Fashion Plates: 150 Years of StyleNow available in paperback, this sumptuously illustrated book chronicles more than a century of fashion through color plates from publications dating from 1778 to the early 20th century. |
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| Title | Fashion Plates: 150 Years of Style |
| Author | April Calahan |
| Editor | Karen Trivette Cannell |
| Contributor | Anna Sui |
| Edition | unabridged |
| Publisher | Yale University Press, 2015 |
| ISBN | 0300212267, 9780300212266 |
| Length | 425 pages |
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