Report of Fashion for Gentlemen : Autumn – Winter 1937 – 1938

A$175 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Limited edition

Kyoto : Yiewa Co., [1937]. Octavo, lettered wrappers, pp. [12], pale foxing, illustrated in black and white, a very good copy. Fashion catalogue for the firm of Yiewa with nine illustrations of fashionable men in western style dress, including formal wear, suits, overcoats and leisure wear, as well as two pages illustrating wool samples. Includes a price list (in Japanese) and a table explaining the appropriate setting for each costume (weddings, soirees, travel, horse-riding etc.). A charming art deco Japanese fashion catalogue.

• Binding: Hardcover

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