Twentieth Century Fashion in Detail
Title | Twentieth Century Fashion in Detail PDF eBook |
Author | Valerie Mendes |
Publisher | Victoria & Albert Museum |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 2009-10-01 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 9781851775712 |
Originally published as: Modern fashion in detail.
Nineteenth-century Fashion in Detail
Title | Nineteenth-century Fashion in Detail PDF eBook |
Author | Lucy Johnston |
Publisher | Victoria & Albert Museum |
Pages | 232 |
Release | 2005 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN |
A glorious companion volume to Historical Fashion in Detail- The 17th and 18th Centuries and Modern Fashion in Detail, this book captures the opulence and variety of nineteenth-century fashion through an authoritative text, exquisite colour photography and line drawings of the complete garments. From the delicate embroidery on neoclassical gowns to the vibrant colours of crinolines and the elegant tailoring of men's coats, the richness of the period is revealed in breathtaking detail. The garments showcased here, drawn from the V&A Museum's world famous collection, were at the height of fashion in their time. They display a remarkable range of colours, materials and construction details- from the intricate boning on women's corsets to the patterned silk of men's waistcoats. Seen in close-up for the first time and further illuminated by detailed commentary and line drawings that show the ingenuity of the underlying construction, these carefully chosen garments illustrate some of the major themes of nineteenth-century dress.
History of Twentieth Century Fashion
Title | History of Twentieth Century Fashion PDF eBook |
Author | Elizabeth Ewing |
Publisher | Scribner Book Company |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1975 |
Genre | Art |
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Explains contemporary changes in making fashionable garments accessible to all classes of women, culminating in mass production of women's ready-to-wear.
A Cultural History of Fashion in the Twentieth Century
Title | A Cultural History of Fashion in the Twentieth Century PDF eBook |
Author | Bonnie English |
Publisher | Berg Publishers |
Pages | 218 |
Release | 2007-08-15 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN |
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Couture Confessions ebook
Title | Couture Confessions ebook PDF eBook |
Author | Pamela Golbin |
Publisher | Rizzoli Publications |
Pages | 241 |
Release | 2016-06-28 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 0847849058 |
Late legendary couturiers of modern fashion speaking eloquently about life, design, and inspiration. Vionnet, Chanel, Dior, Saint Laurent, McQueen—these names define haute couture, and long after the designers have passed away, their influence on fashion continues to be profound. In an exceptional compilation of the original words of these couturiers, Couture Confessions provides a unique and in-depth look at the lives and work of these fashion icons. In this engaging, beautifully designed book, Pamela Golbin, acclaimed chief curator of twentieth-century fashion and textiles at Paris’s Musée des Arts Décoratifs, has ingeniously constructed conversations in the designers’ own words that highlight their compelling personal stories as well as essential fashion "moments"—from designers Paul Poiret, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Madame Grès, Alexander McQueen, Madeleine Vionnet, and Gabrielle Chanel to Elsa Schiaparelli, Yves Saint Laurent, Jeanne Lanvin, Pierre Balmain, and Christian Dior.Featuring striking illustrations by internationally recognized illustrator Yann Legendre, each "interview" asks the questions every fashion lover has always wanted to ask, making these legends approachable, human, and ever more inspiring.
Twentieth-Century American Fashion
Title | Twentieth-Century American Fashion PDF eBook |
Author | Patricia Cunningham |
Publisher | Berg Publishers |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2005-03-01 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 9781845200732 |
Americans began the twentieth century standing in Europe's sartorial shadow, yet ended by outfitting the world in blue jeans, T-shirts and sneakers. How did this come about? What changes in American culture were reflected in fashion? What role did popular culture play?This important overview of American fashion in the twentieth century considers how Americans went from imitating British and French fashion to developing their own sense of style. It examines such influences on dress as class, jazz and hip hop, war, the space race, movies, television and sports. Further, the book shows how gender, psychology, advertising, public policy, shifting family values, the American design movement and expertise in mass production profoundly influenced an American style that has been exported across the globe. From New York City's Bohemians to Hollywood's stars, Twentieth-Century American Fashion reveals the continuing importance of clothing to American identity and individual experience.
Fashion Game Changers
Title | Fashion Game Changers PDF eBook |
Author | Karen Van Godtsenhoven |
Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
Pages | 294 |
Release | 2016-04-21 |
Genre | Design |
ISBN | 1474280080 |
Fashion Game Changers traces radical innovations in Western fashion design from the beginning of the 20th century to the present. Challenging the traditional silhouettes of their day, fashion designers such as Madeleine Vionnet and Cristóbal Balenciaga began to liberate the female body from the close-fitting hourglass forms which dominated European and American fashion, instead enveloping bodies in more autonomous garments which often took inspiration from beyond the West. As the century progressed, new generations of avant-garde designers from Rei Kawakubo to Martin Margiela further developed the ideas instigated by their predecessors to defy established notions of femininity in dress, creating space between body and garment. This way, a new relationship between body and dress emerged for the 21st century. With over 200 images and commentaries from an international range of leading fashion curators and historians, this beautifully illustrated book showcases some of the most revolutionary silhouettes and innovative designs of over 100 years of fashion.