About this title: This oversized edition is designed as a high fashion catalog with saucy copy and retro illustrations. A Book Sense 76 Selection and American Library Association Best Book for Young Adults, it is also the winner of a Stora Enso Design and Production Award.
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Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Candlewick Pr
Date Published: 2006-10-24
ISBN-13:9780763632625ISBN:0763632627
Description: NEW. Softcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780763632625. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Candlewick
Date Published: 2006
ISBN-13:9780763632625ISBN:0763632627
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Like New. New hardcover with dust jacket, blue line through barcode sticker on back, minor corner bumps, ships within 24 hr, sku nr380abcd. read more
Binding: HB
Publisher: Candlewick Press, MA
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780763614133ISBN:0763614130
Description: VG/VG- in VG/VG- jacket. DJ: some rubbing & edgewear; some creasing at edges. Book: some rubbing & edgewear; couple small bumps on bottom edge; overall clean & tight. Beautifully illustrated. read more
Binding: HC
Publisher: Candlewick Press, Cambridge, MA
Date Published: (2002) 1st ed
ISBN-13:9780763614133ISBN:0763614130
Description: color illustrations. fine w/fine dustjacket (hardcover) 116pp. ISBN 0763614130 Enclosed within these covers is the latest collection from the top fairie couturier, the House of Ellwand. Whether you're heading to a cotillion or a picnic, a parade or a comet-counting party, Ellwand is the look. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick Pr
Date Published: 2002-11-01
ISBN-13:9780763614133ISBN:0763614130
Description: NEW. Hardcover. From an inventory that is 100% brand-new, 100% direct from the publishers' distribution channel. We carry NO pre-owned, NO remaindered. We pack in CARDBOARD to ensure the pristine quality is maintained. (Bubble-wrap alone is NOT sufficient to protect from USPS equipment. ) Guaranteed brand-NEW, protected with CARDBOARD, your satisfaction is guaranteed. BKLUVID: 9780763614133. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780763614133ISBN:0763614130
Description: New. Brand New! Buy with confidence-your satisfaction is guaranteed at B-Logistics! Due to the large scale of our operation, we do not have access to the specific contents/condition of our items. Please note that Expedited shipping is not available at this time. read more
Description: Very good; Collectible. Ex Library copy in excellent condition. No writings/underlines/highlights. Pages are nice and clean. Minor shelfwear. Free deliver confirmation! Satisfaction guaranteed! read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Walker Books Ltd
Date Published: 2002
ISBN-13:9780744580655ISBN:074458065X
Description: New. NEW-SHOP SOILED COPY-TRUSTED DEVON (UK) BASED SELLER-IN STOCK-SENT WITHIN 1 WORKING DAY-AVAILABLE BY EMAIL FOR QUERIES-NO QUIBBLE REFUND IF NOT COMPLETELY SATISFIED- read more
Edition: First edition
Binding: Hardcover
Date Published: 2002
Description: From the House of Ellwand. SIGNED. Very close to fine and bright in like illustrated dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Covers the latest trends while flying before their homes in the middle west and New England. This copy is exquisitely inscribed in decorative fashion on the opening flyleaf by the author and dated the year of publication. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Candlewick
Date Published: 2002-11-01
ISBN-13:9780763614133ISBN:0763614130
Description: Good. This is a used book in good condition with normal wear and tear and may contain some writing, minor shelf wear and creases. Items are uploaded via ISBN and stock photo may be different from actual book cover. read more
"The fashion-magazine size and layout of this weighty volume is no mistake; Fairie-ality is an imaginative presentation of haute couture for fey folk. Based on the premise that faeries have a season, like the tony upper class, and thus require costumes for spring balls and summer swim parties, Bird and Dowton present a photo essay of tiny designer clothing concocted from natural objects: flowers, leaves, acorn caps, feathers and more.
Gowns take shape with peacock feathers, grass blades and petal skirts, paired with birchbark stilletos. Snakeskin adds pattern and texture to basic-cut undergarments. Seeds and shells add embellishment. Pheasant feathers reveal their glorious tones in a pullout section on cotillion collections. Not just for ladies, there are coordinating outfits for men as wel, including a sleek black crow feather jacket adorned with periwinkle shell buttons. There is even a ready to wear section, with pages cut into three horizontal strips for mixing and matching of tops, bottoms, and stylish caps. The pieces de resistance are outfits for a royal family, and the wedding party garments, including a mother of the bride gown augmented with fluffy feathers, a top hat and peacock lined coat for the groom, and a gossamer white lily and feather gown for the bride.
In addition to the crisp, closeup, full-color photography, designer's sketches and watercolors accompanying many of the final products. The font matches each collection, by turns formal, hip or romantic. The textures are so clear the urge to run one's fingers over the pages is irresistable. The accompanying text could be straight out of the pages of Vogue. The captions are lush and descriptive, and narrative accompanies each section, outlining the events appropriate for each collection, or whom each piece might be worn by. Readers will spend hours pouring over the pages and marveling at the tiny details. Although not a must have, the excellence in execution and high re-readability rate a high recommended for most browsing collections."
"This is a marvelous book of finery designed to be worn by faeries. Materials include pressed flowers, feathers, seashells, and other natural objects. Fashions have drawing concepts to go with the finished products. The photography is fabulous. The writing is witty.
To give you an example of the feel of the book, here is a quote from a review on Amazon:
The descriptions for the designs are each more breath-taking than the one before as evidenced by this commentary for the astonishing Maid of Honor dress: "Silky crow feathers and a single green parrot feather gather in layers, creating the touch-me velveteen look of the skirt - spellbinding. The bodice and straps are lily leaves; the overbodice, a whispering tracery of skeleton leaf. Sumptuous.""
"A beautiful book of fairy couturier clothing for every occation. All the outfits are made from items found in nature. The dresses are so beautiful, I wish I could have one for real.
Which one would you wear if you were a fairy?
*The Fanciful Pheasant for fall? The Fanciful Pheasant-Pheasant feather skirt, beaech leaf bodice, and the unexpected Chinese lantern puff sleeves.
@Titania Gown for dancing? Skin-tingling combination of pigeon (the skirt) and pheasant (the sleeves) with constricted snakeskin bodice.
*Stargazer Spring Dress for running thru spring roses? The skirt is a carnival of stargazer lilies; the top, a wrapped lilly, secured by narrow lily straps.
^The Rhubarb Skirt goes with everything for going everywhere. Wide-wale rhubarb leaves topped with an oak leaf belg, rosebuds, and a red rum seed. Decorous yet earthy. Don't forget the hats, shoes, and swimwear!"
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