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Last week, I took a tour of the Phoenix Art Museum’s library, which is open to the public and full of wonders. One of those is The Astaire Library of Costume and Fashion. This small room within the art library houses an assortment of books on such topics as fashion, etiquette and art, which were […]

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From “Economics of Fashion” by Paul Nystrom. 1928. Both our copies were victims of oversewing, vandalism, and acidic paper. I rather like the graffiti on this page, because it looks like she’s speaking a magic spell or something.