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Picturesque Representations of the Dress and Manners of the English
AU$1,000.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[William Alexander]
London: John Murray, 1814.50 persons from across early 19th century English society are depicted in fine hand-coloured costume plates dated 1813, each accompanied by a detailed descriptive text. This copy in a signed Zaehnsdorf binding and with the bookplate of Ada Thatcher Huntzinger
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Fetish Fever Collection
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWestward Bound
Plymouth: Westward Bound, No date.Trade catalogue of lingerie, latex, and other fetishwear by UK label Westward Bound.
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DeMask Mistress Collection
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSteve English; Trevor Watson
Amsterdam: DeMask Disribution, 2003.Deluxe trade catalogue of femdom fetishwear photographed by Trevor Watson of Dutch latex and leather store DeMask. Opened in 1990 by Steve English in the Red Light District of Amsterdam (with Xaviera Hollander attending the launch) the store still operates today. Throughout the 1990s DeMask helped shape the international fetish scene hosting events (Europerve, Rubber Ball et al.) in collaboration with Skin Two magazine.
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DeMask Unique Clothing Company: Corsetry & Lingerie
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartSteve English
Amsterdam: DeMask Disribution, 1995.The second printed catalogue of Dutch latex and leather store DeMask. Opened in 1990 by Steve English in the Red Light District of Amsterdam (with Xaviera Hollander attending the launch) the store still operates today. Throughout the 1990s DeMask helped shape the international fetish scene hosting events (Europerve, Rubber Ball et al.) in collaboration with Skin Two magazine.
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Caprice Catalog No. 5
AU$200.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCaprice
Los Angeles: Caprice Corset Co., No date.“Featuring glamourous restricting corsets and other bizarre and humane restraints of leather and rubber.” Circa 1970s trade catalogue of corsets and other fetishwear with a focus on restraining devices. Largely photographic illustrations through also using the artwork of John Willie, illustrator of Bizarre. This copy with a Caprice order form for photo sets laid in.
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Who are you, Polly Maggoo
AU$80.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWilliam Klein
Paris: delpire & co, 2023.Photo-novel based on Klein’s 1966 film.
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(not only) Blue Mode (Complete Set, 5 Volumes)
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2001-2003.A complete set of the fashion biannual published by Australian gay men’s magazine, (not only) Blue). Blue was a glossy coffee table art magazine produced between 1995 and 2007 by Studio Magazines in Sydney, publishers of the successful photography magazine, Black+White. “Blue’s agenda is to showcase artists whose work is an authentic representation of gay relationships, gay lifestyles and gay issues” (Blue’s editorial statement) and it did so in a large format filled with nude and semi nude art photography. Blue Mode was devoted to male fashion.
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Reflections of Paradise: Silks and Tiles from Ottoman Bursa
AU$150.00 Read MoreAdd to cartAhmet Ertug
Istanbul: Ertug & Kocabiyik, 1995. -
Boy George Fashion & Make-up Book
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartWayne Winder; Gerardine Winder; Christina Saunders
London: Hamlyn, 1984.Everything you need to know to achieve that early 1980s Boy George look you always wanted.
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The Miracle of Celanese Brand Fabrics
AU$800.00 Read MoreAdd to cartCelanese Corporation of America
New York: Celanese Corporation of America, 1928.Early promotional booklet for Celanese, a cellulose acetate “artificial silk” fabric, produced by the Celanese Corporation of America. The firm, a Fortune 500 company still operating today as Celanese, the name being a portmanteaux of cellulose and ease, promoting the new product as easy to clean and care for. The booklet is illustrated throughout by Robert L. Leonard (1879-1958), a pioneering figure of American decorative arts, design, and illustration. Having studied and worked as an illustrator in Munich, Berlin, and Paris before migrating to the United States in 1923, he brought with him a modernist style which is on full show in the colourful art deco illustrations. Leonard was a founding member of the American Union of Decorative Artists and Designers and edited the first Annual of American Design in 1931. A rare treat of 1920s fashion and illustration, with only 1 copy recorded in OCLC, at The Metropolitan Museum of Art Library.
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City Indians: Photographs of Western Tribal Fashion
AU$300.00 Read MoreAdd to cartChris Wroblewski; Nelly Gomez-Vaez
Frankfurt am Main: Eichborn Verlag, 1983.Photographic study of youth subculture in the United Kingdom and Europe in the late 1970s/early 1980s. Divided into sections: Mohicans, Piercing, Skinheads, Rock and Roll, Sons of Hell, Leather, Sic Boys, Dress, Tattoo, Hare Krishna, and Rasta. This copy inscribed by Wroblewski on the title page and with an inscribed laid in postcard of his photograph of one of the tattooed subjects featured in the book.
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The Dansant at the Cafe Royal, London, 1971 [Programme]
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartDerek Roe; Margot Macrae; Cecil Beaton; Hettie Jacques
Paris and London: Nina Ricci, 1971.Programme for The Dansant ’71 insired by L’Air du Temps by Nina Ricci, created by Derek Roe. Texts by Margot Macrae and Cecil Beaton. The occasion presented fifty years of fashion from the Cecil Beaton Collection. The programme consists primarily of British advertisements, highlights include an advert for Valium Roche. This copy signed by English actress Hettie Jacques (1922-1980) to the front cover. Unrecorded in OCLC.
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The Designer’s Guide: Easton Pearson Archive
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartRenai Grace; Madeleine Johns; Alice Payne; Pamela Easton; Lydia Pearson
Brisbane: Museum of Brisbane, 2018.Produced to accompany the exhibition at the Museum of Brisbane, 23 November, 2018 – 22 April, 2019.
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The Other Side of the Picture
AU$100.00 Read MoreAdd to cartOlivier Theyskens
New York: Assouline Publishing, 2009.Photographs by Julien Claessens. Introduction by Sally Singer.
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Not Only Black + White Magazine Number 55: The Fashion Issue
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2001.Single issue of successful Australian photography magazine, (not only) Black+White. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events. In this issue: The Fashion Issue: Leeanna Walsman, Ray Liotta, Bettina Rheims, Alexandre Matthieu, Sneak Obsession.
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Not Only Black + White Magazine Number 50: The Fashion Issue
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2001.Single issue of successful Australian photography magazine, (not only) Black+White. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events. In this issue: The Fashion Issue (Collector’s Edition): Nude Celebrity Highlights from 50 Issues featuring Portia de Rossi, Guy Pearce, Kate Fiscer, Grant Hackett, Melissa Tkautz, Adam Garcia, Annalise Braakensiek, Melissa George and more, also: 2001 Directions, Rose Byrne, Anna Sui, Moulin Rouge.
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Not Only Black + White Magazine Number 45: The Fashion Issue
AU$10.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2000.Single issue of successful Australian photography magazine, (not only) Black+White. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events. In this issue: The Fashion Issue: Megan Gale, Rachel Blanchard, Matthew Newton, Towa Tei’s Deeper Grooves, Sante D’Orazio’s Celebrity Nudes, Spring/Summer 2000: Why OTT is AOK.
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Fashion Nude (A Special Issue of Black+White)
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cartMarcello Grand
Sydney: Studio Magazines, 2006.A special issue of Not Only Black + White featuring risque fashion photography from 23 top international photographers. Published between 1992 and 2007 Black+White was a coffee table format magazine which featured work from some of the world’s top photographers, often nude or semi-nude portraiture, together with interviews with photographers and celebrities and articles on popular culture and current events.
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Katalog Der Freiherrlich Von Lipperheide’schen Kostumbibliothek (2 Volumes)
AU$60.00 Read MoreAdd to cart[Franz Freiherr von Lipperheide]
Storrs-Mansfield: Maurizio Martino, No date.Catalogue of the Lipperheide Costume Library. 310 illustrations in v.1, 293 in v.2. Limited edition of 150 copies.
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Life on a G-String
AU$20.00 Read MoreAdd to cartKerry Cue
Melbourne: Penguin, 1991.An Uproariously Unreliable Guide to Glamour. Written and Illustrated by Kerry Cue. Inscribed by Kerry Cue.