Author: Linda Welter
Publisher: Berg Publisher
Keywords: dress, fertility, culture, protection, anatolia, europe, folk, beliefs
Number of Pages: 243
Published: 1999-11-01
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 1859732879
ISBN-13: 9781859732878
Shortlisted for the Katharine Briggs Folklore Award 2000.Relationships between dress and the body have existed in European and Anatolian folk cultures well into the twentieth century. Traditional cultures have long held the belief that certain articles of dress could protect the body from harm by warding off the ’evil eye,’ bring fertility to new brides, or assure human control of supernatural powers. Ritual fringes, archaic motifs, and colors such as black and red were believed to have powerful, magical effects.This absorbing and interdisciplinary book examines dress in a broad ra
Authors:Helen Bradley Foster, Donald Clay Johnson,
Publisher: Berg Publishers
Keywords: dress, culture, cultures, across, wedding
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2004-04-17
List price: $37.95
ISBN-10: 1859737471
ISBN-13: 9781859737477
Although the Victorian white wedding dominates western bridal dress and large portions of former colonial empires, marriage rituals vary significantly throughout the world. The Japanese, for instance, combine both traditional ceremonies with receptions utilizing western approaches to dress. In the Andes the bride will personally create a multi-layered dress to showcase her weaving skills. Berber brides in Morocco wear binding clothing that covers their faces, a notable contrast to Canadian prairie-province brides whose stylized gowns individualize and enhance body shape.This engaging book exam
Author: Carole Matthew
Publisher: Red Dress Ink
Keywords: ink, dress, red
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2005-08-01
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0373895453
ISBN-13: 9780373895458
In her most accomplished and entertaining novel to date, Carole Matthews takes her London-weary heroine on a life-changing trek through the Himalayas, where she ponders the meaning of such concepts as success, love, family -- and even civilization. After her live-in boyfriend extraordinaire, Jake, dumps her for a type-A Angelina Jolie look-a-like who climbs Mt. Everest, Lyssa Allen decides maybe a little adventure of her own can win him back. Leaving hair dryer, lattes and dreams of babies behind, this funny, neurotic and tougher-than-she-thought London editor sets off for Nepal, to the envy o
Author: Amy Efaw
Publisher: Speak
Keywords: dress, battle
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2010-12-02
List price: $8.99
ISBN-10: 0142413976
ISBN-13: 9780142413975
Based on the author’s own experiences as a cadet at the exclusive United States Military Academy at West Point, Battle Dress is the brutally honest tale of seventeen-year-old Andi Davis, who views her acceptance at West Point as a chance to escape her dysfunctional family and prove to herself that she has what it takes to survive "The Beast," insider terminology for Basic Training. But nothing could have prepared Andi for the rigors that follow - or for the inner strength that she will need to succeed as a woman in a nearly all-male society. Compelling and powerful, but never militaristi
Author: Jim Donovan
Publisher: Bovan Publishing Group
Keywords: rehearsal, dress, life
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 1998-11
List price: $11.95
ISBN-10: 0965053423
ISBN-13: 9780965053426
This Is Your Life, Not A Dress Rehearsal has been translated into nine languages and is being read by hundreds of thousands of people throughout the world, who simply want a better and more satisfying life. Easy to use, simple ideas and techniques have become Jim Donovan’s trademark. The ideas in This Is Your Life, Not A Dress Rehearsal are not theory. They have been used by countless people to change their lives.
Author: Patricia R. Anawalt
Publisher: Thames & Hudso
Keywords: dress, history, worldwide
Number of Pages: 608
Published: 2007-11-30
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0500513635
ISBN-13: 9780500513637
The definitive costume book: a glorious celebration of ethnographic clothing that brilliantly traces influences from culture to culture around the globe.From Neolithic plant-fiber skirts, Ancient Egyptian linen shifts, and Classical togas through Mongolian shamanic robes, Japanese kimonos, and Indian saris to nineteenth-century Tyrolean dirndls, contemporary African ceremonial attire, and today’s Middle Eastern burqas, every notable geographical region, historical period, and style of dress is covered here.All aspects of dress and accessories are discussed: basic men’s and women
Author: Charla Kru
Publisher: Springboard Pre
Keywords: dieting, thinner, dress, ways, over
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1969-12-31
List price: $26.99
ISBN-10: 0446547476
ISBN-13: 9780446547475
The new groundbreaking style-guide from bestseller author Charla Krupp on how to look 10 pounds lighter, 10 years younger and 10 times sexier every day, all year--in summer, winter, at the gym, even in a swimsuit!You’ll never get dressed the same way again once you discover:*smart, easy ways to hide arm flap, a big bust, a muffin top, back fat, Buddha belly, a big booty, wide hips, thunder thighs, and heavy calves-and that’s only half the book.*which fabrics, colors, and styles make women look fat*absolutely the best shades, shapes, and brilliant buys to make the pounds invisible*c
