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Exotic Skin
Victoria Stowe
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Description for Exotic Skin
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 522 colour photos. BIC Classification: WCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 238 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1942.
This exquisite volume presents the best vintage exotic skin handbags by the most renowned designers of the past century and a half. Intended particularly for fashionable women, design students, collectors, dealers, and clothing historians, it outlines the fascinating history of alligator and crocodile handbags, the ultimate status symbol since the 19th century. Many prestigious designers are featured, like Coblentz, Evans, Gucci, Hermes, Judith Leiber, Lucille de Paris, Koret, Martin Van Schaak, Rosenfeld, Nettie Rosenstein, and Vassar. Illustrated with 522 color photographs show beautiful examples of the handbags as well as international fashion ads and journals. Learn how to distinguish alligator ... Read more
This exquisite volume presents the best vintage exotic skin handbags by the most renowned designers of the past century and a half. Intended particularly for fashionable women, design students, collectors, dealers, and clothing historians, it outlines the fascinating history of alligator and crocodile handbags, the ultimate status symbol since the 19th century. Many prestigious designers are featured, like Coblentz, Evans, Gucci, Hermes, Judith Leiber, Lucille de Paris, Koret, Martin Van Schaak, Rosenfeld, Nettie Rosenstein, and Vassar. Illustrated with 522 color photographs show beautiful examples of the handbags as well as international fashion ads and journals. Learn how to distinguish alligator ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Number of Pages
272
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764334771
SKU
V9780764334771
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Ref
99-1
About Victoria Stowe
Victoria Stowe, a professional translator and instructor at the University of Washington, has owned and managed a successful export firm and online business. Collecting has been her passion for nearly a decade. She lives in Seattle.
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