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English
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Drawing on a vast array of sources, including interviews with the last surviving seamstress, this powerful book tells the story of the brave women who used their sewing skills to survive the Holocaust, exposing the greed, cruelty and hypocrisy of the Third Reich.
At the height of the Holocaust, young inmates of the Auschwitz-Birkenau concentration camp-- mainly Jewish women and girls-- were selected to design, cut, and sew beautiful fashions in a...
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Prince Sebastian is looking for a bride--or rather, his parents are looking for one for him. Sebastian is too busy hiding his secret life from everyone. At night he puts on daring dresses and takes Paris by storm as the fabulous Lady Crystallia--the hottest fashion icon in the world capital of fashion!" --
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English
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Since her parents' mysterious deaths many years ago, scientist Cora Sparks has spent her days in the safety of her university lab or at her grandmother Etta's dress shop. Tucked away on a winding Cambridge street, Etta's charming tiny store appears quite ordinary to passersby, but the colorfully vibrant racks of beaded silks, delicate laces, and jewel-toned velvets hold bewitching secrets: With just a few stitches from Etta's needle, these gorgeous...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
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"Prairie Lotus is a powerful, touching, multilayered book about a girl determined to fit in and realize her dreams: getting an education, becoming a dressmaker in her father's shop, and making at least one friend. Acclaimed, award-winning author Linda Sue Park has placed a young half-Asian girl, Hanna, in a small town in America's heartland, in 1880. Hanna's adjustment to her new surroundings, which primarily means negotiating the townspeople's almost...
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Series
Beautiful ; 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 16
Language
English
Description
"In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans is a safe haven after she's forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent in the middle of the carnival season, Celine is quickly enraptured by the vibrant city, from its music to its fancy soirées and even its danger. She becomes embroiled in the city's glitzy underworld, known as La Cour des...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 8
Language
English
Description
"In 1938, eleven-year-old Esther joins her father in tropical, multicultural Cuba, where they toil together to rescue the rest of their Jewish family from persecution in Poland. Includes notes about the author's grandmother, on whom the story is based."--
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Language
English
Description
"In 1924 Brooklyn, dress shop owner Beatrice forms a close friendship with a neighbor, leaving Alice, the teenaged orphan she brought to the north with her, feeling left out, setting off a series of events that force all three women to confront the past to envision a better future."--
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Publisher
Taunton Press
Language
English
Description
"The world of haute couture is a place where only a privileged few can ever hope to reside, right? Wrong. Fashion historian Claire B. Shaeffer opened the door to this exclusive realm in her authoritative guide to the techniques that define couture sewing. And now, the industry bible, Couture Sewing Techniques, has been revised and updated throughout -- with new photos and a chapter on specialty fabrics. No one can unravel couture garment construction...
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Publisher
Fairchild Publications
Language
English
Description
"A bestseller in the first edition, used by thousands of designers, 'The art of fashion draping' has been revised and expanded and is now even better. The clear step-by-step instructions and illustrations guide the beginner or experienced designer to master draping patterns from the simple to the more complicated designs. For anyone involved in fashion design, this beautifully illustrated book is an invaluable teaching tool and reference guide. With...
Publisher
Interweave Press
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
"With this book, you'll be able to make 25 new garments by working with only the 8 basic full-size patterns included. Each pattern shows you which folds and cutting lines to use for each unique garment. Almost all of the garments are sized as extra small (XS), small (S), medium (M), and large (L). Pattern 8 is sized S, M, and L"--P. 6.
