Twentieth-century fashion in detail / Claire Wilcox and Valerie D. Mendes; photographs by Richard Davis ; drawings by Leonie Davis.

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Wilcox, Claire

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TextSeries: V&A fashion in detailPublication details: London : V & A Pub., 2009.Description: 143 p. : col. ill. ; 31 cmISBN:

9781851775712
1851775714 (pbk.)

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Twentieth century fashion in detail

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DDC classification:

746.92 22

LOC classification:

TT507 .W4555 2009

Contents:

List of designers -- Foreword -- Seams -- Gathers, tucks & pleats -- Collars, cuffs & pockets -- Buttons -- Bows -- Beads & sequins -- Applied decoration.

Summary: "Part of the "V&A Fashion in Detail" series, this book illustrates the intricate details of twentieth-century fashion. Spectacular photographs, accompanied by expert commentaries and specially commissioned line drawings, focus on fanciful Dior bows, Chanel button-holes and metal sprinfs on a Schiaparelli jacket. This unique study provides an insight into the techniques and craft practices used by couturiers and the construction of these amazing garments"--Publisher's web site.

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Barcode
Books	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries Open Shelf - Main Library	Chinhoyi University of Technology Libraries	Non-fiction	TT507WIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	C.048151	Available	BK0091829

Designers include: Christobal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain, Pierre Cardin, John Cavanagh, Coco Chanel, Sybil Connolly, André Courrèges, Culture Shock, (Yuzun Koga & Jeannie Macarthur), Jean Dessès, Christian Dior, Matilda Etches, Mariano Fortuny, Mr. Freedom (Tommy Roberts), John Galliano, Bill Gibb, Hubert de Givenchy, Madame Grès, Katherine Hamnett, Norman Hartnell, Jaccques Heim, Charles James, Christian Lacroix, Jeanne Lanvin, Lucile (Lady Duff Gordon), Eva Lutyens, Mainbocher, Lun-Na Menoh (Atsuko Shimizu), Digby Morton, Jean Muir, Pablo & Delia, Paquin, Paul Poiret, Antony Price, Mary Quant, Zandra Rhodes, Yves Saint Laurent, Elsa Schiaparelli, Victor Steibel, Emanuel Ungaro, Phillipe Venet, Madeleine Vionnet, Vivienne Westwood, Charles Frederick Worth, Yuki.

"First published by V&A Publications, 1991 as Modern Fashion in Detail"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references ( p. 142-3).

List of designers -- Foreword -- Seams -- Gathers, tucks & pleats -- Collars, cuffs & pockets -- Buttons -- Bows -- Beads & sequins -- Applied decoration.

"Part of the "V&A Fashion in Detail" series, this book illustrates the intricate details of twentieth-century fashion. Spectacular photographs, accompanied by expert commentaries and specially commissioned line drawings, focus on fanciful Dior bows, Chanel button-holes and metal sprinfs on a Schiaparelli jacket. This unique study provides an insight into the techniques and craft practices used by couturiers and the construction of these amazing garments"--Publisher's web site.

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