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Icons of Men's Style

Door Josh Sims

Categorie
Mode, Kostuums & Verzorging
Boeknummer
#347067-KK33
Titel
Icons of Men's Style
Auteur
Sims, Josh
Boektype
Paperback
Uitgeverij
London : Laurence King Publishing
Jaar van uitgave
2011
ISBN10
1856697223
ISBN13
9781856697224
Taal
Engels
Beschrijving
Paperback, numerous (full page) colour and b/w illustrations (including photographs), 4to.
Samenvatting

Womenswear progresses in leaps and bounds, fuelled by the readiness of women to wear what may at the time be perceived as the radical or outrageous. Not so with menswear menswear evolves, slowly. But from what? Behind nearly every item in the modern male wardrobe is a first of its kind the definitive item, often designed by a single company or brand for specialist use, on which all subsequent versions have been based (and originals of which are now collector items in the booming vintage market). The T-shirt, for example, may now be an innocuous, everyday item, but was created by American company Hanes for US Navy personnel at the turn of the 20th century and was subsequently adopted by sportsmen and bikers. Other items have been designed for sport, farm work, protection and made their wa
... (Lees verder)y into everyday usage. Icons of Men's Style examines, garment by garment, the most important and famous of these products their provenance and history, the stories of their design, the brand/company that started it all and how the item shaped the way men dress today.
Pagina's
191
Conditie
Goed
Prijs
€ 20,00

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