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Costume Design and Home Planning
EN USISBN: 9780217925518 bzw. 0217925510, in Englisch, General Books, General Books, General Books, gebraucht.
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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Atkinson, Mentzer and Co. in 1916 in 15220012 pages; Subjects: Clothing and dress; Interior decoration; Literary Collections / General; Architecture / Residential; Architecture / Interior Design / General; Art / Fashion; Crafts & Hobbies / General; Health & Fitness / Beauty & Grooming; House & Home / Decorating;
This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Atkinson, Mentzer and Co. in 1916 in 15220012 pages; Subjects: Clothing and dress; Interior decoration; Literary Collections / General; Architecture / Residential; Architecture / Interior Design / General; Art / Fashion; Crafts & Hobbies / General; Health & Fitness / Beauty & Grooming; House & Home / Decorating;
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Costume Design and Home Planning
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Estelle Peel Izor, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Costume Design and Home Planning, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter X Appropriateness fcbstly thy habit as thy purse can. buy, Bui not expiessd infancy; rirh_,ndt gaudy; Jbr Ihe apparel op: prodaims the man_r a sentiment for appropriate dress which fits not only the purpose, but the purse as well. There is always danger that fashion will become the motive power of life. The solution of the difficulty will come when women hold the ethical, the economic, and the aesthetic phases of dress in normal balance. The desire to manifest beauty is legitimate, for it is God-given. It follows, then, that beauty, comeliness, and grace should be striven for as one strives for honesty, truth, and sincerity. Beauty in dress is the result of an unerring sense of proportion, whether that relates to size and shape, or pertains to fitness and cost. Love of adornment has always been the motive power of dress. It manifests itself in one of two ways, either through a sensational desire for embellishment which leads to ostentation and pomp, or through a desire for association with and appreciation of the real qualities of beauty which leads to an enduring satisfaction. Lack of understanding and appreciation of what constitutes beauty is responsible for the immense annual waste of skill and money in the production of audacious, capricious, eccentric, and seductive modes. Many contributing causes promote false standards of taste and appropriateness: The remarkable facility manufacturers possess for reproducing in. rapid succession new fashion movements, the methods of keeping in touch with fashion centers through various publications, the gorgeous and startling displays in shop-windows and at theatres, all tend to dazzle the ignorant girl and evoke in her a desire to possess wealth because of the possibilities it offers....
Estelle Peel Izor, Books, Fiction and Literature, Fiction, Costume Design and Home Planning, This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1916 edition. Excerpt: ... chapter X Appropriateness fcbstly thy habit as thy purse can. buy, Bui not expiessd infancy; rirh_,ndt gaudy; Jbr Ihe apparel op: prodaims the man_r a sentiment for appropriate dress which fits not only the purpose, but the purse as well. There is always danger that fashion will become the motive power of life. The solution of the difficulty will come when women hold the ethical, the economic, and the aesthetic phases of dress in normal balance. The desire to manifest beauty is legitimate, for it is God-given. It follows, then, that beauty, comeliness, and grace should be striven for as one strives for honesty, truth, and sincerity. Beauty in dress is the result of an unerring sense of proportion, whether that relates to size and shape, or pertains to fitness and cost. Love of adornment has always been the motive power of dress. It manifests itself in one of two ways, either through a sensational desire for embellishment which leads to ostentation and pomp, or through a desire for association with and appreciation of the real qualities of beauty which leads to an enduring satisfaction. Lack of understanding and appreciation of what constitutes beauty is responsible for the immense annual waste of skill and money in the production of audacious, capricious, eccentric, and seductive modes. Many contributing causes promote false standards of taste and appropriateness: The remarkable facility manufacturers possess for reproducing in. rapid succession new fashion movements, the methods of keeping in touch with fashion centers through various publications, the gorgeous and startling displays in shop-windows and at theatres, all tend to dazzle the ignorant girl and evoke in her a desire to possess wealth because of the possibilities it offers....
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