Fashion is in the details. The textiles, tailoring, and trimmings all work together in the creation of the finest pieces. Drawing on the Los Angeles County Museum of Art's internationally known fashion collection, this gorgeous book tells the story - in words and beautiful pictures - of fashion's aesthetic and technical development from the Age of Enlightenment to World War I, a period when fashionable dress underwent sweeping changes. Many remarkable examples of men's, women's, and children's garments are featured here for the first time, including an extraordinarily rare 1790s man's vest designed to promote sympathy with the French Revolution; a stunning 1845 black satin gown from the royal court of Portugal heavily embroidered with gold; and an 1891 evening mantle with silk embroidery, glass beads, and ostrich feathers designed by French couturier Aemile Pingat. An invaluable resource for anyone interested in the evolution of fashion, this generously illustrated book provides a rich visual history of the changes that occurred in fashionable dress spanning a period of more than two hundred years.
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Fashioning Fashion takes you through fashion and time with the sumptuous variety of an extraordinary collection. I promise, it cannot fail to inspire you. --From the Preface by John Galliano
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SHARON SADAKO TAKEDA is the Senior Curator and Head, Costume and Textiles Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. KAYE DURLAND SPILKER is Curator, Costume and Textiles Department, Los Angeles County Museum of Art. JOHN GALLIANO, one of the most influential fashion designers of our time, is the chief designer of the haute couture house Christian Dior. KIMBERLY CHRISMAN-CAMPBELL is a fashion-research scholar who writes and reviews books and exhibitions for Dress, Costume, and Woman's Art Journal.
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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By Costumier
Format:Hardcover
This book is fantastic. A great resource for anyone interested in fashion and costume. I'm a great fan of the Victoria and Albert Museum series of 'costume in detail' books and this is just as good.
The collecton is extremely well photographed. I like that the photos show a particular costume detail as well as a photo of the garment as a whole. However, personally I would like to have seen some line drawings of the garments like in the V&A books to understand the cut better.
A visual treat!
The collecton is extremely well photographed. I like that the photos show a particular costume detail as well as a photo of the garment as a whole. However, personally I would like to have seen some line drawings of the garments like in the V&A books to understand the cut better.
A visual treat!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
By Bob J
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
Having recently become interested in Regency Period costume I bought this book to get some idea of how the clothes of the time were made. I found the book well-written, with a lot of useful information about the clothing and period fashion but it was the photographs which gave me the most pleasure, showing the incredibly detailed needlecraft that went into the making of the high fashion of the times. It would have been even more useful if there were diagrams of the various costumes but, as this is a reference book rather than a manual, I'm not too disappointed and I can always buy other books to get further information on making my own period costumes.
I heartily recommend this book to anyone interested in historical fashion.
I heartily recommend this book to anyone interested in historical fashion.
By JamSandwich
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
A beautiful large book detailing historical fashion from an exhibition, things you rush past and don't notice, the details, workmanship and beading etc along with the styles themselves and how the evolved (or often didn't.) For the size, interest value and photography it's definitely worth the money
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