would have been better, and easier to make, with slightly thinner leather. A shoe that is slightly too small for comfort can often be stretched to fit by putting it on and sitting with your foot in a bowl of water for a couple of hours.
Finally, a lot of people, especially the beer and bash brigade, will tell you medieval shoes don't have enough grip and want modern soles. Don't give in to them, wet grass on a steep slope can be challenging, but apart from that I've never had any real difficulty walking, running or fighting in authentic shoes. There are special cases, such as people with disabilities or people planning on walking a very long way on modern road surfaces, but in general medieval shoes are as comfortable and effective as modern shoes. If you really want to improve the grip, hobnails or strips of leather glued on to make a tread are reasonable compromises.
Resources:
The most comprehensive online resource: http://www.personal.utulsa.edu/~marc-carlson/shoe/SHOEHOME.HTM
I printed out the entire site several years ago, and still refer to it frequently.
Two pages with shoes good for novices to make:
A nice guide to making simple early medieval shoes:
http://dineidyn.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/a-beginners-guide-to-turnshoes.pdf
Very very simple, but authentic early medieval shoes (without hurrying I can knock out a shoe in 2 hours using this method), a bit wasteful of leather but the offcuts can used for toggles, etc:
http://www.vikingsonline.org.uk/resources/authenticity/basickit/basickit15.html#frontseam
From the same site, a guide to early medieval shoe fastenings:
http://www.vikingsonline.org.uk/resources/authenticity/basickit/annex11.html
(Ignore what it says about bone/horn/wood toggles, there is virtually no evidence for them in the archaeological record. Admittedly they wouldn't survive well in the ground, but their total absence, as compared to other small items of the same materials, suggests they weren't used. The leather toggles it shows are far more likely to be authentic.)
This looks like a possibly useful Facebook group:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/periodshoes/?fref=ts
I only found it while I was writing this, but it looks promising.
If you're interested in early medieval shoes this Facebook group may be useful (both for research and selling):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/624164817603195/?fref=ts
A word of warning about Facebook groups - be wary of posting to groups that are not explicitly SCA-oriented. The SCA has a very different approach to authenticity to that of most European re-enactors, and SCAdians can be subjected to very unpleasant levels of mockery and vitriol.
Printed resources:
If you're seriously interested in historical shoes, this is just about essential:
http://www.amazon.com/Archaeological-Footwear-Development-Patterns-Prehistory/dp/9089321179/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421324590&sr=1-1
Vast selection of shoes, with (very small) cutting patterns.
This is also very good, has a different selection of shoes. I would strongly recommend both books but if you have to choose this would be my second choice:
http://www.amazon.com/Stepping-Through-Time-Archaeological-Prehistoric/dp/9089320024/ref=la_B001KCUT80_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421324595&sr=1-2
Much less comprehensive, and less useful for reconstructing, but well worth a read and half the price of the other two:
http://www.amazon.com/Shoes-Pattens-Medieval-Excavations-London/dp/1843832380/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1421324583&sr=1-1
It's this book: https://www.amazon.com/Cartier-20th-Century-Margaret-Young-S%C3%A1nchez/dp/0865653119
Generalizing grossly, for undergarments, you'll want undyed linen woven plain. For top garments, you'll want wool either natural sheep colors or dyed with madder or woad and woven in a twill pattern. Wool yarns should be worsted spun and 2-ply (I think? I want to say 3-ply happens, but isn't as common). I don't have setts in my head anymore, but they're finer than is typically used for modern weaving.
Twill patterns depend on what period you're in, to my recollection.
There are also a ton of different kinds of narrow wares (ribbons, lacing, belts, garters, etc.) which are woven using a variety of different methods, but that is an entirely different barrel of monkeys.
OK, references!
Textile Production at 16-22 Coppergate (goes to a PDF; focuses mostly on 9th-14th/15th centuries) -- Definitely, definitely read this one. It's free and covers textile production from beginning to end.
Textiles and Clothing: c.1150-c1450, vol. 4 of Medieval Finds from Excavations in London
I also want to suggest Woven into the Earth and its partner book Medieval Garments Reconstructed, which are about the medieval finds in Herjolfnes, Greenland. However, the settlement in Greenland was cut off from the rest of Europe for a long time, so the finds don't really represent what was happening on the mainland at the time. You might find the weaving patterns useful, though. Possibly the clothing patterns?
ETA: There was also a recent discovery at a castle in Austria of a bunch of linen fragments of undergarments. Beatrix Nutz is the main researcher, but I'm not sure if she's published her findings yet. I lost track of the research. Here's a blog post about it with some thread counts for the linen.
I read it in this book
worth picking up
https://www.amazon.com/King-Style-Dressing-Michael-Jackson/dp/1608871517
A lot of Michael’s clothes was designed by Michael Bush. Bush has a book called The King of Style.
This is pretty good advice! I'd add a few tips to this:
I've been sewing my whole life but I kind of ghetto-sewed; I was far too impatient when I was younger to learn the fundamentals. I found that the Sew U books are really beginner-friendly. Sewing isn't hard - but fundamentals are important and can make or break your project. Learn those first, and I promise you'll be less likely to get frustrated and give up or hate it.
Good luck, and you should post your results! Maybe you'll have a knack for it and start sewing full garments. Yay!
Edit: Here's a pretty good, basic tutorial on darts and how they work.
The Knitter's Book of Finishing Techniques by Nancie M. Wiseman (US Amazon link) really helped me figure out seams. All the pictures are clear, and the text isn't too wordy.
Elsewise, locking stitch markers are your friend! Amy Herzog has a good tutorial on sleeve cap seaming using locking stitch markers. I use the same concept on every seam I sew, and it really helps keep things from bunching up.
Knitty's super fantastic Techniques with Theresa column has a sleeve cap seaming tutorial and a general seaming tutorial, both with very clear pictures.
Vogue Knitting also has a very extensive seaming tutorial, but with illustrations rather than pictures, if that is more useful to you.
I find the biggest thing is to be patient and go slowly. It's a pain, because you just want your FO to be finished already, but slow, careful, neat seaming really adds polish to an FO.
(As an aside, I've heard that seams add extra structure to garments so they fit better, but does anyone have examples to show that? I've made both seamed and seamless sweaters and don't really notice a difference...)
It says something Cartier which is a jewelry brand..
Edit : it looks like this
Not sure what it could mean though
Second edit :
The book is about :
“Presents a meticulously selected overview of Cartier's contribution to 20th-century design and culture. Drawing extensively from the rich holdings of the Cartier Collection and Archive and the expertise of Cartier Heritage, it features not only a sumptuous array of rings, bracelets, necklace, and tiaras, but also cocktail and smoking accessories, mystery clocks, and lavish gifts exchanged by movie stars and maharajas, all created by Cartier's ateliers in Paris, London, and New York...”
We know she loves Elizabeth Taylor?
In fact he did wear a hat to his inauguration. He removed it when making the speech as is convention
there a book called Hatless Jack which debunks this myth and explains how hats were on the way out anyway
http://www.amazon.com/books/dp/0452285232
Guys who had served in the military were tired of wearing hats for one, it was an unnecessary expense and so on. Eisenhower wore a fedora but that suited his age, guys JFK's age had stopped wearing hats
Not quite. First off, he wore a hat to his inauguration. And while he didn't wear hats, and people saw that as youthful, he was actually following a trend in American society, not leading it.
Read Hatless Jack, or this nice summary.
Also, check out Snopes.
This isn't makeup itself, but the book Face Paint by Lisa Eldridge is absolutely phenomenal. It's a very thorough and highly visual history of makeup, from medieval times through the present day. Sounds like it's right up your Secret Santa's alley!
Matt Hranek, the author of A Man and His Watch has entire chapter in his book dedicated to the Domino's Rolex Air-King. He calls it:
> "[T]he ultimate high-low mash-up of a college dorm favorite and one of the most recognizable luxury brands on the planet"
Michael Bush published a book: The King of Style: Dressing Michael Jackson
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1608871517/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_nzMADbBCE96R5
Heather Ross's book Weekend Sewing was really inspirational/approachable for me when I started sewing, but some of the patterns are pretty poorly drafted, so approach with caution.
Built by Wendy's Sew U has lots of good basic sewing info, but I've only made one skirt from there.
Colette Patterns puts out an online magazine called Seamwork (PM me if you want a referral code, not sure what you get for it) that I would recommend if you are up for printing/assembling your own PDFs. Again, Google the patterns before choosing to make one, because they also vary a lot in quality. It's $6 a month and you get 2 credits per month that you can use to download any of their patterns. The patterns are drafted to be really simple and quick projects, allegedly under 2 hours to sew, but that will probably realistically be longer, especially if you count all the time it takes to print/assemble/cut out the pattern PDFs. I've made the Hayden woven t-shirt, Savannah camisole, and a couple of the Mesa knit dresses that I love. I have my eye on the Moji woven joggers and Adelaide dress next-ish.
The GOMI craft forums are a good but very snarky read.
BurdaStyle is super awesome (each issue includes dozens of patterns) but you might need a bit more practice with sewing basics before embarking into the world of Burda because the instructions are usually pretty sparse or cryptic.
I watched the Channel 4 news and they interviewed this Greek-British donor to UKIP. The guy held some brain-melting opinions, one of which was that women wear trousers to look less sexy, he had even written a book on the subject, entitled Women in Trousers: a rear view.
I'm back!
Usually the info about beauty, makeup, and hairstyles, are found in fashion history books, so here a couple of general fashion history:
Some books about beauty:
Here some online resources:
And finally, not a resource, but LBCC Historical sells beauty products from historical recipes of different centuries, but you know, without lead and stuff XD
Yeah, I'm a fashion history nerd, in case you haven't noticed.
I'd personally suggest this: https://www.amazon.com/Photography-Whole-Story-Juliet-Hacking/dp/3791347349
The co-author, David Campany, is one of most accredited writer in photography.
Different books have different uses.
The Knitter's Book of Finishing Techniques is an invaluable little reference for making your knitting look handmade rather than homemade. It comes in a spiral-bound version, which is very nice to have.
For sweater design & customizing, you can't beat Sweater Design in Plain English. Again, it's all about the difference between homemade and handmade. Righetti also wrote Knitting in Plain English, which is a more general book and just as invaluable.
My favourite stitch dictionaries are the Walker Treasuries - I use Volume 1 most often.
I've been reading Rowing Blazers. Makes a good coffee table book.
https://www.amazon.com/Out-Box-Rise-Sneaker-Culture/dp/0847846601
Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture
The book you're looking for is called Stepping Through Time. You'll likely need to do some scaling and adjusting, but it will definitely get you on the right path. Good luck!
Hatless Jack tells the tale.
I actually completely forgot it was Valentine’s Day tomorrow. Whoops!
I’d like to enter for my boyfriend. He’s been off sick from work nearly 3 weeks now because of stress - so it would be great to cheer him up before he goes back to work.
I’ve been eyeing up something like this as he loves everything Japanese. There’s also this novel that he might be interested in.
Thank you for doing this. You’re going to make people feel very loved on a day that brings us together. ^_^
Well, I knew about three, but since no one recommended any, here they are!
by Richard Corson
All of these are on my wishlist, but I hoped to add some cool other books that I hadn't heard of. :)
Man, I know, I run into some problems too - I've got weird proportions as well. I'm 6'1", let's just put it that way. Ain't no pattern out there made for me, hahaha.
I personally have used the book Sew U a whole bunch (I got it from ModCloth over a year ago) as it's great for beginners.
And I think the number one thing that's helped me out the most is finding clothes that I have no problem parting with, or buying cheap ones (that fit the way I want them to) from thrift stores, and then ripping them at the seams with a stitch ripper. Use those to practise and make your first patterns by yourself; it won't be super glam the first time around but you'll get the hang of it!
Check out this book if you get into coats and blazers. Maybe pick up a cheap coat or blazer from a charity shop and take it apart for reference. Always helps to be able to touch something to see how it all gets put together.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/1589232305/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_VLuPCbEGMJN7W
Also, in case you are interested in reading up about Japan, I highly recommend 'A Geek in Japan'. Another insightful read was 'The lady and the Monk'.
A Man and His Watch
I second "The Great Life Photographers"
And I'm enjoying Photography: The Whole Story very much!
It wasn't the ONLY issue, but the most frustrating one. The pieces for the arm and gores in that area didn't fit together right at all. I ended up having to redraft to make a proper fit. That was just an mild annoyance though compared to the devastation of loosing the fabric from the length issue. Of course, it wasn't devastating for me because I had another use for the wool but for somebody else it would be awful!
If you're interested in the Greenland gowns, I'm sure you already know, but if not I feel the need to point you in the direction of this and this. I haven't actually tried to use any of the patterns given in the second book but the research and photos are simply astounding.
I know by this point most people interested in the topic have heard of and seen these books but they are so interesting I always have to point them out just in case somebody hasn't seen them yet and I can blow their minds the way that lady from Smoke and Fire did for me when she showed me these books.
I did a search in my local library system's catalog, and found that they have a couple copies of this book, which is Western focused but claims to have some info about other countries as well. Since it's expensive, I would suggest seeing if your library has any copies, or ask your library's reference desk where to find books on beauty and makeup so you can browse that section. If you're a university student, you'll probably have access to more options with an academic focus. Fashion books might have information as well and seem to be more abundant.
You might be interested in the book A Scene In Between: Tripping Through the Fashions of UK Indie Music 1980-1988
Here's 2 more sources that might help.
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Book-Mens-Tailoring-Producing/dp/0914046306/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458447964&sr=8-1&keywords=the+blue+book+of+mens+tailoring
http://www.amazon.com/Trousers-Multimedia-Workshop-TROUSERS-Paperback/dp/B00QN9V4CK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1458447939&sr=8-2&keywords=making+trousers
a man and his watch: https://www.amazon.com/Man-His-Watch-Watches-Stories/dp/1579657141/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1541127468&sr=8-1&keywords=a+man+and+his+watch
under 30 bucks, so now you have that extra $3,970 for a new piece!
I have that book and 'Out of the Box: The Rise of Sneaker Culture' side by side, on the shelf, between shoe boxes.
couple of books I found
https://www.amazon.com/Sneakers-Complete-Collectors-Unorthodox-Styles/dp/0500512159
https://www.amazon.com/Sneakers-Complete-Limited-Editions-Guide/dp/0500517282/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=M3BQ6KZKHQ2H5BJ3Q850
https://www.amazon.com/Sneakers-Rodrigo-Corral/dp/0448494337/ref=pd_bxgy_14_2?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_i=0448494337&pd_rd_r=0C4TTN946P6A5QCNNNNQ&pd_rd_w=5ipav&pd_rd_wg=tVS49&psc=1&refRID=0C4TTN946P6A5QCNNNNQ
https://www.amazon.com/Out-Box-Rise-Sneaker-Culture/dp/0847846601/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_2?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=M3BQ6KZKHQ2H5BJ3Q850
https://www.amazon.com/Fifty-Sneakers-Changed-Design-Museum/dp/1840916788
AidanSN's Holiday Wish-list v.1
obviously in it's early stages
This is an incredibly broad question since fashion is changing notable every decade during that time period. If you are looking for a general costume history overview of the pre-modern era I'd start by looking for some books in your local library. They're generally vague and sometimes use outdated ideas, but it's always a good base to start with. Sometimes even Barnes & Noble carries "Fashion", a book covering some of the Kyoto Costume Institutes collection from 18th-20th c. From there, researching original garments on museum collection websites or portraiture and fashion plates can give you a more detailed idea of the styles once you know the garment names and basic shapes. The Met Museum and the V&A have two of the largest online collections. Pinterest is also very helpful for this kind of search, though things are not always well documented and modern reproductions slip in occasionally. There are also many in-depth books on these eras, though none that covers the whole of it in great detail.
The Tudor Tailor, Seventeenth-century Women's Dress Patterns Book One and Book Two, and What Clothes Reveal are some of my often referenced books. There are many more depending on whether you are more interested in the clothing construction side, the high fashion, textiles, or trade and everyday wear.
If you are interested, there are many books on the history of fashion. Online source like Business of Fashion is an excellent publication on anything and everything fashion news related. You can also go on to the designer section of Vogue and you will find brief history on different designers. NYT's Fashion section would occasionally have great interviews and articles on fashion influencers. But books will always be your best bet. Here are some if you are interested (A, B, C)
Here's a link to the book on Amazon.
I think this book on interior design could be cool, or even this book, which details the history of makeup. I'm sure she'd love that one.
I think having an interest in makeup is fine, and as long as she feels confident and isn't hurting anyone, I don't think you need to worry :)
Since she's studying interior design, I'm sure she needs a portfolio. She might really like a nice portfolio book for showing off her work.
http://www.amazon.ca/Fashions-Makeup-Ancient-Modern-Times/dp/0720611954/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411425865&sr=1-1&keywords=history+of+makeup http://www.amazon.ca/History-Make-up-Maggie-Angeloglou/dp/0289796970/ref=sr_1_3?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411425865&sr=1-3&keywords=history+of+makeup http://www.amazon.ca/Fashionable-History-Make-up-Body-Decoration/dp/0431183384/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411425865&sr=1-5&keywords=history+of+makeup
http://www.amazon.ca/Classic-Beauty-Hernandez-Gabriela-November/dp/B00C7GBEMS/ref=sr_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1411425865&sr=1-2&keywords=history+of+makeup
I found these searching 'history of makeup' and look like the could help. There were several others as well which might be better. If amazon.com doesn't have them like amazon.can does you could check bookstores or eBay by searching for their actual titles instead. Looking closer I realize they're not exactly cheap, checking for cheaper ones on eBay might help with that, I find eBay can be a lot cheaper than amazon sometimes
A dressmaker in town was offering sewing lessons, at $50 a lesson. She didn't have male patterns so she asked me to bring in one of mine to make a pattern from.
There are not that many practicing tailors anymore. One of them might be happy to walk you through understanding clothing just for the chance to use their knowledge. If you're ok with learning from books, I've had these two books recommended to me.
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Book-Mens-Tailoring-Producing/dp/0914046306/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1458447964&sr=8-1&keywords=the+blue+book+of+mens+tailoring
http://www.amazon.com/Trousers-Multimedia-Workshop-TROUSERS-Paperback/dp/B00QN9V4CK/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1458447939&sr=8-2&keywords=making+trousers
Everyone should read "Reaching Out with No Hands: Rediscovering Yoko Ono" by Lisa Carver.
http://www.amazon.com/Reaching-Out-No-Hands-Reconsidering/dp/161713094X
Also currently reading:
Clothes Clothes Clothes Music Music Music Boys Boys Boys by Viv Albertine
http://www.amazon.com/Clothes-Clothes-Music-Music-Boys/dp/1250065992/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422291372&sr=1-1&keywords=music+clothes+boys
And just got this over the holidays:
A Scene In Between: Tripping through the Fashions of UK Indie Music 1980-1988
http://www.amazon.com/Scene-Between-Tripping-Fashions-1980-1988/dp/1908714069/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1422291536&sr=1-1&keywords=A+Scene+in+Between%3A+Tripping+Through+the+Fashions+of+UK+Indie+Music+1980-1988&pebp=1422291540297&peasin=1908714069
http://www.amazon.com/Classic-Tailoring-Techniques-Construction-Collection/dp/0870054317
http://www.amazon.com/Blue-Book-Mens-Tailoring-Producing/dp/0914046306
Your best bet, if you want to break in on your own, rather than going in under someone or under a tailoring house is to produce one garment, perfect it, keep yourself ahead of the curve, and use the internet to retail it. Take a look at tie makers Pierrepont Hicks. They managed to get ahead of the curve on the whole tweed, herringbone, and slub wool tie trend, and are currently just about sold out. Its just a matter of doing your research and having the right contacts. The internet has allowed smaller companies to break out like that, where previously an enormously classical company like say Drakes or press would dominate.
I've always known my primary goal as a knitter would be to make sweaters, and I'm absolutely obsessive about how my seams look. This book, The Knitters Book of Finishing Techniques was a lifesaver when I was first starting out. I make sweaters all the time now, and I still find myself occasionally referring back to it. Books always seem to gloss over seaming, and yet good seams are so essential to having a good finished product, and this book shows you the techniques in great detail.
> That's the same guy that registered the troll ukip subreddit. The same guy that admits using multiple accounts. …
> So whatever Strolls is doing, and all his many incarnations,
If you can't tell that /u/DemetriMarchessini is a joke then it reflects poorly only on you.
Claiming that I'm doing something underhand by using a novelty account to take the piss out of you only suggests you don't know much about the party you yourself support, or that you're a very poor sport.