Folk and Festival Costume

Folk and Festival Costume

Author: R. Turner Wilcox

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2011-01-01

Total Pages: 242

ISBN-13: 0486478718

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A treasury of ethnic dress, this book ranges from the Amish of Pennsylvania to the Zulu of South Africa. Alphabetical entries cover more than 150 countries and regions, each represented by six or more illustrations. Six hundred drawings include images of men, women, and children. Captions describe the costumes and their associated traditions.


Keepers of Tradition

Keepers of Tradition

Author: Maggie Holtzberg

Publisher: Univ of Massachusetts Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 220

ISBN-13: 9781558496408

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Throughout Massachusetts, artists carry on and revitalise deeply rooted traditions that take many expressive forms - from Native American basketry to Yankee wooden boats, Armenian lace, Chinese seals, and Irish music and dance. This illustrated volume celebrates and shares the work of a wide array of these living artists.


Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898

Victorian Fashions and Costumes from Harper's Bazar, 1867-1898

Author: Stella Blum

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2012-09-06

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 0486132080

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Day costumes, evening wear, sports clothes, shoes, hats, other accessories in over 1,000 detailed engravings. Very thorough identification of styles, materials, colors by editor. "An endlessly entertaining book." — Theatre Design and Technology.


The Mode in Costume

The Mode in Costume

Author: R. Turner Wilcox

Publisher: Courier Corporation

Published: 2008-01-01

Total Pages: 514

ISBN-13: 0486468208

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The pursuit of style has prompted centuries of dramatic change in fashion. From the togas of ancient Rome to the gorgeous gowns of Dior, this lavishly illustrated, thoroughly researched treasury examines men's, women's, and children's clothing — plus accessories — from 3000 B.C. to 1958. An essential handbook.


The Animal Book

The Animal Book

Author: Steve Jenkins

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2013

Total Pages: 213

ISBN-13: 054755799X

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Learn some amazing facts relating to over 300 animals.


Dressed for Thrills

Dressed for Thrills

Author: Mark Alice Durant

Publisher:

Published: 2002-10

Total Pages: 136

ISBN-13:

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A Whimsical array of ghosts and goblins, spooks and skeletons, animals and nursery-room characters parade through this unparalleled collection of more than one hundred years of American Halloween costumes and masquerade. Photographer Phyllis Galembo approaches her subjects with the delight and wonder of one who has discovered an entire cast of characters backstage in an abandoned theater. Through her lens, the costumes rise from the dead to once again dance, play, and amuse. Ranging from handmade to store-bought, satin to polyester, the masks, wigs, and costumes, whether recognizable figures or obscure, pique our childhood memories. In her celebration of Halloween revelry, Galembo never settles for the ordinary; instead she creates evocative scenes of dressed-to-scare young trick-or-treaters "modeling" their disguises and of undead spirits haunting their surroundings. The costumes, which span over a century, take on magical qualities through fanciful sets and specialized lighting effects. Accompanying the costumes is a history of this always-popular holiday and essays discussing Galembo's inspirations and techniques. Through her art, Galembo allows us to act out our youthful fantasies of transformation -- to become, or at least observe, what we most want to be: free of inhibitions, of fixed notions of identity. Her images make us laugh and dream and maybe even believe in ghosts. Book jacket.


Traditional Couture

Traditional Couture

Author: Tillmann Prüfer

Publisher: Die Gestalten Verlag-DGV

Published: 2015

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9783899555721

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Traditional clothing is essentially haute couture. Made with high quality fabrics and elaborate workmanship, it embodies cultural heritage and style. Encompassing a surprising variety of garments, it represents premium handcraft, an awareness of tradition, a sense of belonging, and an affinity to one's homeland. At the same time, folkloric clothing is inspiring some of today and tomorrow's most ambitious and radical fashion designers. In 'Traditional Couture,' photographer Gregor Hohenberg succeeds in building a visual bridge between the outmoded and the avant-garde in German folkloric fashion. He portrays the individuals, young and old alike, who wear traditional attire in all the regions of his homeland, as well as their surroundings.


Festival Folk

Festival Folk

Author: Rob Flowers

Publisher: Cicada Books

Published: 2020-05-16

Total Pages: 128

ISBN-13: 1800660065

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A beautifully illustrated compendium of weird and wonderful festival costumes around the world. All around the world there are festivals that reach back through the sands of time to the very roots of civilisation; to agrarian rites and pagan traditions. The festivals in this book are often little known outside their locale and they are all characterised by the most radical and bizarre costumes imaginable. The Kukeri in Bulgaria wear enormous headpieces made of goatskin. Burryman festival in Edinburgh features a man covered from head to toe with burrs and thorns. Paraders in Switzerland’s Silvesterklausen wear vast wood- en doll-masks and hats carved with peasant scenes. Each costume is brought to life in Rob Flower’s joyous, surrealist, urban illustra- tions. Brief, engaging texts describe the festival, its history and the traditions that surround it. From Columbia to Nigeria by way of New Orleans and Romania, this is a delightful book that brings the cultures of the world to life in a fresh new take that will appeal to children an adults alike.