Sunday, May 31, 2009

Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail



Product Description
This richly illustrated book celebrates the Victoria and Albert Museum's magnificent collection of 19th-century dress. A source of inspiration to many of today's top designers, these colorful items of clothing, seen here in glorious close-up, will delight all lovers of fashion, both historical and contemporary.

Some 150 pieces capture the opulence and variety of this era, from delicate embroidery on neoclassical gowns to the vibrant colors of crinolines and... More >>

Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail

Monday, May 25, 2009

Textile Designs: Two Hundred Years of European and American Patterns for Printed Fabrics Organized by Motif, Style, Color, Layout, and Period



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"Textile Designs is a dazzling, informative fabric encyclopedia of archival beauty. It is a necessary tool for the fashion industry, schools, and libraries." —Women's Wear Daily "An iconography of textile motifs and a vocabulary of pattern. . . . Highly recommended." —Choice Never before have printed textiles been celebrated in a book of this magnitude. Now in paperback, Textile Designs is the indispensable sourcebook for the colorful patterned ma... More >>

Textile Designs: Two Hundred Years of European and American Patterns for Printed Fabrics Organized by Motif, Style, Color, Layout, and Period

Friday, May 15, 2009

Fashion Design Course



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In this book, students will learn various methods of designing fashion, how to create and use inspirations, how fabric and colour strengthen a designers viewpoint, how to create dynamic fabric stories that form well-merchandized groups, and how to refine their own vision as a fashion designer. By mastering key principles, students will develop and refine their creativity and increase their understanding of what makes a successful design. In these pages, assignments ... More >>

Fashion Design Course

Tuesday, May 12, 2009

Sweater Surgery: How to Make New Things with Old Sweaters



Product Description
Contemporary crafters are thriving on personalizing, modifying, and altering fashion as not only hobbies but as a lifestyleWhy repurpose your sweaters? Because you can't buy sweater fabric by the yard. Sweaters get damaged or go out of style but we still love the prints, colors, and textures. You don't have time to knit it from scratch. It's ecologically correct. And most of all--it's fun!Sweater Surgery shows you how to upcycle all your slightly worn, slight... More >>

Sweater Surgery: How to Make New Things with Old Sweaters

Sunday, May 10, 2009

Survey of Historic Costume



Product Description
In the Preface of the 5th Edition of Survey of Historic Costume, Tortora and Eubank conclude
with the following: In the history of dress at the beginning of the 21st century,
costume might be compared to a constantly moving river. This river divides into many narrower
channels that separate, cross, come together, and separate again, and yet that river
continually moves on. Building on the previous editions, the authors update their analysis
of Western... More >>

Survey of Historic Costume

Saturday, May 9, 2009

Basics Fashion Design: Developing a Collection


  • ISBN13: 9782940373956
  • Condition: New
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Fashion collections vary depending on market level, product type, season, customer and retail outlets. "Basics Fashion Design: Developing a Collection" teaches the process from initial design ideas through development of product to the final outcome and its ultimate exhibition and sale, and includes an overview of fashion collections through the eyes of prominent fashion journalists.... More >>

Basics Fashion Design: Developing a Collection

Thursday, May 7, 2009

Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed


  • ISBN13: 9780300103120
  • Condition: New
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Over time and across cultures, extraordinary manipulations of the body have occurred in a continuing evolution of the concept of beauty. Fashion can be seen as the practice of some of the most extreme strategies to conform to shifting concepts of the physical ideal. Various zones of the body--the neck, the shoulders, the bust, the waist, the hips, and the feet--have been constricted, padded, truncated, or extended through subtle visual adjustments of proportion, les... More >>

Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed

Sunday, May 3, 2009

The Beauty of Color: The Ultimate Beauty Guide for Skin of Color



Product Description
From the beloved fashion icon and cosmetics entrepreneur, the first book to embrace global beauty and women of all ethnicities.

Few faces are as instantly recognizable as that of Iman's. She's been a groundbreaking supermodel for the world's top designers and a muse for photographers, and she is the founder of the world's most popular cosmetic brand for skin of color.

Now, in an era when the face of beauty has changed-and the most celebrated w... More >>

The Beauty of Color: The Ultimate Beauty Guide for Skin of Color

Saturday, May 2, 2009

Draping for Apparel Design



Product Description
This text combines step-by-step instructions illustrated to present the principles and
methods of draping. Author Helen Joseph-Armstrong incorporates three draping techniques
manipulating dart excess, adding fullness, and contour draping in design
projects featured throughout the text. Projects begin with a draping plan and fashion
drawing to identify its creative elements, and determine the draping technique required.
The author describes the drape ... More >>

Draping for Apparel Design

Friday, May 1, 2009

Pants for Real People: Fit and Sew for Any Body


  • ISBN13: 9780935278576
  • Condition: New
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This pattern book features step-by-step instructions on fitting and sewing pants for women of all different body types using the twin techniques of tissue- and fabric-fitting. Important sewing choices are highlighted, including choosing fabrics, selecting appropriate alteration tools, and finding styles that are most flattering. The fit-as-you-sew process of making pants is illustrated with progressive photographs of fitting pants for nine women of different size an... More >>

Pants for Real People: Fit and Sew for Any Body

Wrapped in Crochet: Scarves, Wraps, & Shawls


  • Dimensions: 10.25 in. h x 8.5 in. w x 0.4 in. d
  • Weight: 1.06 ounces
  • Made in US

Product Description
Learn to create stylish scarves, wraps, and shawls with this fresh approach to technique and construction that includes a variety of projects for a range of skill levels and varying time commitments. Featuring new and fashionable designs, this book of innovative projects is perfect for new and intermediate crocheters who want to take crochet to next level with clever stitch motifs, new techniques to shaping, and creative embellishment ideas, such as unusual edgings... More >>

Wrapped in Crochet: Scarves, Wraps, & Shawls

Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Fashion



Product Description
A fashion history from the 18th to the 20th century Clothes define people. A person's clothing, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality, or even religion. The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothing sociologically, historically, and artistically. Founded in 1978, the KCI holds one of the world's most extensive clothing collections and has curated many exhibitions... More >>

Fashion

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Fashion Illustration for Designers



Product Description
With a design orientation, FASHION ILLUSTRATION FOR DESIGNERS, 2/e is focused on teaching students how to develop contemporary drawing skills that will allow them to communicate their fashion vision. Fashion Illustration for Designers, 2e teaches students how to draw all the various fashion figures for men, women and children and features the latest in today’s fashion trends. From expanded Photoshop coverage to more on streetwear and activewear, it a... More >>

Fashion Illustration for Designers

Sunday, April 26, 2009

Men Are Stupid . . . And They Like Big Boobs



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Red-carpet fashion laureate, comic icon, and outspoken superstar Joan Rivers is uniquely qualified to talk about plastic surgery -- because she's one of the few celebrities unafraid to admit to the world what she's "had done" to keep looking so great. Now, in this no-holds-barred book, she gives women straight-talking advice on better living through looking better. Joan Rivers' abiding life philosophy is simple: in the appearance-centric society of the twenty-firs... More >>

Men Are Stupid . . . And They Like Big Boobs

Making Vintage Bags: 20 Original Sewing Patterns for Vintage Bags and Purses


  • ISBN13: 9781861085023
  • Condition: New
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Fashion-conscious ladies love their purses—and vintage is today’s key couture look. These bags draw inspiration from the elegance, glamour, and sophistication of styles popular in the 20s, 30s, 40s, and 50s, so they’re as exquisite as anything in a fine boutique…but at a fraction of the cost. There are 20 original projects in total (five per era) and they have wonderful details like beaded ring handles, three-dimensional trims, whimsical appliqués, and eye-... More >>

Making Vintage Bags: 20 Original Sewing Patterns for Vintage Bags and Purses

Saturday, April 25, 2009

Scarf Style: Innovative to Traditional, 31 Inspirational Styles to Knit and Crochet


  • Dimensions: 9.01 in. h x 8.52 in. w x 0.45 in. d
  • Weight: 1.15 ounces
  • Made in US

Product Description
This collection of 31 elegant and ingenious scarf designs tap the expertise of more than 25 knitwear designers who offer new ways to think about this most basic of garments. Designs by Kathryn Alexander, Debbie Bliss, Nancy Bush, Lily Chin, Nicky Epstein, Sasha Kagan, Sally Melville, and Kristin Nicholas are included, representing a varied exploration of techniques that provide innovative ways to think about knitting and crochet. Sections on knitting and crochet bas... More >>

Scarf Style: Innovative to Traditional, 31 Inspirational Styles to Knit and Crochet

Cool Couture: Construction Secrets for Runway Style


  • ISBN13: 9781589233898
  • Condition: New
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Cool Couture is a home sewer’s guide to professional, designer-quality construction and finishing. Fashion designer Kenneth King provides step-by-step instruction in the basic, reliable techniques of classical couture.    He provides his own shortcuts, careful instruction, and advice to help home sewers of every level produce impeccable results. Each technique is presented with simple how-to drawings and detailed step-by-step instruction. Fashion-forward photog... More >>

Cool Couture: Construction Secrets for Runway Style

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

The Fashion Designer's Directory of Shape and Style: Over 500 Mix-and-Match Elements for Creative Clothing Design


  • ISBN13: 9780764138669
  • Condition: New
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Both students of fashion design and professionals in the field will find valuable inspiration in this profusely illustrated idea book. More than 1,200 detailed illustrations provide the building blocks for designing imaginative and original clothing. The opening section serves as a photo-illustrated catalog of basic shapes for:

*Sleeves * Necklines * Hems * Pockets * Ties and Fastenings * Collars * Cuffs *Waistbands *Embellishments (lace, appliquque, etc.)... More >>

The Fashion Designer's Directory of Shape and Style: Over 500 Mix-and-Match Elements for Creative Clothing Design

Fabric Science



Product Description
This best-selling introductory text is for students and professionals who need a solid understanding of basic textiles. In addition to describing the fundamentals, it covers the increasing emphasis on textiles as a major international industry. This edition continues to address the variety of career opportunities in the design, production, marketing, and merchandising of textiles, apparel, and home products associated with the world of textiles.... More >>

Fabric Science

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Knitting Circles around Socks: Knit Two at a Time on Circular Needles


  • ISBN13: 9781564777393
  • Condition: New
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Why knit one sock and then start all over again to make a match? Instead, knit two socks at the same time on two circular needles! With this creative approach, you can slip a sock on each foot as soon as you bind off. * Get off to a great start with one basic sock pattern; then experiment with seven more designs * Make cuffs, feet, and toes match exactly from sock to sock; no more measuring as you go * Discover how easy it is to convert any sock pattern for double-p... More >>

Knitting Circles around Socks: Knit Two at a Time on Circular Needles

Thursday, April 16, 2009

The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style: How to Wear Iconic Looks and Make Them Your Own



Product Description
On the heels of the fabulously successful Lucky Shopping Manual comes the complete handbook for creating a great look based on ten iconic styles —packed with more than 450 color images.

With a circulation of 1.1 million, Lucky magazine has taken America’s most dedicated shoppers by storm, offering real-world advice and first-rate finds. Now the Lucky experts show how to put it all together in an inspiring collection of ideas that go beyond the bas... More >>

The Lucky Guide to Mastering Any Style: How to Wear Iconic Looks and Make Them Your Own

Sock Innovation: Knitting Techniques & Patterns for One-of-a-Kind Socks


  • Dimensions: 9 in. h x 8.5 in. w x 0.5 in. d
  • Weight: 1.06 ounces
  • Made in US

Product Description
Unconventional, rule-breaking socks are part and parcel in this unique guide to sock knitting that includes 15 new sock patterns. The skills of the average sock knitter are increased through design exploration and advanced stitch manipulation, treating the sock as a knitted canvas where elements are strategically and intentionally placed. New designs of floral lace patterns, angular geometric shapes, and unusual cables are presented along with detailed instructions ... More >>

Sock Innovation: Knitting Techniques & Patterns for One-of-a-Kind Socks

Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right


  • ISBN13: 9780471789208
  • Condition: New
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Breathe life into your creations With detailed examples, high-quality professional images, and a touch of humor, this is the fully revised and updated second edition of Jason Osipa's best-selling book on facial animation. You'll learn the basics of design, modeling, rigging, and animation-while mastering exciting new techniques for stretch-and-squash deformation, advanced blend extraction, and the latest software tools. Walk through the author's detail... More >>

Stop Staring: Facial Modeling and Animation Done Right

Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Vera: The Art and Life of an Icon


  • ISBN13: 9780810996045
  • Condition: New
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Legendary designer and artist Vera Neumann (1907–1993) believed in art’s ability to inspire and enrich lives. An innovator and one of the most successful female entrepreneurs of her time, Vera built her company on a radical philosophy: fine art should be accessible to everyone, not just a select few. Known for her iconic images of cheerful flowers, trendy geometrics, and vibrant ladybugs, she believed people should surround themselves with beauty.   For ... More >>

Vera: The Art and Life of an Icon

Monday, April 13, 2009

Miniature Food Masterclass: Materials and Techniques for Model-Makers


  • ISBN13: 9781861085252
  • Condition: New
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This exciting new collection from Angie Scarr takes miniaturists on a voyage of discovery and inspiration. In a master class packed full of ideas, techniques, and easy-to-follow images, Angie reveals the secrets of her amazingly intricate work and invites us to share her passion for miniature food. She discusses tools and materials, and demonstrates how to create liquid and translucent effects; do glazing, molding, and caning; and use gels and polymers. The mouth-wa... More >>

Miniature Food Masterclass: Materials and Techniques for Model-Makers

Sunday, April 12, 2009

The Science of Sexy: Dress to Fit Your Unique Figure with the Style System That Works for Every Shapeand Size



Product Description
A celebrity fashion designer gives every woman the red-carpet treatment in this foolproof guide to choosing clothes that make you look fabulous—with tailor-made tips for forty- eight body types.

From Oprah to Eva Longoria, top L.A. designer Bradley Bayou has dressed women of all shapes and sizes and knows that every woman has her own natural combination of silhouette shape, height, and weight. Style is not about fitting into the size you think is s... More >>

The Science of Sexy: Dress to Fit Your Unique Figure with the Style System That Works for Every Shapeand Size

Saturday, April 11, 2009

The Fundamentals of Fashion Design


  • ISBN13: 9782940373390
  • Condition: USED - Very Good
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This book offers an introductory look at fashion design--with a sophisticated twist. Sections include Pattern Construction and Cutting, Fashion Movements, Textiles, Creative Thinking, and Selling Clothes. With exciting visuals and clear text, The Fundamentals of Fashion Design uses detailed diagrams, historical references, and innovative layout to challenge readers to consider the underlying principles of design.... More >>

The Fundamentals of Fashion Design

More Big Girl Knits: 25 Designs Full of Color and Texture for Curvy Women


  • ISBN13: 9780307353740
  • Condition: New
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Look great without adding bulk.

The geniuses behind Big Girl Knits present 25 all-new curve-flattering projects that explore the beauty of color & texture.

Jillian Moreno and Amy R. Singer brought the average American woman—a size 14—a collection of stylish, flattering patterns in Big Girl Knits. Now they’re back with 25 new curve-friendly projects that embrace color and texture, plus adaptations to make almost any pattern suitable for all shapes... More >>

More Big Girl Knits: 25 Designs Full of Color and Texture for Curvy Women

Chanel and Her World



Product Description
Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel (1883–1971) is a fashion icon unlike any other. She invented modern clothing for women: at the height of the Belle Époque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair, put them in bathing suits, and sent them out to get tanned in the sun. She introduced slacks, costume jewelry, and the exquisitely comfortable suit. She made the first couture perfume—No. 5—which remains the most popular scent ever created. In this b... More >>

Chanel and Her World

Emilio Pucci



Product Description
Pucci, the pioneering Italian fashion brand


The prince of prints, his vision and legacy



Emilio Pucci (1914-1992) had a passion for women, a visionary sense of style, and an eye for color and design. With these talents he created a fashion house unlike any other. By the early 50s his boutique on the isle of Capri was catering to wealthy sophisticates, heiresses and movie stars buying his Capri pants , silk scarves and lightw... More >>

Emilio Pucci

Before You Put That On: 365 Daily Style Tips for Her



Product Description
Style guru Lloyd Boston is familiar to millions of viewers across the country as a fashion editor for NBC's Today show and a regular on E! Entertainment's Style Network. He's familiar to readers who made his style guides for men -- and the women who dress them -- bestselling books. Now with Before You Put That On, Boston delivers 365 expert fashion tips to help women create a wardrobe and a personal style they can be proud of every day of the year -- using much of w... More >>

Before You Put That On: 365 Daily Style Tips for Her

Thursday, April 9, 2009

Lifestyle Illustration of the 60s


  • ISBN13: 9781906863043
  • Condition: New
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The 1960s was an optimistic era of unprecedented change, and its heady zeitgeist was captured in the amazing range of artwork that adorned the magazines of the time. Lifestyle Illustration of the 60s is a colossal survey of magazine artwork from the Swinging Sixties. It not only provides revelatory insight into the extraordinary artistic talents of the illustrators featured--such as Austin Briggs, Lynn Buckham, Antonio Lopez and Coby Whitmore--but also tellingly elu... More >>

Lifestyle Illustration of the 60s

Custom Slipcovers Made Easy: Weekend Projects to Dress Up Your Dcor


  • ISBN13: 9780896895188
  • Condition: New
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Includes projects for fashion-conscious sewers who like to be creative and save money using yard sale treasures to mimic expensive designer originals. Helps sewers achieve a customized, and upholstered look with slipcovers. Custom Slipcovers Made Easy features a range of stylish projects to create seasonal "clothing" for furniture that is as practical and durable as grandma's slipcovers. Simple instructions and illustrated techniques enable even first ... More >>

Custom Slipcovers Made Easy: Weekend Projects to Dress Up Your Dcor

Art of Fashion Draping



Product Description
This revision of an easy-to-follow bestseller teaches the different methods and principles
involved in draping fabric on the dress form. The Art of Fashion Draping, 3rd Edition is organized
from basic to more advanced topics and includes a wide variety of styles. New and
revised illustrations and updated instructions keep the book up to date with a younger and
more fashionable look. This beautifully illustrated book is an invaluable teaching tool for
... More >>

Art of Fashion Draping

The Cutting Edge: Fashion from Japan



Product Description
The story of Japanese fashion is both brief and extraordinary and has challenged Western notions of fashion and aesthetics. The Cutting Edge examines this story and looks at the work of nineteen designers. Pioneers Hanae Mori, Kenzo Takada and the 'Big 3' - Rei Kawakubo (Comme des Garcons), Issey Miyake and Yohji Yamamoto - feature, and the exciting work of a new generation of designers, led by Junya Watanabe and Jun Takahashi, is also discussed. The influences and ... More >>

The Cutting Edge: Fashion from Japan

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

Knitting Lingerie Style: More Than 30 Basic and Lingerie-Inspired Designs


  • ISBN13: 9781584795773
  • Condition: New
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The only knitting book focused on lingerie and lingerie-inspired designs

Underwear has come out. Once kept demurely concealed, lingerie now pervades every fashion category, inspiring designs for day looks, loungewear, evening clothes, and accessories. Slips have become dresses unto themselves. Bra straps are meant to peek out from under tank tops. Camisoles are worn on their own or as layers over or under other clothes. Now, with Knitting Lingerie Style, desi... More >>

Knitting Lingerie Style: More Than 30 Basic and Lingerie-Inspired Designs

Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Found Object in Textile Art



Product Description
Textile artists have always used found objects, both for decoration and to imbue their work with meaning, and recently the practice has become even more popular. Cas Holmes is renowned for her use of 'the found', and her many-layered, atmospheric pieces have been shown around the world. The practice differs from recycling in that the objects often remain 'themselves' when they are incorporated into the work. The work is often conceived and built around the found obj... More >>

Found Object in Textile Art

Sunday, April 5, 2009

Folk Shawls: 25 knitting patterns and tales from around the world


  • ISBN13: 9781883010591
  • Condition: New
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Shawls are currently making a huge comeback in the fashion world, but many people do not realize that the shawl has been worn for many centuries and in many cultures. This collection of patterns and traditions features shawls from around the world. From the Himalayas to Spain, from Iceland to Japan, and from Mexico to Norway, many of the shawls featured here have been taken from examples of historic knitted shawls. Other designs have been translated into knitwear fr... More >>

Folk Shawls: 25 knitting patterns and tales from around the world

Saturday, April 4, 2009

100 Years of Fashion Illustration


  • ISBN13: 9781856694629
  • Condition: New
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A visual feast of 400 dazzling images, this is a comprehensive survey of the genre over the last century. The book also offers an overview of the development of fashion, as seen through the eyes of the greatest illustrators of the day. Early in the century fashion illustration reflected new, liberating currents in art and culture, such as the exoticism of the Ballets Russes, while the postwar period saw inspiration from the great Parisian couturiers. After the domin... More >>

100 Years of Fashion Illustration

Sew U: The Built by Wendy Guide to Making Your Own Wardrobe


  • ISBN13: 9780821257401
  • Condition: New
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Stitch N' Bitch for sewers complete with 3 full Simplicity patterns from downtown fashion darling Wendy Mullin.... More >>

Sew U: The Built by Wendy Guide to Making Your Own Wardrobe

Friday, April 3, 2009

Lanvin


  • ISBN13: 9780847829538
  • Condition: USED - Like New
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The House of Lanvin evolved from the creative force and remarkable energy of an extraordinary woman, Jeanne Lanvin. Her design career survived fifty-six successful and productive years. Lanvin is the oldest surviving couture house, in near-continuous existence from 1909 through the present day. Her body of work includes millinery, children’s wear, haute couture, fragrances, furs, lingerie, menswear, and interior design among others. The continuous public appeal ... More >>

Lanvin

Thursday, April 2, 2009

The Hermes Scarf: History & Mystique



Product Description
A sumptuous selection of Hermès scarves chosen from seven decades of creative innovation.The Hermès scarf is a style icon. Worn by royalty and celebrities, coveted and admired, and now avidly collected, this deceptively simple square of silk is much more than just a fashion accessory: it is the stuff of legend.

Since the first scarf made its debut in 1937, the House of Hermès has produced more than two thousand different designs... More >>

The Hermes Scarf: History & Mystique