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Robertson’s Reads | The Seductive Shoe: Four Centuries of Fashion Footwear | By: Jonathan Walford

December 31st, 2007 at 4:53am |

From fashion historian Jonathan Walford comes a comprehensive look at the evolution of footwear through the last four centuries. An amazing history book, The Seductive Shoe features a chronological rundown of unique and relatively unknown details on how shoe design changed with world circumstances. Walford elaborates on changes in shoe production, and how certain shoe styles […]

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Robertson’s Reads | 100 Years of Fashion Illustration | By: Cally Blackman

June 8th, 2007 at 4:43am |

Before the days of the digital age and fashion photography, designers and editors relied on creative illustrators to depict dazzling design at its best.
From 1900 to 1975, author Cally Blackman takes readers on a journey by illustration, providing historical and informational commentary on the development of fashion drawings.
100 Years of Fashion Illustration by Cally Blackman, […]

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