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Author
Publisher
Yale University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"Since the early 20th century, city sidewalks have become runways where idiosyncratic modes of dressing are presented, consumed, and exported. Their messages include resistance, solidarity, subversion, social transformation, or musical affiliation, and a group of like-minded individuals can create a powerful sartorial force. Organized by continent and with 600 color images, The World Atlas of Street Fashion examines street style in all its global...
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley Limited
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
Español
Description
Sencilla o sofi sticada, discreta o imaginativa, la ropa que llevamos delata nuestra personalidad. Este libro es una exhaustiva guía visual de las prendas que se han llevado a lo largo del tiempo. Desde la elegancia del antiguo Egipto y de las míticas casas de alta costura Chanel y Dior, hasta los diseños más innovadores de Erdem Moralioglu y Molly Goddard, esta suntuosa colección de trajes y vestidos refl eja en una nueva edición completamente...
Author
Publisher
Quadrille Publishing
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Through his selection and description of 25 iconic vintage dresses, William Banks-Blaney tells the history of 20th century couture, the fashion designers who created the dresses and the women who wore them. Each dress is looked at in forensic detail for its design and construction, its cut and embellishments, in order to evaluate the artistry of the individual couturier. The inspiration behind each dress is considered - whether that be Classic statuary,...
Author
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
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Supreme Glamour builds a complete picture of the charm and sophistication of The Supremes. With the assistance of her close personal friend Mark Bego, founding member Mary Wilson tells the complete story of the band, both on- and off-stage, from their beginnings as The Primettes in June 1959 to their 1964 breakthrough Motown hit, Ẁhere Did Our Love Go', and from the departure of Diana Ross to the group's comeback in the mid-1970s. Bego's insightful...
Author
Publisher
Flammarion
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"The royal residence of Versailles--this unparalleled seat of power and seduction--is an important influence on contemporary fashion, inspiring passions and vocations. Since the establishment of the world's first dress codes under the rule of Louis XIV to incite the whims of the queens and royal mistresses, fashion at Versailles has been a constant and inexhaustible source of inspiration for designers, photographers, decorators, and directors and...
Author
Publisher
Reel Art Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
From the most avant-garde jazz musicians, visual artists and poets to architects, philosophers and writers, Black Ivy: A Revolt in Style charts a period in American history when Black men across the country adopted the clothing of a privileged elite and made it their own. It shows how a generation of men took the classic Ivy Look and made it cool, edgy and unpredictable in ways that continue to influence today's modern menswear. Here you will see...
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