Patricia K. Flynn
Batterberry, Michael and Ariane.
Mirror, Mirror: A Social History of Fashion
. New York: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1977.
A contemporary history of clothing. Pages 333 to 353 have photographs that can be helpful to students.
Dorner, Jane.
Fashion in the Forties and Fifties.
New Rochelle, New York: Arlington House Publishers, 1975.
Good photographs of the clothing of the 1950’s.
Folse, Nancy McCarthy and Marilyn Henrion.
Careers in the Fashion Industry: What the Jobs are and How to Get Them
. New York: Harper & Row, 1981.
Teens not only wear their unique clothing; they may want to carry further their interests and skills in clothing to a career.
Lee, Sarah Tomerlin, Ed.
American Fashion
. New York: Quadrangle/ The New York Times Book Company, 1975.
This book contains many large illustrations of high fashion designers’ work that may interest students.
Lindop, Edmund.
An Album of the Fifties
. New York: Franklin Watts, 1978.
A pictorial history of the 1950’s in the United States.
Sloane, Eunice Moore.
Illustrating Fashion
. New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1968.
A valuable source that offers a wealth of information about fashion illustrating.
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Capri Pants
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Body Proportions
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Block Forms
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Balance and Action Line. Relaxed pose-weight on one foot. Horizontal lines follow one direction above waistline—opposite direction below.
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Figure 5.
Balance and Action Line
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Female and Male Head
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Hands and Feet
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Figure 8.
Spiral Forms