Hip Handbags : Creating & Embellishing 40 Great-Looking Bags (Hardcover)
Preço: R$134,00 All the techniques for making a uniquely personal purse are right here. Forty projects offer a wide variety of fabulous choices, featuring great fabrics and design options, including novelty threads, raffia ribbon, straps made of jeweled necklaces and bracelets, beautiful yet easy embroidery, and more. Crafters who really want to start from scratch will find 25 simple sewing projects, all originating from seven basic patterns, ranging from a flat folding purse to an oval pocketbook made from iridescent ruched silk. Another 15 designs use plain store-bought bags as a canvas for creative embellishments, such as transforming a simple black clutch with elegant silk flowers, or turn a basic leather purse into something special with whimsical appliqué. An attractive gallery provides additional inspiration. A Main Selection of the Crafters Choice Book Club.An editor for Lark Books, Shrader began sewing at age 11; here she shares her passion with readers in a lavishly illustrated how-to. For Shrader, "what a girl really wants is a fabulous, never-seen-it-before can't-even-buy-it handbag," and her book sets out to show readers how to make not one but 40. Each bag gets its own verso-recto spread, with its own name ("The Summer of Love Pouch," "The Marie Antoinette"), full-page color shot and page of directions. Not every bag here has been made by Shrader, but her directions are short and clear throughout. Though the general absence of patterns for most may be off-putting to some, a set of "standard techniques" covers most all of the bags shown (with a few detailed as needed); a section of basics covers materials, linings, embellishments, "Sewing 101" terms and a "project key," and should carry most readers with basic skills through the book-and on to carrying the bags themselves.

Bags: A lexicon of style
by ValerieSteele                           Preço: R$126,00 A glorious homage to the fashion and culture of the modern handbag, with interviews and images from all the leading houses—Chanel, Fendi, Kate Spade, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Hermès, and Bottega Veneta, to name but a few. Whether it’s the tiny hand-held jewel that holds only a lipstick or the trendy Prada backpack, handbags are our most essential accessory. The ultimate status symbol, bags also speak volumes about our approach to style. This gorgeous book presents the best of contemporary design from the world’s leading firms. Ranging from the status bags of Gucci and Hermès to the exquisite beaded purses of Jamin Puech and Nathalie Hambro, and laden with color photos and sketches, Bags: A Lexicon of Style is a must for fashion lovers and those with a sense of bags as art.
Valerie Steele is Chief Curator of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. A cultural historian specializing in fashion, she is the editor of Fashion Theory and a contributor to periodicals that range from APERTURE and ARTFORUM to VISIONAIRE and VOGUE. Among her books are The Corset: A Cultural History, Paris Fashion, Fetish, and Fifty Years of Fashion. Laird Borrelli, a fashion historian, also works at The Museum at F.I.T.

Handbag Chic: 200 Years of Designer Fashion (Hardcover)
by Desire Smith
This comprehensive new book celebrates over 550 top quality handbags by leading and unknown designers the world over, dating from 1759 to 2004, with detailed information to describe their outstanding qualities. These carefully selected handbags are arranged by their primary materials and chronologically within each chapter, for easy reference and interesting comparisons. Here fine leather, fabric, metal, beaded, skin, and plastic handbags from all over Europe, England, Canada, The United States, and Asia appear in over 600 beautiful color photographs. Examples appear from the design houses of Adele Handbags, Asprey, Bergdorf Goodman, Bonnie Cashin for Coach, Cartier, Chanel, Coblentz, Collins of Texas, deLillo, Elizabeth Arden, Emilio Pucci, Fendi, Givenchy, Gucci, Halston, Hermes, I. Miller, Joret, Judith Lieber, Keiselstein-Cort, Llewellen, Mandalian, Mark Cross, Marvel, Nettie Rosenstein, Patricia of Miami, Pierre Cardin, Raoul Calabro, Rialto, Roger Van S., Ronay, Rosenfeld, sydney love, Tiffany, Tropic, Tyrolean, Virginia Merrill, Viva, Whiting & Davis Co., Wilardy Original, Zandra Rhodes, and many more. An extensive Glossary, informative Resources section, Bibliography, and Index make this book friendly while instructional, securing an important place in the libraries of fashion historians, vintage clothing buffs, antique dealers, and accessories collectors alike.
About the Author
Desire Smith is a former high school English teacher in Philadelphia and currently a fashion historian and the author of several books about vintage clothing. She is a consultant for Alderfer Auction Company, in Hatfield, Pennsylvania.

Carried Away : All About Bags (Hardcover)
by Farid Chenoune
The bag is one of the most universal and oldest objects invented by humankind. What began as a prosaic item for everyday use can now be a luxurious treasure that confers instant status. In this unique, lavishly illustrated volume, published to accompany the exhibition Le Cas du Sac, noted fashion historian Farid Chenoune and 24 experts present an unimaginable wealth of bags made for everyone from kings and celebrities to shamans and vagabonds.
This comprehensive book explores the bag as high-fashion totem; travelers' bags; bags for professionals; bags related to money and ceremony; and bags as talismans. The beautiful illustrations, including paintings, fashion photographs, and ethnographic and decorative objects, reveal the variety and importance of bags throughout time, from designer Philip Treacy's silk evening bag printed with Andy Warhol's signature Campbell Soup cans, to the pangu, the bags used by Bamum tribal kings of Western Africa for holding the sovereign's regalia. A co-publication with Hermès, the Parisian designer of luxurious bags and leather goods, Carried Away is sure to delight fashion enthusiasts and those interested in material culture from around the world. AUTHOR BIO: Farid Chenoune is a cultural and fashion historian. He teaches at the Institut Français de la mode and the Ecole national supérieure des arts décoratifs. He has written, among other works, A History of Men's Fashion; Beneath It All: A Century of French Lingerie, and a monograph on Jean-Paul Gaultier. He writes frequently for French Vogue.

Handmade Bags (Paperback)
by Terence Terry, Caroline Darke
A handbag can make or break an outfit. Many people spend hours–and a lot of money–searching for the perfect bag and still come up empty handed. So what’s the solution? Make one at home! Handmade Bags provides easy to follow, step-by-step instructions for a wide range of different handbag styles, using a variety of materials. The 30 projects include everything from simple sequined felt bags to ornate leather designs. They include tote bags, a drawstring bag, a backpack, and wedding bag. Crafters of all skill levels will find a bag to suit every occasion and outfit.
Also includes explanations and descriptions of different materials, tools, techniques, and decorations, including professional tips and shortcuts to help achieve a perfect finish.
• Full-color photographs to guide readers
• 30 projects to inspire the novice and expert alike
• Create gorgeous, personalized handbags for self, friends, and family

The Hip Handbag Book: 25 Easy to Make Totes, Purses and Bags (Paperback)
by Sherri Haab 
Tweens and teens will love this guide to making 25 unique, fabulous purses-all presented with easy-to-follow steps and cool illustrations! The projects use a range of unconventional, inexpensive materials, all easily obtainable, including contact paper, felt, old blue jeans, shoelaces, and place mats. Purses are quick and easy to make, some requiring only tape and a hole punch, others a simple sewing stitch easy for this age to master. Full-color photographs of the finished projects are included. 

Making Handbags : Retro, Chic, Luxurious (Paperback)
by Ellen Goldstein-Lynch 
Create affordable, designer-quality handbags right in your own home -even if you've never sewn a stitch. Using just 4 master patterns, readers learn to use fabrications and embellishments to make everything from vintage styles to fun and trendy beaded bags, from faux fur to fringed bags. Each bag takes cues from major fashion houses, highlighting the best styles from recent decades. Looking for evening drama? Try a crystal clutch. Want to create a conversation piece? Create a fabulous beach bag out of a block-print towel. Complete with shortcuts, tips, and secrets from the Accessories Design staff at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, this smart guide can turn any reader into a do-it-yourself fashion designer.

Making Leather Handbags and Other Stylish Accessories (Paperback)
by Ellen Goldstein-Lynch 
For anyone who feels she can never have too many handbags, this book is for you. Crafters, sewers, and lovers of handbags and leather goods are invited to take a one-on-one course in handbag and accessory construction and design with this new Rockport title. Written by three accomplished professors from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York City, this book takes a fun approach to fashionable designs that are not only beautiful but also simple to create.
Learn to construct fabulous handbags as well as other related accessories including cell phone cases, eyeglass cases, a belt and belt bag, wallets, an agenda book cover, and a cosmetic case. All projects are made from garment weight leathers and can be created on a typical home sewing machine.
Numerous photos, step-by-step illustrations, and, best of all, insider?s tips for constructing these pieces and customizing the patterns to your own personal style are included.
About the Author
Ellen Goldstein-Lynch is the chairperson of the accessories design department at the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York and has been involved in the accessories field for more than 25 years. An authority on handbags and accessories, she has been featured on national television and in print. Goldstein-Lynch lives in Port Washington, New York. Sarah Mullins is a graduate and faculty member at FIT. She designs for several New York-based companies and has her own line of unique handbags. Her passion is experimenting with different combinations of materials. She lives in Brooklyn, New York. Nicole Malone is an accessories designer with a zeal for handbags. She has freelance experience in pattern making, sample making, and construction of one-of-a-kind creations for various handbag and fashion designers. A graduate of FIT, she currently designs and produces her own line of handbags and belts under the name Stargon Accessories. Malone lives in Brooklyn, New York.