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First edition of the 1992 book by supergraphics creator and design legend Barbara Stauffacher Solomon.
A poetic exploration of California's landscape, nature, and gardens mixes supergraphic pioneer Barbara Stauffacher Solomon's drawings, collages, and photographs with a lively text to bring the state's seductive terrain to life.
Seventeenth-century European explorers imagined California to be an island; in Solomon's view, the Golden State today is an oasis of myths and illusions. Spliced together with her own images of highways, the Marlboro Man, painted maps, conceptualist doodles and photomontages, her reflective free-form essay presents the California dream as a triumph of the synthetic, a narcissistic haven where "everyone writes their own myths," where originality is passe and "freedom is being free to conform." A California artist and architect, Solomon ( Green Architecture and the Agrarian Garden ) here provides a social topology of gardens, from San Franciscans' backyard vegetable patches to the golf-course-sized lawns of conservative Republicans. She examines the racist and jingoist underpinnings of westward-moving Americans' myth of Manifest Destiny, then looks at California's new wave of Asian and Latino immigrants, squeezed in a state where "poverty has always been a sin." A disturbing, provocative collage.
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon is also the author of
Please note that due to this item being a vintage, out-of-print item, there is wear and tear, along with slight discoloration and cut corners of miscellaneous pages.
Size charts can help you to determine your own size. When you order clothes, it is worth remembering that using a tape measure can help you to ensure that the clothes are a good fit. This will help you to avoid returning clothes unnecessarily. The pictures show where you should take measurements. The measurements on the size chart are fixed body measurements in inches. The measurements are for normal body shapes (the basis is the C measurement).
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A – Collar: The collar size is measured by placing the tape measure around the neck and placing the index finger between the tape measure and the throat. This measurement dictates the shirt size. B – Bust: The bust size is measured from the highest point of the bust when a bra is worn. C – Waist: The waist size is measured around the narrowest part of the waist. D – Hip: The hip measurement is taken from the broadest part of the hip. E – Inside leg: The inside leg measurement is taken from the crotch to the floor. Please note that the inside leg measurement of trousers is often provided in the product description. |
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Use this chart to convert between standard size formats.
| EUR | US | FR | UK | IT | JAP | |
| XS | 32 - 34 | 4 - 6 | 34 - 36 | 6 - 8 | 38 - 40 | 5 |
| S | 36 | 8 | 38 | 10 | 40 -42 | 7 |
| M | 38 - 40 | 10 - 12 | 38 - 40 | 12 - 14 | 42 - 46 | 9 - 11 |
| L | 42 | 14 | 42 | 16 | 46 -48 | 13 |
| XL | 44 - 46 | 16 - 18 | 46 - 48 | 18 - 20 | 48 - 52 | 15 |
| Extra loose | Chest | Waist | Hip | Inside leg length | ||
| S | XS | 32 | 29.25" - 30.75" | 22.75" - 24.5" | 32.25" - 33.75" | 28.8" |
| 34 | 30.75" - 32.25" | 24.5" - 26" | 33.75" - 35.5" | 29.25" | ||
| S | 36 | 32.25" - 33.75" | 26" - 27.5" | 35.5" - 37" | 29.6" | |
| M | M | 38 | 33.75" - 35.5" | 27.5" - 29.25" | 37" - 38.5" | 30" |
| 40 | 35.5" - 37" | 29.25" - 30.75" | 38.5" - 40.25" | 30.4" | ||
| L | 42 | 37" - 38.5" | 30.75" - 32.25" | 40.25" - 41.75" | 30.8" | |
| L | XL | 44 | 38.5" - 40.25" | 32.25" - 33.75" | 41.75" - 43.25" | 31.2" |
| 46 | 40.25" - 41.75" | 33.75" - 35.5" | 43.25" - 45" | 31.6" | ||
| XXL | 41.75" - 44" | 35.5" - 37.75" | 45" - 47.25" | 32"" | ||
| XXXL | 44" - 46.5" | 37.75" - 40.25" | 47.25" - 49.5" | 32.4"" |
The sock size is the length of the sole of the foot from the heel to the end of the longest toe.
| EUR | US | Foot length in inches |
| 34 - 36 | 4 - 6 | 8.7" - 9.1" |
| 37 - 39 | 7 -9 | 9.3" - 9.8" |
| 40 - 42 | 10 - 12 | 10" - 10.6" |
| 43 - 45 | 13 - 15 | 10" - 10.6" |
| 46 - 48 | 16 - 18 | 10.8" - 11.4" |
The belt length is measured up to the hole in the belt that is normally used.
| EUR in cm | US in inches |
| 75 | 29.2" |
| 80 | 31.2" |
| 85 | 33.2" |
| 90 | 35.1" |
| Foot Length (inches) | EU / Italy | UK | US | France | Japan |
| 9.2" | 36 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 23 |
| 9.4" | 37 | 4 | 7 | 38 | 24 |
| 9.6" | 38 | 5 | 8 | 39 | 24.5 |
| 9.9" | 39 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 25.5 |
| 10" | 40 | 7 | 10 | 41 | 26 |
| 10.2" | 41 | 8 | 11 | 42 | 26.5 |
| EUR | UK | Chest in inches | Collar in inches |
| XS | XS - S | 33.5" - 35.1" | 14" - 14.4" |
| S | S - M | 35.5" - 37.1" | 14.8" - 15.2" |
| M | M - L | 37.4" - 39" | 15.6" - 16" |
| L | L - XL | 39.4" - 41.3" | 16.4" - 16.8" |
| XL | XL - XXL | 41.7" - 43.3" | 17.2" - 17.6" |
| XXL | XXL | 43.7" - 45.2" | 17.9" - 18.3" |
