  
Fashion Doll Makeovers : Learn from the Artistsby - Jim Faraone Discounted Price: $15.96, Paperback - 112 pages (Released - October 1996) Learn to reroot, repaint the faces, do eyelashes, cut, set and style the hair, rebend the body and more.  Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
2nd Fashion Doll Makeoversby Jim Faraone Discounted Price: $15.96, Paperback - 112 pages 2 edition (Released - May 1998) Book two continues with even more great how-to tips. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
Fashion Doll Makeovers IIIby Jim Faraone Discounted Price: $19.95, Paperback - 112 pages (Released - October 20, 1999) The latest in the series of popular how-to books which not only showcase the most interesting artists who are modifying mass-produced dolls by re-rooting hair, repainting and re-dressing to make one-of-a-kind creations, but give step-by-step instructions on these makeover techniques. If you have ever dreamed of creating a doll, here is the inspiration and the information you need to begin! Over 300 color photographs. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
Geneby Carolyn Cook Discounted Price: $17.47, Hardcover - 128 pages (Released - September 1998) Covers the popular fashion doll Gene Marshall from her creation through the 1998 line. Includes illustrations from creator Mel Odom's private files and photographs from Ashton-Drake. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
Gene, 2nd Edition by Carolyn Cook Discounted Price: $24.95, Hardcover - 152 pages (Released - October 15, 1999) Expanded and updated through the 1999 line of Gene dolls and her fashions and accessories. Everything you always wanted to know about this glamorous star is recorded -- how the doll was created, the background on Mel Odom, information about the Gene Team members and the designers who contributed to the doll's huge success. All of the Gene dolls and costumes from her inception are documented with the stories about their origin. Secondary market prices are included. Approximately 200 gorgeous photographs. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
Barbie Millicent Roberts : An Originalby David Levinthal Dtscounted Price: $21.00, Hardcover - 96 pages 1 Ed edition (Released - November 1998) This book is presented in a high fashion photography format. Here is Barbie as she was meant to be seen and celebrated, clothed in Mattel's now impossible-to-find ensembles that have been copied from the original designs of the great couturiers--Chanel, Balenciaga, and Dior, just to name a few. Early and rare Barbies--in 75 ravishing photographs! Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
Barbie : Her Life & Timesby Billy Boy Discounted Price: $17.60, Paperback (Published 1992) BillyBoy was the designer of the two now very hard to find Barbies - Le Nouveau Theatre de la Mode - (1985), and her follow-up Feelin' Groovy and is also the owner of the world's largest Barbie collection (20,000 dolls and counting). In this book, he charts the history of this American dream girl in a good-humored and affectionate retrospective. Photos of early designer one-of-a-kind Barbie creations. Includes 400 photographs, 300 in full color. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!Barbie (The Universe of Fashion) by Frederick Beigbeder Discounted Price: $13.27, Hardcover - 80 pages (October 1998) Since the 1950s, generations of girls have delighted in dressing Barbie in the fashions of the day. In this unrivaled book, today's top designers--Gucci, Prada, Alaia, Dolce & Gabbana, Fendi, Missoni, Dior, Calvin Klein, and many more--are taking their turn, creating ensembles for Barbie that embody their signature styles. In her new incarnation as fashion icon and top model, Barbie boasts one of the most extraordinary wardrobes of all time. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com! BOOKS FOR THE DO-IT-YOU-SELFER
Hats in Miniatureby Lyn Waring Discounted Price: $14.36, Paperback - (June 1999) Lyn Waring takes the reader through the process of making original hats for dolls, including basic and sports styles through fancy and historic styles that can be embellished however you would like. She has even included instructions for a top hat and chef hat. A real find. This book gives all the construction details one needs to get started designing and making gorgeous little hats. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com! 
The Art of Making Beautiful Fashion Doll Shoes : 'from Beginning to Last'by Timothy J. Alberts, M. Dalton King, Pat Henry (Contributor) Discounted Price: $24.95, Hardcover - 112 pages (December 13, 1999) The author - Timothy J. Alberts is a renown doll creator and designer. He is currently best known for his design work on the Gene doll. He is also a successful costume supervisor for films. This is the quintessential book on making shoes for your favorite doll! An exquisite book about shoes - and how to make miniature foot ware for your dolls - from antique fashions to Gene and Barbie dolls. Designer Timothy Alberts gives step by step directions for making high-heeled shoes the proper way and includes patterns. The authors also include an illustrated history of shoes - showing which styles were popular through the ages. Learn how to make a shopping bag and shoe box too! Every doll lover, shoe lover and collector alike will want a copy of this elegant and informative book. Includes 4 patterns and 67 line drawings. 154 color photos. 
101 Bodice Designs: Dress Ideas for Women, Children & Dollsby Julie Mueller Discounted Price: $20.00, Spiral-bound - 53 pages (October 20, 1997) Julie Mueller is a well known sewing teacher, pattern drafter, and author of many sewing articles. She is currently the regular columnist of "Dressmaker's Forum" in DollMaking Magazine. A design idea book with at least 101 different ideas for dresses and blouses including: princess, square, keyhole and V necklines. And, featuring techniques such as: cutwork, quilting, heirloom sewing, smocking, embroidery, ribbon work, serging and color blocking to name just a few. Each of the 101 different illustrations includes a description of how to achieve the design and suggests fabrics and trims. Five pages of patterns designed to beautifully fit most 18-20: dolls such as Gotz, Plesant Company and many porcelain dolls are included as well. Plenty of great ideas and techniques. BOOKS ON FASHION DESIGNS AND DESIGNERS
The Art of Haute Coutureby Victor Skrebneski (Photographer), Laura Jacobs, Victor Srebneski (Photographer) Discounted Price: $52.50, Hardcover (November 1995) A master fashion photographer focuses his lens on the elements--and goes behind the seams to reveal the exquisite details and special techniques that raise fashion to the level of true art. See the ingenious ways couturiers work with line, texture, and ornament to create sweep and volume, draping and pleating, illusion, and drama, that transform fashion into couture. All of the major designers of the twentieth century are represented, including Adolfo, John Anthony, Balenciaga, Balmain, Geoffrey Beene, Chanel, Dior, Erte for Poiret, Louis Feraud, Ferre, Galanos, Givenchy, Charles James, Lacroix, Lagerfeld for Chanel, Lanvin, Laroche, Claude Montana, Nina Ricci, Yves Saint Laurent, Scaasi, Scherrer, Schiaparelli, Ungaro, Valentino, Venet, Versace, Vionnet, and Vera Wang. The Art of Haute Couture is a must for fashion lovers everywhere. 150 illustrations, most in color. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
Blueprints of Fashion : Home Sewing Patterns of the 1940s (Schiffer Book for Collectors)by Wade Laboissonniere Discounted Price: $29.95, Paperback (November 1997) A beautifully illustrated collection of 40's fashion. It shows how fashion evolved during a decade that began with war and ended with Paris reviving their Haute Couture. Contains a brief but thorough history of the American home-sewing and pattern industry as well as extremely valuable information on the effect of War Regulations on clothing. The text was easy to read and very well illustrated. Better yet, the author includes a detailed bibliography to guide those who need to know where to look for more information. The book does not contain reproductions of the actual tissue pattern pieces, but that's not important since patterns of that time are built off the same basic pieces as patterns of today. The beauty of the book is that it includes copious reproductions of actual home sewing pattern envelopes and counter catalogues. There are hundreds of pictures and they are beautifully photographed so that the reader can get a good idea of the details of the clothing including silhouettes. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
Fashion in Filmby Regine Engelmeier Discounted Price: $29.95, Paperback - 245 pages Rev. & Updtd. edition (May 1997) Amazing array of black and white film photos from seven decades of fashion. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
Power of Glamour : The Women Who Defined the Magic of Stardomby Annette Tapert Discounted Price: $28.00, Hardcover - 256 pages 1 Ed edition (November 1998) This book focuses on the most unique Hollywood era and eleven of its goddesses who lived, and left as their legacy, the Power of Glamour. When the Glamour Era met the Golden Age of cinema, it cast a spell on a public beaten by the Depression and the threat of war. But the key ingredient in 1930s glamour was personality. Annette Tapert's movie-queen profiles, rich with fresh insights, reach beyond the star-making machinery, fan magazines, fashions, and cosmetics to the essence of each women: the carefully molded image of loria Swanson, who started it all - Marlene Dietrich's siren persona on and off screen - the "reverse glamour" of Katharine Hepburn and Greta Garbo. The power in that of Joan Crawford, Carole Lombard, Norma Shearer, Claudette Colbert, and the long-neglected Kay Francis, Dolores Del Rio, and Constance Bennett. From the co-author of the popular "The Power of Style". 200 photos. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
The Power of Style : The Women Who Defined the Art of Living Wellby Annette Tapert, Diana Edkins Discounted Price: $28.00, Hardcover - 224 pages (November 1994) The Power of Style reveals the inner qualities of 14 remarkable women who captured the world's attention with their impeccable sense of style, their beauty and their effortless flair in ways that have lasted for generations. Witty and fascinating excursions into the worlds of Coco Chanel, Pauline de Rothschild, Diana Vreeland, Elsie de Wolfe, Jacqueline Onassis, and others are captured in lavish photographs and entertaining anecdotes. We discover not only the preeminent influence that these women held over fashion and culture, but also the wry, often poignant tales of their personal lives. Lavishly illustrated with 275 black-and-white and full-color photos. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!
Hollywood Dressed & Undressed : A Century of Cinema Styleby Sandy Schreier Discounted Price: $28.00, Paperback - 192 pages (September 1998) Sandy Schreier - a fashion historian and owner of the largest private collection of 20th century couture. She lectures throughout the country and is a regular guest on national radio and television shows. In this book, she coveres from Rudolph Valentino to Leonardo DiCaprio, from Veronica Lake to Kim Basinger, Hollywood movies and their legendary stars have influenced popular fashion since the earliest days of silent film. Hollywood Dressed & Undressed pairs classic and current film photographs with costume expert Sandy Schreier's lively anecdotes and facts about favorite Hollywood movies stars, their unforgettable costumes, and the designers behind them. Schreier transports the reader through seven decades of Hollywood film in chapters exploring such themes as the influence of French couture on Hollywood costume design, and star-power accessories like cigarettes and furs. Schreier shares true stories and rare personal interviews with such movie industry insiders as costume designer Edith Head, screenwriter Elmore Leonard, and Madonna, among others. A highly entertaining raid on Hollywood's closets. 240 illustrations, 65 in color. Buy this book online now — from Amazon.com!More interesting Amazon.com links The STARWARS STORE Amazon.com AUCTIONS
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