Author: BYERS, MARGARETTA. (WITH KAMHOLZ, CONSUELO).
Title: Designing Women. The Art, Technique, and Cost of Being Beautiful. (Illustrated by Jane Miller).
Description: London: John Miles, 1939. 1st British edition."Written by two American heads of fashion, Designing Women looks at the British woman with complete honesty, compliments her successes and discovers her weaknesses..For a young girl who wants to avoid years of earning dress experience by bad buying; for the middle-aged woman who would like to know how to pep up her appeal; for the husband who would tactfully inform his wife that if she looked less house-frowsy, he would better enjoy her cooking.." (introduction by Zoe Farmer). Pp.285, frontispece + further black & white illustrations by Jane Miller, coloured title page. Black cloth, silver title to front and spine. VG.

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