This lavish volume invites the reader into the glamorous fashions of the 1920s. Virginia, a renowned antique clothing shop in London, has been a go-to for fashion designers, models, stylists, and fashionistas for years. With its carefully curated selection of perfectly preserved heirloom dresses, coats, lingerie, and accessories, Virginia’s rare clothing is collected by designers for inspiration and by serious clothing collectors (both museum curators as well as celebrities). This stunning volume highlights the best of the collection, scaling the heights of Jazz Age fashion with chapters on sequined dresses, cocktail wear, bridge coats, opera coats, evening jackets, and house coats. Through sumptuous still-life photographs of the clothes and opulent film-set interiors, Dressed to Kill invites readers into a magical world. The rare and precious beaded dresses, feathered capes, and silky kimonos are beautifully documented, highlighting the craftsmanship and ornamentation of the pieces. Historical information is accompanied by guidelines for the care of antique clothing. With essays by leading fashion authorities, this is a must-have book for collectors, connoisseurs, and those who believe in evening style.
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A Huge tome - If you ever watched The House of Elliot & wished away about the dresses this is the book, there are no people in the book, neither Virginia or any of people wearing the clothes which is the only sad thing though maybe that's why it works so well, But it is PACKED with full page close up shots of intricate beadwork,a little at the start of each chapter about the item (hats/opera coats etc)a close up of the work, then a full length of the whole item, it really is about the jazz age & not pictures of people wearing the flapper style through the ages, so if you love that you'll love this! If you want a book full of beaded clothes, their approx values, on models, you really would love "Beads in Fashion 1900-2000"
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This book us a real treat . If you have ever passed the magical windows of the beautiful shop called Virginia in Portland Road not far from Holland Park, you will have wanted to take the whole experience away with you. Now if ever you could trap its butterfly fragility between the covers of a book, this is your chance to hold the escapist moment. I gave it for a Christmas present to people who never stop thanking me.
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