Book Description
Explains contemporary changes in making fashionable garments accessible to all classes of women, culminating in mass production of women's ready-to-wear.
Author : Elizabeth Ewing
Publisher : Scribner Book Company
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 23,74 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Art
ISBN :
Explains contemporary changes in making fashionable garments accessible to all classes of women, culminating in mass production of women's ready-to-wear.
Author : Gerda Buxbaum
Publisher : Prestel Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 17,96 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Art
ISBN : 9783791333120
'Icons of Fashion' is a graphically exciting exploration of the history of fashion in the 20th century. Together with entertaining and insightful texts, double-page layouts divide the century into eleven stylistic periods.
Author : Elizabeth Ewing
Publisher : Batsford Books
Page : 846 pages
File Size : 47,80 MB
Release : 2014-12-29
Category : Design
ISBN : 1849942323
The first edition of this book established itself as required reading for all those interested in the development of the fashion business. There are other books on contemporary dress, but this account gives particular weight to the commercial organization of the industry; from designer and textile manufacturer right through to the consumer. This completely revised edition brings the story up to the 1990s with new text, 280 illustrations and 16 color plates. Fashion in this century has ceased to be the private domain of the wealthy. The era when such names as Worth, Paquin and Sciaparelli could dominate has given way to one where style and 'look' can be taken from a host of various sources: designers and manufacturers, department and chain stores, the boutiques or the streets. This established reference work looks behind the scenes for an understanding of the social, economic and technical changes that have caused this revolution. It is a story of fashion shocks: two world wars, the impact of new fibers and manufacturing techniques, and the succession of youth explosions: mini-skirts, punk and sportswear. The narrative is based on research into the history of couture houses, retailers and manufacturers and the authors' experience and contact with the fashion business.
Author : Bonnie English
Publisher : Berg Publishers
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 19,32 MB
Release : 2007-08-15
Category : Design
ISBN :
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Author : Emmanuelle Dirix
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 225 pages
File Size : 48,87 MB
Release : 2016-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 0300215525
Includes Paul Poiret, Jeanne Paquin, Jeanne Margaine-Lacroix, Maison Lucile, Coco Chanel, Jacques Doucet, Jean Patou, Callot Soeurs, Jeanne Lanvin, Madeleine Vionnet, Elsa Schiaparelli, Adrian, Christian Dior, Madame Gr{grave}es, Charles James, Crist{acute}obal Balenciaga, Hubert de Givenchy, Pierre Balmain, Pierre Cardin, Emilio Pucci, Yves Saint Laurent, Halston, Ralph Lauren, Kenzo, Christian Lacroix, Thierry Mugler, Yohji Yamamoto, Gianni Versace, Calvin Klein, Martin Margiela, and others.
Author : Patricia Cunningham
Publisher : Berg Publishers
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 29,18 MB
Release : 2005-03-01
Category : 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.
Author : Maria Costantino
Publisher : Batsford
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 23,26 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Costume
ISBN :
Traces the evolution of men's clothes from the conventions laid down by the Victorians to the textile developments that determine fashion today.
Author : Rebecca Arnold
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 19,60 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780813529042
Drawing upon both contemporary visual and written sources, this book illuminates the role that fashion plays in reflecting and shaping attitudes toward display and adornment. As traditional cultural notions of what is admissible or acceptable have fragmented, fashion has been a key site for experimentation. At both the haute couture and street level, clothing enables identities to be visualized, confronting the spectator with contradictory messages embodying the confusion of the time.Rebecca Arnold focuses on the last thirty years and places the desires and anxieties that surround fashion in their historical context. She highlights four key themes: -- Status, Power, and Display (the flaunting of wealth, the alienating power structures of good taste), -- Violence and Provocation (the rising tide of aggression in both fashion imagery and street styles), -- The Eroticized Body (the power of sex and display and the pressure to conform to ideals), and -- Gender and Subversion (the blurring of identity to disguise and confuse).This richly illustrated book always keeps its focus on the historical and ethical potential and possibilities that modern fashion embodies.
Author : François Baudot
Publisher : Universe Publishing(NY)
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 33,90 MB
Release : 2006
Category : Art
ISBN :
Explores the history of women's and men's fashion in the twentieth century, offering information on important designers and styles.
Author : John Peacock
Publisher :
Page : 423 pages
File Size : 33,47 MB
Release : 2005
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780500285725
A lavishly illustrated, year-by-year reference charts the development of clothing from the 1920s to the present, in a resource that profiles various styles from each decade and provides capsule biographies of key contributing designers. Original.