Paperback (broché), 230x170mm, 304p,
French edition
ISBN / Barcode: 9782759600151
Après quatre années de combat, la fin de la Première Guerre mondiale marque en France le début des Années Folles. Période de libération, de frénésie, d'agitation
et d'excès: la vie mondaine reprend peu à peu, la vie...
The House of Lanvin evolved from the creative force and remarkable energy of an extraordinary woman, Jeanne Lanvin. Her design career survived fifty-six successful and productive years. Lanvin is the oldest surviving couture house, in near-continuous existence from 1909 through the present day. Her...
In the annals of fashion history, French couturier Paul Poiret (1879–1944) is known for liberating women from corsets and introducing pantaloons into their wardrobes. However, it is Poiret’s remarkable innovations in the cut and construction of clothing, made all the more remarkable by...
Ralph Lauren isn’t easy to define. Unlike many designers, he is not known for a single signature look, but rather for his sweeping dreams of American living. Over the course of his career, the images of luxury, adventure, and beauty that he created have come to define American style. In this...
Many of the most stunning textile designs in Japan are produced by stenciling, either to apply color or as paste-resist. Stencils are repeatable and thus lend themselves to modern designers looking for visual coherence. This volume features designs from the Edo to Showa periods. Coloration is...
Sarasa is decorated cotton cloth, either printed or hand-painted. Developed in India two thousand years ago, sarasa arrived in Japan after the sixteenth century, where it had an enormous artistic influence. This volume features Indian and Persian woodblock print designs and exquisite Persian...
Remote controlled hairy-copters, an eight-foot-wide hawk, a birthday cake spouting confetti, a working barbeque grill, a Bible made of hair—these are just a few creations featured in Hair Wars, David Yellen’s jaw-dropping collection of portraits taken at the touring American showcase of...
Hardcover
224 pages
November 2007
Language: English
270x370mm
ISBN / Barcode: 9782759401697
The architecture of contemporary fashion.
Graduating from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts (Milan), in 1982 Ennio Capasa traveled to Japan, where he worked with Yohji Yamamoto, before launching his first prêt-a-porter line for women in 1987, under the label Costume National. In 1993, he...
Paperback 240 pages
May 2007
Language: English
240x280mm
ISBN / Barcode: 9781851495412
Biba remains one of the most evocative names in British design history; it pioneered a new style, mixing the contemporary with Art Nouveau, Art Deco and the golden age of Hollywood, dressing itself in the richly luxuriant colours of a bygone time. This book showcases Biba clothing and much of the...
