Onze boeken

The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk

Door Christopher Breward e.a.

Categorie	Mode, Kostuums & Verzorging
Boeknummer	#347700-BA5
Titel	The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk
Auteur	Breward, Christopher & Edwina Ehrman & Caroline Evans
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Yale University Press
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	0300103999
ISBN13	9780300103991
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original red boards, silver lettered spine, dust jacket, richly illustrated (mostly in colour), 4to.
Samenvatting	From Savile Row to Carnaby Street, from the bohemian dress of the Oscar Wilde circle in the nineteenth century to the punk street styles of recent years, London has been a significant source of fashion style. This stunning book, a rich and stimulating history of two hundred years of London fashion, explores the circumstances and characteristics that have made the London look distinctive. Focusing on the design, production, marketing, and consumption of clothing during this period, the authors place these activities in the context of social, cultural, and economic change in the capital. They move chronologically, discussing the rise of the West End as a center of fashionable life; the era of imperial fashion when London dominated the world politically and economically; the increasing democr... (Lees verder)atization of fashionable dress; the challenges and conflicts of modernity; the school of couturiers that emerged midcentury; and the rise of the independent fashion designer and small boutiques. Finally they describe the London punks who, toward the end of the twentieth century, theatricalized the street in a mood of social and sartorial dissent and paved the way for postmodern styles. Lavishly illustrated, the book draws on photographs of the Museum of London's remarkable collection of objects and images, and material from the London Institute.
Pagina's	174
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

Toevoegen aan winkelwagen

Onze gebruikte boeken verkeren in goede tweedehands staat, tenzij hierboven anders beschreven. Kleine onvolkomenheden zijn niet altijd vermeld.