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English
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In The Curated Closet, style writer Anuschka Rees presents a fascinatingly strategic approach to identifying, refining, and expressing personal style and building the ideal wardrobe to match it, with style and shopping strategies that women can use every day.
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Publisher
Albert Whitman & Company
Language
English
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Bonnie wants the perfect first-day-of-school outfit, but everything in her wardrobe is too big or too small or worn out, so with the help of her family, Bonnie learns to use maker techniques like embroidery, knitting, and natural dyes to turn her old clothes into something new and original.
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"A guide to the art, history, and politics of visible mending--at once a practical instruction guide for techniques, a statement on the beauty of repairing and reimagining clothes, and a manifesto against fast fashion. Part manifesto, part how-to, this book persuasively calls for a new way of thinking and handling clothes, flying in the face of the supposedly life-changing magic of throwing them away. Kate Sekules's message is simple: If your sweater...
9) How to get dressed: a costume designer's secrets for making your clothes look, fit, and feel amazing
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Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
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"An ingenious book of simple wardrobe solutions, clever tools, and straightforward advice from a Hollywood costume designer. A costume designer's styling kit is a magical bag of tricks, built to solve every single wardrobe malfunction on earth. TV and film productions wait for nothing, so a costume designer's solutions have to work--and work fast. How to Get Dressed is a fun, empowering style guide for women that focuses on making the most of your...
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Publisher
Sasquatch Books
Language
English
Description
Mending Life is a beautifully illustrated, practical tool kit for repairing the clothes and belongings we love. It is also an exploration of how mending can be a gently healing practice in our daily lives and a small act of rebellion in a world where many things are discarded without thought. Mending Life encourages us to cherish our things by repairing them rather than discarding them. It also encourages us to change our consumption habits so that...
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Publisher
Short Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"For Molly Martin, it all started with a pair of socks. Her favourite pair. When the heels became threadbare, her mother got out her darning mushroom and showed her how to reinforce the thinning stitches and bring them back to life. She has been stitching and darning ever since. In The Art of Repair, Molly explores the humble origins of repair and how the act of mending a cherished item carefully by hand offers not just a practical solution but nourishment...
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Publisher
Chronicle Prism
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Celebrity fashion stylist Allison Bornstein's Three Word Method and AB Closet Editing System will inspire you to find your personal style, curate your closet, overcome common wardrobe struggles, and use fashion as the ultimate tool for self-discovery and self-care"--
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Publisher
Search Press Limited
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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The founder of The Refashioners movement presents step-by-step projects for adapting and cutting away at tops, trousers, dresses, and more to build a stylish, modern, and environment-saving capsule wardrobe one can wear throughout the year.
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Publisher
Distributed in the U.S. by Publishers Group West
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
A guide to creating and showcasing personal style explains how fashion can be a fun form of self-expression and how establishing a style imparts lessons about making choices for wardrobe articles and creating original pieces.
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Publisher
Storey Publishing
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Projects include clothing for all ages, accessories, home decor items, and furnishings. Most feature embellishments and decorative effects and use interesting textural fabrics, such as jersey knits, linen, and felt...even paper and vinyl! Walks readers through the sewing basics, demystifying the lost art of simple pattern-making, providing visual guides to stitches, and giving easy instructions for techniques such as appliqué, doodle-stitching, and...
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