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Tudor Fashion Dress at Court
ISBN: HB: 9780300228274, Yale University Press, August 2017
208 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 180 colour illus.
The Tudor monarchs and their courtiers are some of the best-known figures in history. They continue, even today, to spark our curiosity and imagination. Their enduring popularity is no doubt partly due to the iconic portraits in which they are depict...
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Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garcons Art of the In-Between
ISBN: HB: 9781588396204, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2017
256 pp., 34.3x24.1 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.
A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garcons. The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their metier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons is one of them. Wide...
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Paris Refashioned 1957-1968
ISBN: HB: 9780300226072, Yale University Press, February 2017
252 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 110 colour illus., 15 black&white
A captivating look at Parisian fashions of the 1960s and how the ready-to-wear revolution influenced haute couture. The 1960s was one of the most exciting periods in fashion history, as shifting cultural paradigms were embraced by a generation of de...
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Fake Silk The Lethal History of Viscose Rayon
ISBN: HB: 9780300204667, Yale University Press, January 2017
328 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm
When a new technology makes people ill, how high does the body count have to be before protectives steps are taken? This disturbing book tells a dark story of hazardous manufacturing, poisonous materials, environmental abuses, political machinations,...
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Clothing Art The Visual Culture of Fashion 1600-1914
ISBN: HB: 9780300119077, Yale University Press, January 2017
304 pp., 28x21.6 cm, 170 colour illus., 80 black&white illus.
An entirely new way of looking at the history of fashion through the eyes of artists There have always been important links between art and clothing. Artists have documented the ever-evolving trends in fashion, popularized certain styles of dress, an...
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£55,00
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Fashion Plates 150 Years of Style
ISBN: PB: 9780300197709, Yale University Press, October 2016
440 pp., 24.8x21 cm, 225 colour illus.
A sumptuously illustrated, encyclopedic chronicle of fashion and its trends, from the 18th to the early 20th century Prior to the invention of photography, European and American magazines used colorful prints to depict the latest fashion trends. Thes...
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Manus x Machina Fashion in an Age of Technology
ISBN: PB: 9781588395924, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, May 2016
256 pp., 31.8x23.5 cm, 200 colour illus.
The complex and often ambiguous relationship between the hand crafted and the machine made is examined in this intriguing look at the ever-changing world of fashion and taste. "Manus Machina" traces styles of dress from one-of-a-kind works and haute...
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£38,00
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Fairy Tale Fashion
ISBN: HB: 9780300218022, Yale University Press, March 2016
264 pp., 28x22.9 cm, 127 colour illus., 35 black&white illus.
Dress plays a crucial role in fairy tales, signaling the status, wealth, or vanity of particular characters, and symbolizing their transformation. Fairy tales often provide little information beyond what is necessary to a plot, but clothing and acces...
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Isaac Mizrahi
ISBN: HB: 9780300212143, Yale University Press, March 2016
236 pp., 33x25.4 cm, 202 colour illus., 6 black&white illus.
Beginning with Isaac Mizrahi's first fashion collection, which debuted to critical acclaim in 1986, and running though the present day, this stylish, lavishly illustrated book presents his signature couture collections. Mizrahi's exuberant couture st...
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Denim Fashion's Frontier
ISBN: HB: 9780300219142, Yale University Press, March 2016
176 pp., 25.4x19 cm, 100 colour illus.
Denim is one of the world's favorite fabrics, and today it accounts for the largest segment of the clothing industry. The market for jeans alone is worth over 55 billion dollars. Experiments with denim by designers have helped to develop a vast vocab...
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