In Fashion: Culture, Commerce, Craft, and Identity

In Fashion: Culture, Commerce, Craft, and Identity
Author:
Publisher: BRILL
Total Pages: 391
Release: 2022-01-10
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 9004446591

For the international cast of contributors to this volume being “in fashion” is about self-presentation; defining how fashion is presented in the visual, written, and performing arts; and about design, craft manufacturing, packaging, marketing, and archives.

GLOSS 2: Summer Scandal

GLOSS 2: Summer Scandal
Author: Marilyn Kaye
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 337
Release: 2014-05-08
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1447223993

"Following the excitement of last summer's internships at Gloss magazine, Sherry, Donna, Allison and Pamela are reunited and ready to step back into the glamorous and fast-paced world of fashion, celebrity, music and dating in 1960s New York. New jobs and new relationships mean new adventures, but in the big city you never know what is round the corneer. Soon they all start to realize that life in New York might not be all that it's cracked up to be. As the four girls try to find their way in a world where social attitudes are constantly changing, will they be able to keep up with the pace?"--

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language

An Etymological Dictionary of the English Language
Author: Walter W. Skeat
Publisher: Courier Corporation
Total Pages: 834
Release: 2013-02-15
Genre: Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN: 048631765X

Practical and reliable, this reference traces English words back to their Indo-European roots. Each entry features a brief definition, identifies the language of origin, and employs a few illustrative quotations. An extensive appendix includes lists of prefixes, suffixes, Indo-European roots, homonyms and doublets, and the distribution of English-language sources.

A Summer Seduction

A Summer Seduction
Author: Candace Camp
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 388
Release: 2012-06-19
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1451639511

Includes an excerpt from "The marrying season."

Lost Illusions

Lost Illusions
Author: David A. Cook
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Total Pages: 722
Release: 2002-03-15
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780520232655

This volume examines the development of film and the film industry during the 1970s and the political and economic background that influenced it.

The Oxford English Dictionary

The Oxford English Dictionary
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1160
Release: 1989
Genre: Encyclopedias and dictionaries
ISBN:

In addition to current definitions, provides an historical treatment to words and idioms included.

Gloss

Gloss
Author: Marilyn Kaye
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Total Pages: 401
Release: 2013-06-06
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 1447241320

New York, 1963. Fashion, music and attitudes are changing, and there's nowhere in in the world more exciting. Sherry, Donna, Allison and Pamela have each landed a dream internship at Gloss; America’s number-one fashion magazine. Each girl is trying to make her mark on 1960s New York and each finds herself thrown head-first into the buzzing world of celebrity, high-end fashion and gossip. But everything isn’t as glamorous as it seems - secrets from the past threaten to shatter their dreams. They're finding out that romance in New York is as unpredictable and thrilling as the city itself. Perfect for teenage fans of Mad Men, Ugly Betty, The Devil Wears Prada and Sex in the City.