London society fashion : the wardrobe of Heather Firbank, 1905-1925 / Jenny Lister, Cassie Davies-Strodder and Lou Taylor.
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TextPublisher: London : V&A Publishing, 2015Description: 160 pages : illustrations ; 27 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781851778317 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Firbank, Heather -- Clothing | Fashion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century | Fashion -- Great Britain -- History -- 20th century -- Pictorial works | Needlework, EdwardianDDC classification: 391'.00941'09041 Summary: Over 80 years ago, Hether Firbank packed away her extensive collection of fine clothes, bought from London's very best dressmakers and tailors. These treasures lay undiscovered for the next 30 years, until after her death, when they were given to the V&A, laying the foundations for the Museum's world-famous collection.
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| 391.00941 MAC Made in Britain : tradition and style in contemporary British fashion / | 391.0094109 HAR Seventeenth and eighteenth-century fashion in detail / | 391.0094109 JOH 19th-century fashion in detail / | 391.0094109 LIS London society fashion : the wardrobe of Heather Firbank, 1905-1925 / | 391.0094109 MAN What we wore. | 391.00942 PEA Costume : 1066 to the present / | 391.00942 PEA Costume : 1066 to the present / |
Over 80 years ago, Hether Firbank packed away her extensive collection of fine clothes, bought from London's very best dressmakers and tailors. These treasures lay undiscovered for the next 30 years, until after her death, when they were given to the V&A, laying the foundations for the Museum's world-famous collection.
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