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. ...

Torn between her dreams & the truth she was faced with an impossible choice.. . Tess an aspiring seamstress is stunned at her luck when the famous designer Lady Lucile Duff Gordon hires her to be a personal maid on the Titanic's doomed voyage. When disaster strikes Tess is one of the last people allowed on a lifeboat
- her employer also survives. On dry land savage rumours begin to circulate: did Lady Duff Gordon save herself at the expense of others? Tess's dream of becoming a skilled dressmaker is within her grasp but now she is faced with a terrible choice. Suddenly she finds herself torn between loyalty to the fiery woman who could help her realise her ambitions & the devastating truth that her mentor may not be all she seems. authentic & honest The Dressmaker is a compelling & vivid story that will have you holding your breath until the last page. * Shortlisted for the Goodreads Historical Novel Award*
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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
- & her daughter
- shes a widow. But then Raoul de Valentin returns & threatens to destroy all that Ellen has achieved.

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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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Got a dressmaking problem you can't solve? Curious to know more about a specific technique? Want to know how to construct a garment? Dressmaking 200 Questions Answered will come to your rescue answering 200 questions on a vast range of dressmaking topics. Questions designed for beginners & experienced needlecrafters. Helpful advice from a leading expert on all aspects of dressmaking. Clear detailed illustrations help explain specific techniques & effects. Chapters cover sewing equipment measurements & fitting preparing & cutting out fabric machine stitching & much more. ...

Intelligent ambitious & a rising star in the French artillery Captain Alfred Dreyfus appeared to have everything: family money & the prospect of a post on the General Staff. But his rapid rise had also made him enemies
- many of them aristocratic officers in the armys High Command who resented him because he was middle-class meritocratic & a Jew. In October 1894 the torn fragments of an unsigned memo containing military secrets were retrieved by a cleaning lady from the waste paper basket of Colonel Maximilien von Schwartzkoppen of the German embassy in Paris. When French intelligence pieced the document back together to uncover proof of a spy in their midst Captain Dreyfus on slender evidence was charged with selling military secrets to the Germans found guilty of treason by unanimous verdict & sentenced to life imprisonment on the notorious Devils Isl&. The fight to free the wrongfully convicted Dreyfus
- over twelve long years through many trials
- is a story rife with heroes & villains courage & cowardice dissimulation & deceit. One of the most infamous miscarriages of justice in history the Dreyfus affair divided France stunned the world & unleashed violent hatreds & anti-Semitic passions which offered a foretaste of what was to play out in the long bloody twentieth century to come. Today amid charged debates over national & religious identity across the globe its lessons throw into sharp relief the conflicts of the present. In the hands of historian biographer & prize-winning novelist Piers Paul Read this masterful epic of the struggle between a minority seeking justice & a military establishment determined to save face comes dramatically alive for a new generation.


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