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Cover of A Perfect Fit: How Lena “Lane” Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion
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A Per­fect Fit: How Lena ​“Lane” Bryant Changed the Shape of Fashion
Mara Rockliff; Juana Martinez-Neal, illus.
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The Dress­mak­ers of Prospect Heights
Kit­ty Zeldis
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The Dress­mak­ers of Auschwitz: The True Sto­ry of the Women Who Sewed to Survive 
Lucy Adlington
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Miss Dior: A Sto­ry of Courage and Couture
Justine Picardie
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Coco At The Ritz
Gioia Dilib­er­to
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Par­rots, Pugs, and Pix­ie Dust: A Book About Fash­ion Design­er Judith Leiber
Deborah Blumenthal, Masha D’Yans (illus.)
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Life’s Acces­sories: A Mem­oir and Fash­ion Guide
Rachel Levy Lesser
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Visu­al Arts
Isaac Mizrahi
Chee Pearlman and Ulrich Lehmann
Essay

When a Pic­ture Speaks a Thou­sand Words

Ear­li­er this week, Helen Maryles Shankman ques­tioned whether her fic­tion­al sto­ries triv­i­al­ize the Holo­caust. She is guest blog­ging all week as a Vis­it­ing Scribe…
Helen Maryles Shankman
February 4, 2016
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Rhine­stones, Reli­gion, and the Repub­lic: Fash­ion­ing Jew­ish­ness in France
Kimberly A. Arkin
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A Cul­tur­al His­to­ry of Jew­ish Dress
Eric Silverman
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Visu­al Arts
Jews of Today: A Primer on Hasidic Dress
Michael Levin
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Visu­al Arts
Art & Sole
Jane Weitzman; Lucas Zarebinski, photography
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Dress­ing Mod­ern Mater­ni­ty: The Frank­furt Sis­ters of Dal­las and the Page Boy Label
Kay Goldman
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Fran­ci’s War: A Wom­an’s Sto­ry of Survival 
Franci Rabinek Epstein (auth.), Helen Epstein (fwd.)
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Levi Strauss Gets a Bright Idea: A Fair­ly Fab­ri­cat­ed Sto­ry of a Pair of Pants
Tony Johnston; Stacy Innerst, illus.
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