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This beautiful reference work showcases 50 iconic outfits from one of fashion's most influential and exciting decades. Featured designers and style icons will include Jimmy Choo, Prada, Sarah Jessica Parker, Marc Jacobs, Princess Diana (post divorce), Kate Moss, Corinne Day, Grunge, Naomi Campbell, Linda Evangelista, Cool Britannia, Topshop, Julian Macdonald, Modern Preppy, Herve Leger, Matthew Williamson, Gianni Versace, Hip-hop and the Rachel haircut. With Paula Reed's lively and informative text and a wealth of fabulous photography, it is vital reading for design students, collectors of vintage, and everyone who truly loves fashion.

La cera, la tessitura, la tintura, il bogolan adinkra, la serigrafia, l'industria e l'artigianato, i designer africani Upper Couture.

The most popular 1940s styles, from couture to everyday workclothes, ensembles, sportswear, lingerie, and evening dresses, plus toys, needlework, and gifts, are presented here in 550 color photographs of pattern envelopes from companies like Advance, Butterick, Hollywood, McCall, Simplicity, Vogue, and others. A wide array of pattern-related items is presented, including publications and advertising, display dolls, tools, and various forms of packaging. The pattern envelope illustrations are wonderful period drawings of '40s fashions. All who enjoy these great styles will find Blueprints of Fashion to be a refreshing approach and an important first book on this growing field of interest.

Interviste ai più importanti nomi della moda: Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith e Hussein Chalayan; così come grandi nomi internazionali provenienti da Giappone, Italia, Francia e Stati Uniti: Rei Kawakubo di Comme des Garcons, Yohji Yamamoto, Issey Miyake, Tom Ford, Valentino, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Donatella Versace, Sonia Rykiel e altri. Le interviste forniscono uno spaccato della vita dei designer, dettagli biografici completi e analisi del modo in cui pensano e lavorano, oltre a registrare il clima culturale in quel momento. Il libro è illustrato con ritratti e scatti di alcuni dei migliori fotografi di moda di oggi - sia più affermati che emergenti - tra cui Robert Wyatt, Juergen Teller, Donald Christie, Julie Sleaford, Mark Aleski, Justin Smith e Jane McLeish.

In questo libro vengono presentati progetti e storie che celebrano il cucito a mano, la trapuntatura e il ricamo per uno stile contemporaneo sostenibile.

American Dior contiene disegni dettagliati dalle basi elaborate, immagini della collezione New Look e altro. Con l'introduzione del New look, Dior è diventato l'agente provocatore per eccellenza della moda americana giocando sull'appetito del paese per la novità e per il savoir-faire francese. La collezione ha rivoluzionato l'abito femminile: i suoi disegni erano più voluttuosi con l'uso di tessuti foderati in percalle, corpetti in stile bustier, imbottiture per i fianchi, corsetti e sottoveste a vita di vespa, dando ai suoi modelli una forma molto sinuosa. Dior diceva che il suo cliente avrebbe dovuto essere "la donna più elegante del mondo", che si è rivelata vera, vestendo, tra le altre, un elenco di icone americane come Lauren Bacall, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe ed Elisabeth Taylor.

Casual clothing, swimwear in particular, is strongly associated with the California lifestyle, and the design and manufacture of casual clothing has long been the foundation of California's garment industry. This book explores that industry as it developed in California from the 1930s through the 1970s, with emphasis on clothing and textile designs suffused with the sunshine spirit. Included are fashions from major swimwear companies such as Catalina, Cole, and Rose Marie Reid; sportswear from leaders like Koret and Alice of California; and a wonderful chapter paying tribute to that most western of fabrics, blue denim. More than 330 photographs and advertisements illustrate the colorful, cheerful, and charming nature of vintage casual clothing. Collectors, designers, and fashion historians will appreciate the profiles of California artisans and their influence on fabric technology. Includes price guide and a helpful glossary of fashion and fabric terminology.

Il 21 gennaio 1971, il couturier Yves Saint Laurent ha presentato la sua collezione haute couture Primavera-Estate. Ispirata ai capi degli anni della guerra, la collezione comprendeva abiti corti, scarpe con plateau, spalle squadrate e trucco esagerato. La mostra ha suscitato indignazione tra il pubblico, la critica e la stampa allo stesso modo, guadagnandosi il titolo di "collezione più brutta di Parigi". Tuttavia, i design haute couture della passerella si sono fatti strada sui boulevard, dando piena influenza alla tendenza "retrò" che ha rapidamente conquistato le strade.

I membri del Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) sono sempre in movimento. Queste star del design giramondo condividono le loro destinazioni preferite, hotel, ristoranti, negozi e fonti di ispirazione in questo nuovo titolo della serie CFDA American Fashion. Dai un'occhiata al mondo dei viaggi privati e ultra-chic dei designer con aneddoti, immagini e cimeli personali che sicuramente scateneranno la voglia di viaggiare. Con un questionario di viaggio originale e una prefazione del presidente CFDA Diane von Furstenberg, American Fashion Travel ti invita ad esplorare il mondo attraverso gli occhi di alcuni dei suoi più famosi produttori di gusto: una vibrante dichiarazione che la moda è uno stile di vita.

Dal Big Sur a Boston, questo volume allettante segue le orme di Jim Morrison, Marilyn Monroe, Tennessee Williams, Al Capone, Clint Eastwood, Esther Williams e alcune delle personalità e degli ospiti degli hotel più famosi d'America. Quale stella famosa ha soggiornato al Biltmore in Coral Gables? Dove si è rifugiato il famoso scrittore beat Jack Kerouac? Quale amato intrattenitore si esibisce ancora nel caffè di The Carlyle a Manhattan? Quale cantante folk ha prodotto un album e un bambino all'Hotel Chelsea? I miti, i misteri e gli affari svelati città per città in questo accattivante libro della scrittrice di viaggio Francisca Matteoli. Un'appendice completa ti guida in un elenco selezionato degli hotel più singolari della nazione per creare la tua storia.

This lavisly illustrated book tells the history of Horrockses Fashions, one the most famous postwar British ready-to-wear labels. In the late 1940s and throughout the 1950s, Horrockses’ created designs with a fresh, distinctive look, and were celebrated for their lively floral prints and full-skirted summer dresses, which were popular with women of every background, including the royal family. In addition, they collaborated with contemporary artists such as Eduardo Paolozzi, Alastair Morton, and Graham Sutherland to design textiles. The book includes interviews with many of the people who made, wore, and designed these dresses and reproduces magazine spreads and illustrations from the period.Horrockses maintained an air of exclusivity for the brand with an emphasis on good quality fabrics, especially the finest cotton, with custom-designed patterns and an emphasis on couture styling.  Their fashions are highly collectable today. Horrockses Fashions tells the story of this iconic label and its role in the history of British fashion while also exploring the connections between couture and ready-to-wear fashions in the post-WWII decades.

For the Javanese, batik is more than just shirts and sarung, The patterns and motifs express their various local identities; they are statements of Javanese life and philosophy.

Until now, the rich textile tradition of the Ottoman Empire has rarely been been given the detailed consideration it deserves. Sumru Belger Krody here examines the practice of the intricate art of embroidery, which united the various ethnic and religious groups of the empire under a single aesthetic and gave rise to flowers of silk and gold that still enchant our imagination.The Imperial City of Istanbul was the seat of power of the Ottoman Empire for nearly five hundred years, and like most imperial capitals it was a center for trade. The bazaars of this cosmopolitan, ethnically diverse city were famous for the embroidered textiles produced both by men in the city's workshops, and by women in the seclusion of the harems. In the decoration of their homes, the Ottomans mirrored the colors and abundance of their astonishing gardens; the wall hangings, cushions, and divan covers of the private houses of the city, products of the most exquisite design on the finest and rarest of cloth, combined to give an impression of opulence and luxury to astonished Western eyes. Embroidered textiles served as furniture and ornament in daily life and during rites of passage, while their production and sale provided an income for their makers, who occupied every level of Ottoman society up to the Palace harem and court workshop. The Textile Museum's renowned collection of Ottoman embroidery began with a single purchase by its founder, George Hewitt Myers, in 1915. Flowers of Silk and Gold introduces this little-known but highly important collection for the first time. Examining the history of the various stitches, fabrics, and designs employed during Ottoman rule in Europe and Asia, as well as the social, political, and economic factors influencing their production and consumption, Flowers of Silk and Gold combines perspectives to give an engrossing insight into the glorious works of art of an unfamiliar, much-fantasized world.

The remarkable arts and culture of the Kuna of Panama are accessible as never before in this comprehensive, beautifully illustrated volume. From the familiar reverse appliquÈd molas to music, dance, and verbal arts, the Kuna live their values and bind their people together. This focus and strength has helped them to resist outside forces and maintain their culture and self-determination in the face of peoples and governments far more powerful.