Molyneux fashion label was revived, with limited success, in the late 1960s; and despite this letter being addressed to ‘Mrs Bowbyes’, Avice never married.]]> Dominique Mondon]]> Letters]]> Pierre Balmain]]> Photographs]]> Pierre Balmain]]> Programmes]]> Pierre Balmain]]> Programmes]]> Pierre Balmain]]> Invitations]]> ___]]> Photographs]]> Pierre Balmain]]> Photographs]]> Pierre Balmain]]> Photographs]]> LV.]]> Louis Vuitton]]> Boxes]]> Louis Vuitton box is immediately identified with the French box maker, Louis Vuitton (est. 1854), who with the distinctive LV monogram, is now one of the world’s leading international fashion houses.]]> Louis Vuitton]]> Boxes]]> Chanel, is instantly recognisable by his stylistic signature brand.]]> Stacey Caldwell and Ajiri A. Aki]]> Book covers]]> Slim Aarons and Frank Zachary]]> Book covers]]> http://fairfaxjournal.com.au/]]> Blog sites]]> http://smallgirlblogging.tumblr.com/]]> Blog site]]> https://www.karenwalker.com/]]> Brand website]]> Dazed & Confused recognise that her association with the magazine (as a product in itself) is likely to generate sales in ways that an unknown model could not.]]> ___]]> Magazine Covers]]> Brandy Melville; Adidas Originals) and hankers for LA life. A true fashionista!]]> Photograph by Paul Empson]]> Magazines]]> Black Magazine]]> Barbie of 1959]]> Jan McLean]]> Dolls]]> Tetrapanax papyrifera).]]> ___]]> Books]]> cheongsam, a body-hugging one-piece Chinese dress for women. It was created in Shanghai in the 1920s, and eventually became fashionable world-wide. It is a safe bet that the Chinese seamstress photographed by John Thomson in his classic Through China with a camera (1899) is not mending a silk item; more a functional work-a-day cotton garment.]]> John Thomson]]> Books]]> [Harold Begbie]]]> Books]]> Theory of the Leisure Class, ‘…the greater part of the expenditure incurred by all classes for apparel is incurred for the sake of respectable appearance rather than the protection of the person’. This observation has a familiar ring.]]> Quentin Bell]]> Book covers]]> Guide. From A (Accessories –among the most important elements of an appearance) to Z (Zoology – leave the baby panther at home), Dariaux is on a mission to make even a plain woman elegant. Under ‘Girlfriends’ she advises us never to shop for clothes with a girlfriend, who as unwitting rival ‘…will unconsciously demolish all that suits you best’.]]> Genevieve Antoine Dariaux]]> Books]]> Debrett’s. For centuries those anxious to avoid social blunders have consulted books on etiquette and manners. In such books dress is usually treated as a form of good manners as much as an expression of taste. The general rule is that acceptable dress never attracts attention. Books such as this provide a guide on what that might be in a given era. Debrett’s considers men’s fashion perilous, unlike women whose ‘errors in judgement’ can instead be taken as novel variants of current fashion.]]> ___]]> Book covers]]> Mary Thomas]]> Books]]>