Compacts and Smoking Accessories (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780764307744)

Cosmetics and tobacco are two of the 20th century's most fascinating fashion influences, for they inspired new accessories for the well-dressed woman. This book highlights the evolution of popular vanity cases by investigating materials from compact, cigarette case and lighter manufacturers. The book begins with a history of cosmetics, and their impact on society, and goes on to show how compacts evolved to hold cosmetics and who fashioned them. The tobacco-related containers are also traced from their beginnings to the establishment of a new line of accessories for both men and women. Through her newly revised text and hundreds of color photographs and advertising pieces of examples arranged chronologically, the author provides a wealth of information in this growing collector's field.

Author: Roseann Ettinger
ISBN-10: 0764307746
ISBN-13: 9780764307744
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Language: English
Published: 02/05/1999
Pages: 160
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.80lbs
Size: 11.00h x 8.52w x 0.59d