Hollywoods most memorable movie moments all have one thing in common-visually stunning costume design. Whether spectacular ...

' My fingers close around the trigger. I pause for a split second to think about the bullets I am about to spray across the ground. After today I'll no longer be the new girl.' Captain Charlotte Madison is blonde beautiful & flies Apache helicopters for a living. She has completed two tours of duty in Afghanistan & is currently fighting on the frontline in her third. DRESSED TO KILL shows us what life is like for a girl in a resolutely male-dominated environment. But she isn't just a woman in a man's world she's a woman women aspire to be
- glamorous as well as brave & beating the men at their own game. Only a tiny percentage of people can multi-task to the extreme level the aircraft demands & most airmen who try to qualify as an Apache pilot fail. Full of the exciting adrenaline-filled action that has made other military memoirs so successful DRESSED TO KILL is also unique. A highly intelligent & brilliant young woman Charlotte is Britain's first female Apache pilot & the first British female pilot to kill in an Apache. We have quite simply never seen the landscape of 21st-century frontline conflict from a perspective like hers. DRESSED TO KILL will appeal to anyone interested in current affairs but it will also speak to a whole generation of young women who will relate to 27-year-old Charlotte in a way they never imagined possible.
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Dressing the Man is the definitive guide to what men need to know in order to dress well & look stylish without becoming fashion victims. Alan Flussers name is synonymous with taste & style. With his new book he combines his encyclopedic knowledge of mens clothes with his signature wit & elegance to address the fundamental paradox of modern mens fashion: Why after men today have spent more money on clothes than in any other period of history are there fewer well-dressed men than at any time ever before? According to Flusser dressing well is not all that difficult the real challenge lies in being able to acquire the right personalized instruction. Dressing well pivots on two pillars -- proportion & color. Flusser believes that Permanent Fashionability " both his promise & goal for the reader starts by being accountable to a personal set of physical trademarks & not to any kind of random seasonally served-up collection of fashion flashes. Unlike fashion which is obliged to change each season the faces shape the necks height the shoulders width the arms length the torsos structure & the foots size remain fairly constant over time. Once a man learns how to adapt the fundamentals of permanent fashion to his physique & complexion hes halfway home. Taking the reader through each major clothing classification step-by-step this user-friendly guide helps you apply your own specifics to a series of dressing options from business casual & formalwear to pattern-on-pattern coordination or how to choose the most flattering clothing silhouette for your body type & shirt collar for your face. A mans physical traits represent his individual road map & the quickest route toward forging an enduring style of dress is through exposure to the legendary practitioners of this rare masculine art. Flusser has assembled the largest andmost diverse collection of stylishly mantled men ever found in one book. Many never-before-seen vintage photographs from the era of Cary Grant Tyrone Power & Fred Astaire are employed to help illustrate the range & diversity of authentic mens fashion. Dressing the Mans sheer magnitude of options will enable the reader to expand both the grammar & verbiage of his permanent-fashion vocabulary. For those men hoping to find sartorial fulfillment somewhere down the road tethering their journey to the mind-set of permanent fashion will deliver them earlier rather than later in life." ...

The second title in the new Usborne Very First Reading" series designed for younger children to introduce them to reading together with their parents. Parents & children take turns to read from the page (the text clearly marked for who should be reading) & as the books progress in the series the adults read less & less & the child more & more. There are puzzles at the end to check the childs understanding of the text & guidance notes for the parents. Beautiful illustrations help to motivate beginner readers." ...

This is an easy & accessible sticker book filled with opportunities to dress the children in their fancy-dress costumes. Using over 130 big stickers of clothes & accessories children can dress the boy & girl characters for various party themes. Costumes include mermaids pirates princesses knights firefighters astronauts cowgirls superheroes ballerinas robots & fairies though children are allowed to let their imaginations run wild & mix & match as they please. ...

Forced from her fathers humble Norfolk vicarage Ellen Gowan finds herself in an unforgiving London. At fifteen she falls for Raoul de Valentin the dangerous descendant of French aristocrats. Raoul marries Ellen for her brilliance as a designer but abandons his wife when she becomes pregnant. Determined that she & her daughter will survive Ellen begins her long climb to success. Toiling first in an east-end factory she finally opens her own salon in Berkeley Square. One single dress a ball gown created for the enigmatic Countess of Hawksmoor transforms Ellens fortunes & as the years pass her business thrives. She tells the world
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- shes a widow. But then Raoul de Valentin returns & threatens to destroy all that Ellen has achieved.

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When the Taliban took control of Kabul Kamila Sidiqi & all the women of Kabul saw their lives transformed. Overnight they were banned from schools & offices & even forbidden from leaving their front doors on their own. The economy collapsed & young men left the city in search of work & security. Desperate to help her family & support her five brothers & sisters at home Kamila began sewing cothes in her living room. Little did she know that the tailoring business she started to help her siblings would be the beginning of a dressmaking business that would create jobs & hope for one hundred neighbourhood women & would come to mean the difference between starvation & survival for hundreds of families like her own. ...

All the guidance you need to create beautiful clothes whether you are following a pattern adding embellishments or starting from scratch. The step by step instructions for a wide range of dressmaking techniques from basic patterns through to couture designs makes it suitable for beginners as well as sewers with more experience. Easy-to-follow highly illustrated instructions explain the essential dressmaking techniques
- allowing you to work confidently from a pattern to create beautiful clothes that fit perfectly. It features an at-a-glance guide to basic garment shapes & styles cross referenced with the relevant techniques throughout the book.

Includes:: advice on body shape choosing the right fabric for the right garment as well as decorative sewing techniques such as embroidery & applique. It features step techniques for making basic garment details including waistbands hems sleeves cuffs necklines collars fastenings pockets & linings. Suitable for beginners or those who are already designing or making their own clothes this is the perfect book for honing dressmaking skills & inspiring fashionable new designs.


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This title provides all the know-how you need to create your own wardrobe. Dressmaking gives you all the tools you need to make alter & customise your own clothes from choosing the right fabrics to key techniques such as hemming & hand stitching. You can create a complete wardrobe with 12 basic scalable patterns & step-by-step instructions for classic items such as pencil skirts dresses & jackets plus how to customise them to make them your own so you can make 30 garments in total. Dressmaking is packed with essential advice inspiration & the patterns you need to create beautiful clothes making this superb value & the dressmaking bible no seamstress can be without. ...

Making well-fitting clothes is a challenge for many dressmakers but especially so for those of us with a curvy shape or a plus-size. This book shows you how to take a standard commercial pattern in a larger size make some smart adjustments & end up with clothes that will give you a great flattering fit. Dressmaking to Flatter Your Shape

Includes:: detailed information on selecting fabrics & choosing styles to fit your shape. It explains how to get a perfect fit out of any sewing pattern with troubleshooting techniques to cover tricky points such as shoulders necklines sleeves hips & waists. Using this book you will also pick up tips on how to personalise a pattern to your own style by changing the collar or cuffs of a top or even by drafting your very own skirt pattern from scratch!

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