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Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2000
ISBN 10: 0810966891ISBN 13: 9780810966895
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. This book celebrates that extraordinary and enduring fashion phenomenon, the little black dress.The black dress is a fashion essential that comes in many guises: smart day wear, chic and understated; flamboyant evening confections of lace and feathers, tulle, velvet, and satin; "street style" outfits that signify rebellion and youth. This book features a variety of innovators from Dior, Balmain, and Balenciaga to Armani, Calvin Klein, and Vivienne Westwood.Specially commissioned photographs add panache to this book. Fashion enthusiasts will be fascinated by the evolution of the black dress, from the elegance of the early twentieth century through the ground breaking, image-changing ideas that brought us the New Look, the sack, the mini, and avant-garde designs of the present decade. The text explodes a number of myths and provides a chronicle of twentieth-century fashion as seen from a single and compelling perspective.
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Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2005
ISBN 10: 1851774572ISBN 13: 9781851774579
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Hair and fashion are inextricably linked, signs of the times, reflective of the zeitgeist. Whether long or cropped, curly or straight, hairstyles are a potent force and, in combination with the latest fashions, create unforgettable images: from Vidal Sassoon's 'Five Point Cut' for Mary Quant, to the punk look of 1970s London to Sam McKnight's iconic styles for Princess Diana. Hair is fashion and fashion is hair, a fascinating symbiotic relationship which is investigated in detail in this timely book. Hair & Fashion considers both the historical development of this relationship and its contemporary significance, focusing on key moments such as the 1920s bob, the long-haired hippie look of the 1960s and the recent Hoxton Fin. The role of colour for hair and its associated cultural meanings have become increasingly important in the twenty-first century, an era in which most women have dyed their hair at least once, and Hair & Fashion also looks closely at the role of the blonde, brunette and redhead in popular culture. This text is supported by evocative images, including work by top photographers from groundbreaking fashion shoots, as well as specially commissioned shoots. Haircuts and hairstyles, as this book reveals, are no mere simple incursions into hair taming and conformity but a living, growing embodiment of cultural codes and meanings with the potential to turn you into a walking work of art.
Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2023
ISBN 10: 1844775321ISBN 13: 9781844775323
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Over the past hundred years, chintz has come to mean any floral printed furnishing fabric, usually made of cotton, and often glazed. Its origins as a hand-drawn and dyed fabric from India are often forgotten, but it is with these rare earlier chintzes that this book is concerned. This stunning album explores in detail the background and development of this beautiful technique and looks at the use of chintz in Europe from the early seventeenth century to the mid-nineteenth century, first as bed curtains and wall hangings and later for popular mens and womens fashions. The Victoria and Albert Museums collection, published for the first time in glorious color and including close-up details, will interest interior designers, textile students, and those involved in fashion.
Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2007
ISBN 10: 1851774998ISBN 13: 9781851774999
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. New York Fashion explores the city's importance as a twenty-first century fashion capital, focusing on new designers and their contributions to the vibrant climate of New York's fashion industry.
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Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2006
ISBN 10: 1851774726ISBN 13: 9781851774722
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated. Ornament surrounds us: on buildings, clothes and accessories, cars, and even computers. This easy-to-use reference, complete with rich illustrations, tells the story of European ornament from 1450 to the present; from the Renaissance to the consumer culture of today; from gargoyles to cell phones. Highly accessible, the book offers basic definitions and examples that contribute to a clearer understanding of this ever-popular subject.
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Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2006
ISBN 10: 1851774742ISBN 13: 9781851774746
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated. The first book to explore Modernism from a truly international perspective, Modernism: Designing a New World offers a reassessment of the concept and reveals the fundamental ways in which it has shaped our world and its visual culture.
Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2008
ISBN 10: 1851775536ISBN 13: 9781851775538
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. From the emergence of Bill Haley and his Comets to the meteoric rise of the Beatles and the Rolling Stones, Halfway to Paradise is an extraordinary photographic tribute to the forces that invented rock. From the 1950s until the early 1960s, photographer Harry Hammonds camera captured rock n rolls most famous names-The Beatles, Elvis Presley, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison, Jerry Lee Lewis, the Animals, Dusty Springfield, and many other icons. Now, from the legendary Harry Hammond Archive comes this exciting collection of 250 previously unpublished photographs of British and American musicians. Alwyn W. Turner captures the energy of this explosive period in music history as he tells the story of Britains embrace-and sometime domination-of rock n roll.
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Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2005
ISBN 10: 1851774467ISBN 13: 9781851774463
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. First Edition. This study traces the complexity of the Arts and Crafts Movement through the decades and across the globe. Written by experts in each field, it interweaves the general with the particular: the overarching ideology and its various strands with the ways in which it manifested itself in different regions and cultural traditions. Lavishly illustrated, extensively researched and published to coincide with a major exhibition at the V&A in London, this book presents a compelling reassessment of the Arts and Crafts Movement, an invaluable visual record of an ever-popular era of design.
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Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2011
ISBN 10: 1851776613ISBN 13: 9781851776610
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. 1. Recording Britain was an artistic documentary project sponsored by the British government in the late 1930s as the country faced the potentially devastating impact of a second world war. The resulting collection of more than 1,500 watercolors and drawings, by both well-known and amateur artists, is a rich visual record of buildings, landscapes, and livelihoods perceived to be under threat. Recording Britain brings together highlights from this extraordinary collection at the V&A, vivid images of national and regional identity that often portray an idealized account of the country for which its audience, at the time, was fighting. The pictures are discussed in relation to contemporary British artists and photographers such as John Virtue, Conrad Atkinson, Richard Long, and Laura Oldfield Ford, whose work also reflects on a sense of place.
Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2010
ISBN 10: 1851776192ISBN 13: 9781851776191
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated. East and West intersect in this gorgeous exploration of South Asian textiles and their influence on British fashion and dress. From 17th-century chintzes to 19th-century silks and paisleys to the orientalism craze of the 1960s, these lush, patterned fabrics have long had an impact on Western style. Complete with stunning photographs of items from the V&As collections, as well as historical images and more recent photos of catwalk and street fashions, the book focuses on contemporary British Asian designers, South Asian textile production, and the presence of South Asian style in shops and urban spaces.
Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2013
ISBN 10: 1851777377ISBN 13: 9781851777372
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Special Edition. Combining top-notch articles on the singer/actors life and work with official images and reproductions of his fashion and associated ephemera, the hefty, mango-colored [David Bowie Is] is nothing short of a treasure trove of all things Bowie; a one-stop smorgasbord for the eyes whose pictorials chronicle the groundbreaking star from Ziggy Stardust to Thin White Duke to Heathen and every personality in between. -Examiner.comDavid Bowies career as a pioneering artist spanned nearly 50 years and brought him international acclaim. He continues to be cited as a major influence on contemporary artists and designers working across the creative arts.This book, published to accompany the blockbuster international exhibition launched at Londons Victoria and Albert Museum, is the only volume that grants access to Bowies personal archive of performance costumes, ephemera, and original design artwork by the artist, bringing it together to present a completely new perspective on his creative work and collaborations. David Bowie Is traces his career from its beginnings in London, through the breakthroughs of Space Oddity and The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, and on to his enormous impact on 20th-century avant-garde music and art.Essays by V&A curators on Bowies London, image, and influence on the fashion world are complemented by Howard Goodall on musicology; Camille Paglia on gender and decadence; and Jon Savage on Bowies relationship with William Burroughs and his fans. The more than 300 color illustrations include personal and performance photographs, album covers, costumes, original lyric sheets, and much more.
Published by Victoria amp; Albert Museum, 2009
ISBN 10: 1851775781ISBN 13: 9781851775781
Seller: Books of the Smoky Mountains, Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.
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Condition: very good. Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase.
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Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2003
ISBN 10: 0810966085ISBN 13: 9780810966086
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Softcover. Condition: Good. Now available from Abrams, this popular book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing. Perfect decorative seams, minute stitching, knife-sharp pleats, and voluptuous drapery--all are here, alongside more unusual techniques such as stamping, pinking, and slashing. Most of these effects cannot be replicated by machine, yet many of today's fashion designers take their inspiration from the past, adapting these details to a more contemporary idiom, and to the realities of modern manufacturing.Drawing from the Victoria and Albert Museum's world-famous collections, the book contains a gallery of exquisite photographs, accompanied by clear line drawings showing the construction of the complete garment and a text that sets each in the context of its time. This book will appeal to anyone interested in fashion, historical costume, or textile history, from cut and construct to fabric and trimmings.
Published by Victoria & Albert Museum, 2019
ISBN 10: 1851779957ISBN 13: 9781851779956
Seller: Ergodebooks, Houston, TX, U.S.A.
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Illustrated. Mary Quant (b. 1934) was an icon of her generation and the personification of 1960s swinging London. This book, published to accompany a landmark exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, declares that she revolutionized and democratized fashion, creating fashion for everyone. It explores her then-subversive approach, setting her contribution in the context of British, European, and American fashion in the 1950s and 60s. It surveys Quants life story-her art school background, the development of her retail business, and how she positioned herself as the face of her brand-before exploring the impact her brand has had on fashion, which is still seen today. Written with full access to Quants own archives, the books many illustrations include period photographs as well as new photography of her mod miniskirts and other designs.
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Published by Victoria amp; Albert Museum, 2002
ISBN 10: 0810965550ISBN 13: 9780810965553
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Published by Victoria amp; Albert Museum, 1998
ISBN 10: 185177243XISBN 13: 9781851772438
Seller: Front Cover Books, Denver, CO, U.S.A.
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Condition: new.