The Secrets of Distinctive Dress Mary Brooks Picken

The Secrets of Distinctive Dress Mary Brooks Picken, 1918 1st Edition, compiled and written for Woman's Institute of Domestic Arts & Sciences, Inc. Scranton, Pa. Harmonious, Becoming, and Beautiful Dress, It's Value and How To Achieve It, with black and white photographs of actresses of the early 1900's showing beautiful fashions. The cover is a stunning purple with a gilt and green embossed lady in an elaborate dress. From a collector of antique and vintage fashion, he has kept this book very well protected.

Mary Pickford, Marion Davies, Billie Burke, Elsie Ferguson, Shirley Mason, Clara Kimball Young, Peggy Wood, Olga Petrova and many more are featured. Chapters include Your Individuality, The First Requisite, Appropriate Dress, Becoming Dress,Your Color, Developing Your style and Distinctive Dress and more. A chromolithograph color chart is a welcome addition to this book. A delight for those of you who adore the early 1900's, are enthralled with the actresses if this time, or collect books on antique American style and fashion. In good antique condition, owners name and the date 1921 discreetly in ink on the front cover. The corners are bumped but for a book over one hundred years old it is in remarkable condition.

• Measures 8 3/4" x 6 1/8".