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61) Vixen in velvet
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English
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"Lethally charming Simon Blair, Marquess of Lisburne, has reluctantly returned to London for one reason only: a family obligation. Still, he might make time for the seduction of a certain redheaded dressmaker--but Leonie Noirot hasn't time for him. She's obsessed with transforming his cousin, the dowdy Lady Gladys, into a swan. Leonie's skills can coax curves--and profits--from thin air, but his criminally handsome lordship is too busy trying to...
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Behind the Scenes is the life story of Elizabeth Keckley, a shrewd entrepreneur who, while enslaved, raised enough money to purchase freedom for herself and her son. Keckley moved to Washington, D.C., where she worked as a seamstress and dressmaker for the wives of influential politicians. She eventually became a close confidante of Mary Todd Lincoln. Several years after President Lincoln's assassination, when Mrs. Lincoln's financial situation had...
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English
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"In the small town of Celeste, Texas, Mitzi Taylor has never quite fit inside the lines. Nearly six feet tall, flame-haired, and with a plus-size spirit to match every curve, she's found her niche: a custom wedding-dress boutique catering to big brides-to-be with big dreams. Taking the plunge alongside her two best friends, she's proud they've turned The Perfect Dress into a perfect success. Just when Mitzi has it all pulled together, Graham Harrison...
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Simon Pulse
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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In 1880s New York, Bertie is given work as a seamstress, and is able to create exquisite evening gowns overnight with the help of a man from her tenement named Ray Stalls. When Ray asks for her firstborn child as repayment, Bertie never dreams that he is serious.
66) Fallen beauty
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English
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"Upstate New York, 1928. Laura Kelley and the man she loves sneak away from their judgmental town to attend a performance of the scandalous Ziegfeld Follies. But the dark consequences of their night of daring and delight reach far into the future.... That same evening, Bohemian poet Edna St. Vincent Millay and her indulgent husband hold a wild party in their remote mountain estate, hoping to inspire her muse. Millay declares her wish for a new lover...
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Atheneum Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
2008.
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English
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Summoned to the Great Castle of Firenze to create a special dress for Princess Isabella Caramella Gorgonzola, Anabel, a talented seamstress, is at first delighted but then increasingly despairing as time passes and her efforts are continually subverted by an unseen sprite.
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Pub. Date
2012.
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English
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A blue-eyed innocent on the outside and a shark on the inside, dressmaker Sophy Noirot could sell sand to Bedouins. Selling Maison Noirot's beautiful designs to aristocratic ladies is a little harder, especially since a recent family scandal has made an enemy of one of society's fashion leaders. Turning scandal to the shop's advantage requires every iota of Sophy's skills, leaving her little patience for a big, reckless rake like the Earl of Longmore....
69) Madensky Square
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1988.
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English
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Susanna Weber is the elegant proprietress of a dressmaking shop in Manensky Square in the glittering Vienna of 1911. It is a world of romance, music and gossip, where charming men pay outrageous compliments at the opera, and ancient noblewomen pay for silk petticoats with antique candlesticks.
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Series
Colección Andanzas ; 718
Publisher
Tusquets Editores
Pub. Date
[2010]
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Español
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En un pueblo del sur de España vive Frasquita Carrasco, una costurera que tiene fama de maga o de bruja, pues parece infundir vida a las prendas que confecciona. Un día, su marido se juega a Frasquita en una apuesta-- y pierde. Eso la obliga a cometer un adulterio y a marcharse del pueblo con sus hijos y huir a través de Andalucía, una región sumida hacia finales del siglo XIX en revueltas campesinas, en las que verán trágicamente implicados....
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Obsidian, an imprint of New American Library, a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
[2013]
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English
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"Harlow's designs will be featured in a big magazine spread, but she only has a few days to finalize her collection. Plus she's busy helping to plan her mother's upcoming wedding, playing host to her old friend Orphie, and avoiding a competitive Dallas designer set on stealing Harlow's ideas. Harlow's making it all work--until someone breaks into Buttons & Bows and the rival designer is found dead. But when a near miss makes it clear that Orphie could...
72) Fray
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Orbit, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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"Open revolt has been thwarted -- for now -- but unrest still simmers in the Kingdom of Galitha. Sophie, despite having built a thriving business on her skill at both dressmaking and magic, has not escaped unscathed from her misadventures in the workers' rebellion. Her dangerous foray into curse casting has rendered her powers unpredictable, and her increasingly visible romantic entanglement with the Crown Prince makes her a convenient target for...
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Five Star Publishing
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"In 1882, less than ten years after the Northern Pacific Railroad established a terminus on Commencement Bay and helped create a city called New Tacoma, the community is thriving. Stores, stables, a new hospital, and the beginnings of a hotel to rival San Francisco's Cliff House are going up. In town, horse-drawn street cars are pulled on gravel roads, and there is even the beginning of a new telephone system. In Nell Tanquist's opinion, the town...
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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"With a needle and thread, Harlow Jane Cassidy is capable of magic. Her neighbors in Bliss, Texas, on the other hand, are capable of murder.... Any garment Harlow stitches together has the power to grant the deepest desire of whomever wears it. So when she's asked to sew aprons for a local women's group, Harlow must get to know each member. First up is Delta Lee Mobley, who doesn't care much for Harlow's family--or anyone else in Bliss, for that matter....
77) A killing notion
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Publisher
Obsidian, published by the Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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Harlow is doing everything she can to expand her dressmaking business, Buttons & Bows--without letting clients know abot her secret charm. When she has a chance to create homecoming dresses with a local charity and handmade mums for several high school girls--including Gracie, whose father, Will, has mended Harlow's heart--she is reading to use her magical talents for a great cause. But when Gracie's date for the dance is accused of murder, Harlow...
79) A fitting end
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Series
Publisher
Obsidian
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Business is booming at Harlow Jane Cassidy's custom dressmaking boutique--even with her great-grandmother's ghost hanging around the shop. But after a local golf pro is found stabbed with dressmaking shears, the new town deputy suspects Harlow. Now she has to clear her name before the next outfit she designs is a prison jumpsuit.
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Publisher
Penguin Random House
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Español
Description
"Zaragoza, 1950. La joven Julia llega a la ciudad sola y embarazada, fruto de una relación prohibida con un hombre que acaba de morir. Aunque conoce las dificultades que entraña ser una mujer en sus condiciones, el deseo de labrar un futuro digno para su hijo la lleva a montar un salón de alta costura, con la ayuda de Rosita, una joven modista. Atraídas por su talento, las mujeres de las familias más adineradas de Zaragoza no tardarán en frecuentar...
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