Fashions in Eyeglasses
- ISBN-10
- 0720613469
- ISBN-13
- 9780720613469
- Category
- Design
- Pages
- 336
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011
- Publisher
- Peter Owen Limited
- Author
- Richard Corson
Description
This is the most comprehensive history of eyewear to be published in English, fully updated to the present day. A companion volume to Fashions In Hair and Fashions In Make-Up (also published by Peter Owen), these are all the work of the late, near-legendary Richard Corson, a world-renowned expert in his field. An indispensable sourcebook for anyone working in fashion or the theatre, it is also a fascinating journey through time for the historian and the general reader. -- Product Description.
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