Fashion from Royal Books, Inc.

San Francisco: N.p., 1989. Vintage "Glas Haus Fashionism: A Totalitarianform of Style Administered by the Fashionists" poster, for a fashion show produced by Glas Haus and Fad Magazine, held at San Francisco's Galleria [Design Center] at 101 Kansas Street, Saturday, March 18, 1989. Glas House was a short-lived 1980s arts magazine published in San Francisco, as well as… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Paris Opera, 1980. Vintage program for the 20th anniversary of the Salon International de l'Habillement Masculin (International Men's Clothing Show) from 1980, with text in both English and French. Also included are two tickets to the event on double weight, textured paper, an RSVP request folded twice, and a map of the theater with manuscript ink annotation identifying… Ler mais sobre este item

Culver City, CA: Columbia Pictures, 1953. Vintage reference photograph from the 1953 film. Four women in different walks of life all wear different versions of the same dress design called "Nude at Midnight"-each with the intention of getting something out of a man in her life. Set in Paris, New York City, Los Angeles and… Ler mais sobre este item

Beverly Hills, CA: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer [MGM], 1958. Vintage publicity photograph of fashion designer, writer, photographer, and art director Cecil Beaton, circa 1958. Mimeo snipe on the verso. Beaton's praised costumes for Lerner and Loewe's stage musical "My Fair Lady" in 1956 led to Beaton being rehired for "Gigi" (1958), as well as a film adaptation of "My Fair… Ler mais sobre este item

Munich: IN-Bild, 1969. Vintage borderless photograph of a German model in a black ski suit, leaning away from a modern mechanical device that is presumably related to snow skiing. Mimeo snipe on the verso in Spanish. The mimeo snipe notes that the model, "Monika," is wearing a black jumper made of the synthetic fiber Dralon, with yellow… Ler mais sobre este item

Los Angeles: Motown Productions, 1975. Two vintage studio still photographs from the 1975 film. One photograph with a mimeo snipe attached to the verso, one photograph with a folded mimeo snipe attached to the verso. A young woman from Chicago dreams of making it big in the fashion industry when she gets discovered and reinvented into fashion… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Archive of seven vintage jumbo oversize photographs taken by noted fashion photographer Ara Gallant, with Gallant's copyright stamps on the versos, circa 1970s - 1980s. Archive includes three photographs of Jack Nicholson, two black and white and one color, one black-and-white photograph of Angelica Huston, one color photograph of Ingrid Boulting, one black-and-white photograph of Veruschka… Ler mais sobre este item

Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox, 1966. Vintage reference photograph of Terence Stamp being bathed by nuns, from the set of the 1966 film. Based on the comic strip begun by Peter O'Donnell and Jim Holdaway in 1963. O'Donnell wrote an original screenplay for the film, although much of it was never used, and he novelized the film… Ler mais sobre este item

Saint Louis: M. Peterson Hair Company, 1919. Vintage catalog of human hair and cosmetic products advertised by St. Louis-based beauty supplier M. Peterson Hair Company. Catalog includes one laid-in leaf noting price changes for Fall 1919, and two pages are stamped "Owing to the advance in the cost of Raw Material, prices are subject to change without notice." … Ler mais sobre este item

San Francisco: Determined Productions, 1965. Vintage wall calendar for the year 1966, composed of twelve calendar sheets illustrated with twelve lithographs, held together at the top edge with a metal rod. Designed and illustrated by noted fashion artist Betty Brader, best known for her work for San Francisco specialty store Joseph Magnin, as well as her freelance… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1980. Archive of professional and vernacular photographs, flyers, newspapers, letters, and various ephemera relating to the Richmond-based African American musical group The Fantastic Waller Family, circa late 1970s-1980s. Formed in Richmond, Virginia in the mid-1970s, the show and dance band consisted of three brothers (Harry, Bruce, and Chris), two sisters (Karen and Sandra), and a five-piece… Ler mais sobre este item

New York: Fiorucci, 1983. Vintage flyer for the Fiorucci 15th Anniversary Party at Studio 54, which featured Madonna in her debut public performance, on May 19, 1983. The flyer, which also served as a ticket for two, is printed on the recto and the verso, with the acts listed on the verso as Man Parrish, Project Nebadon, Surprise Surprise… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Cinedis, 1958. Collection of 419 vintage black-and-white photographs, with original publicity ephemera, from the set of the 1958 film, "Night Heat," here under the original French title, "Cette nuit la." Featured are over 300 smaller photographs elegantly presented in two "Lavis aquarelle" spiral bound notebooks with maroon faux leather front wrappers and affixed paper title labels, with 3… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1966. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of Michelangelo Antonioni on the set of the 1966 film, with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "J. P. Berthome" on verso. Inspired by the 1959 short story "Las Babas del Diablo" by Julio Cortazar. Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language film, marking the beginning of the final phase of… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1967. Vintage double weight satin-finish test photograph of actors Diana Rigg and Patrick Macnee in costume as Emma Peel and John Steed, respectively, in a promotional shot for "The Avengers," circa 1967. With a printed mimeo snipe affixed to the verso, along with a stamp for St. Cross Features. From the archive of the PIX Agency, a… Ler mais sobre este item

Paris: Studio Piaz, 1934. Four vintage oversize photographs from the 1934 revival of Jacques Offenbach's 1875 operetta showing actress Josephine Baker in costume as Dora. All photographs with the stamp of Studio Piaz at the lower corner of the recto, and one with the address stamp of J. Manuel Richard, Baker's personal secretary, on the verso. The operatic… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1994. Vintage borderless double weight color reference photograph of director Robert Altman with Julia Roberts and Lyle Lovett on location at Roissy Airport (Charles de Gaulle Airport) for the 1994 film. French and English printed "Sipa Press" snipe and "Pica Pressfoto" label on verso. Altman's lightly sardonic take on Paris Fashion Week featuring an enormous… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: N.p., 1990. Photograph of Truman Capote and Gloria Vanderbilt at the Broadway premier of the Albert Camus play "Caligula," at the 54th Street Theatre, New York City, February 16, 1960, struck circa 1990s. Vanderbilt's then husband, Sidney Lumet, directed the production. Xerographically duplicated snipe, "PPCM," "Corbis-Bettmann" labels, and a third obscured label on verso. 8 x… Ler mais sobre este item

Universal City: Dino De Laurentiis Company, 1976. Collection of five vintage borderless studio still photographs from the 1976 film with bottom margins with text. Archival stamp on the verso. A brutal and exploitative revenge film about a fashion model (Margaux Hemingway) who is raped by her sister's music teacher (Chris Sarandon), who, after being acquitted at trial,… Ler mais sobre este item

N.p.: Delpire, 1966. Three vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1966 film. Both with the stamp of Tele-Magazine on the verso. An anarchic satire of the fashion industry directed by a true insider, Vogue magazine's longtime fashion photographer William Klein. Dorothy McGowan (in her first and only film appearance) stars as young model Polly Maggoo, who becomes… Ler mais sobre este item