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    “Textiles: The Art of Mankind” by Mary Schoeser.

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    Velveteen by Felix Aubert, French, 1897-1898.

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    Margaret Crowther, “Fandango,” 2007.

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    Pieced panel by Uzbekistani artisans.

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    “Alexander McQueen: The Life and the Legacy” by Judith Watt.

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    Gemma Ward in the finale dress from McQueen’s fall 1999 collection, The Overlook.

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    Daphne Guinness wearing a tulle bustled evening dress from Alexander McQueen’s Sarabande spring 2007 collection.

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    Daphne Guinness wearing McQueen for Harper’s Bazaar UK, 2011.

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    “Hollywood Unseen: Photographs from the John Kobal Foundation,” edited by Gareth Abbott.

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    Ronald Reagan at home in Pacific Palisades, Warner Bros., 1954.

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    Greta Garbo at MGM, 1926.

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    Gregory Peck and Ava Gardner on the set of “On the Beach,” United Artists, 1959.

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    “The Perfect Gentleman: The Pursuit of Timeless Elegance and Style in London” by James Sherwood.

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    Interior details of the Piccadilly shop of shirtmakers Budd Ltd., established in 1910.

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    The looms of Fox Brothers & Co., returned to their original weaving sheds by new owners in 2012.

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    A color engraving of an English gentleman in 1745.

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