Chronicles the changing ideals in women's clothing, cosmetics, underwear, hairstyling, media, and women's place in society in the twentieth century

Decades of Beauty: The Changing Image of Women 1890s 1990s

Mulvey, Kate

Richards, Melissa

History

Checkmark Books

Are you seriously thinking of getting a tattoo? Are you suddenly jealous of what your daughter is wearing? Do you flirt inappropriately with the barman/photocopying boy/lift attendant? If you answered 'yes' to any of the above, then you are more than likely to be in the grip of a Female Midlife Crisis. What does a female midlife crisis look like anyway? This is the moment you realise that you are past your prime - the moment you can't identify with the cast of Sex and the City anymore and the horrifying realisation that men either ignore you or mistake you for a coat stand. Forget the pot-bellied man with a set of moobs and blonde jailbait hanging off his arm, women are doing it for themselves. Whether it's clothes, sex or a face full of Restylane, we are responding to the onset of age with increasingly daring tactics. Why not? Smart, attractive post-40 women who are nowhere near their 'amuse-by-date' are not ready to slip gracefully into the midlife hinterland as their mothers did, playing the odd hand of Bridge and wearing beige for ever more. The female midlife crisis used to be a hidden beast. Now, it has come roaring out of the closet. Packed full of advice on how to identify the flashing neon signs of a post-40 panic - OMG I fancy my son's son's friends - with top tips on how to look sexy without going the mutton route. Advice on how to reclaim your inner passionista, how to find out what really makes you tick and how to live life on your terms, Flirting with the Barman is the essential guide for any woman who wakes up one morning and thinks 'sod this, I am going to beat this midlife label'.

Flirting With the Barman: The Big Girl's Guide to Growing Old Disgracefully

Parenting & Relationships

New Holland Pub Ltd

The Accidental Singleton is a guide for women who find themselves single in the middle of their lives. Full of insightful tips and formulas, this light-hearted guide teaches you how to navigate your way through the choppy waters of being solo in your forties. The advantages of being on your own, how to appreciate the power of one, how to build on and make the most of your new single status, how to start dating again in midlife, the pitfalls and the excitement, the dreams, the desires and all that freedom and fun. Being single means you can be selfish, going to the gym instead of waiting for him to come home, finally having control of the remote. You can find you are having the best time of your life.

Accidental Singleton: The Art of Being Single in Midlife

Gone was the corset; in was the right to bare arms and legs. The Roaring Twenties was a time of emancipation for women—and their fabulous clothes reflected that newfound freedom. 1920s Style captures this amazing turning point in fashion. An invaluable reference and a visual cornucopia of times past, it explores major designers and couture houses, technical achievements in textiles, and cultural influences. Illustrated with historical fashion photographs, colorful drawings and advertisements, and specially shot vintage clothing, this irresistible guide spills all the secrets you need to know to recreate the trends of the decade.

1920s Style: How to Get the Look of the Decade

Arts & Photography

Cox, Caroline

FOGG, Marnie

Graphic Design

Carlton Books

A visual journey through the fashion of the decades, Vintage Fashion enables the reader to identify key designers, shapes, textiles, stitching, and other details and characteristics that define the most influential pieces of the twentieth century. Each decade ends with a 'key looks' spread showing an at-a-glance view of the important shapes, colours and looks that defined the era.The book concludes with a shopping guide, which offers pointers on sourcing and caring for original vintage pieces, along with a glossary of fashion terms and the century's most collectable designers.

Vintage Fashion: Collecting and wearing designer classics

Baxter-Wright, Emma

Kennedy, Sarah

Clarkson, Karen

Welbeck Publishing

There's a new creature stalking the urban jungle: the Cougar-and she is everywhere! More than ever, attractive, confident women in their 30s and up are on the prowl for a younger man to devour. They'll eat up this fascinating guide and learn how to become a sexy predator who can out-maneuver the young gazelles and successfully capture her prey. Riotously funny and packed full of secrets, this is the perfect manual for any woman who is ready to hunt.

How to Date a Younger Man: The Cougar's Guide to Cubhunting

For anyone interested in collecting and wearing vintage, or eager to check out classic style for inspiration, this lavishly illustrated sourcebook offers a decade-by-decade showcase of twentieth-century fashion. “Key looks” pages present major trends, from Coco Chanel's Style Russe in the 1920s and Christian Dior's 1950s A-line dresses to Emilio Pucci's psychedelic prints and Azzedine Alaïa's “body con” clothing. Fashionistas will love it--and also appreciate the pointers on sourcing and caring for vintage pieces.

Vintage Fashion Sourcebook: Key Looks and Labels and Where to Find Them

In the fickle world of fashion, little is certain except the sure knowledge that fashions come and go, and today’s unfashionable styles are likely to be back in vogue tomorrow. Bikinis, Bell-Bottoms and Little Black Dresses chronicles the most influential, exciting, and shocking items of clothing of the last 100 years. The trench coat, the trainer, and the miniskirt, to name only three, have all changed the way we think about our dress. Fashion journalist Kate Mulvey charts the evolution of 70 key garments, investigating how their individual stories have helped shape the course of fashion history. Each entry traces the origins of an unforgettable item of clothing, and explores the moment it first made an impact on the world fashion stage, as well as the garments that developed out of it, the personalities who wore it, and its continuing popularity today. With illustrations sourced from fashion features, catwalk shots, advertisements, and film stills, Bikinis, Bell-Bottoms and Little Black Dresses is an entertaining, stylish overview of modern dress that will thrill fashionistas everywhere.

Bikinis, Bell-bottoms and Little Black Dresses: 70 Great Fashion Classics

Merrell Publishers

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