Fifty Years of Fashion

Fifty Years of Fashion PDF Author: Valerie Steele
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300087383
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Book Description
Describes top trends and designers of the past fifty years, including their social and cultural contexts

Fifty Years of Fashion

Fifty Years of Fashion PDF Author: Valerie Steele
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 9780300087383
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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Book Description
Describes top trends and designers of the past fifty years, including their social and cultural contexts

The Glass of Fashion

The Glass of Fashion PDF Author: Cecil Beaton
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
ISBN: 0847844641
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 400

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Gorgeously repackaged, this reissue of the classic book presents the iconic photographer’s expert and witty reminiscences of the personalities who inspired fashion’s golden eras, and left an indelible mark on his own sense of taste and style. "The camera will never be invented that could capture or encompass all that he actually sees," Truman Capote once said of Cecil Beaton. Though known for his portraits, Beaton was as incisive a writer as he was a photographer. First published in 1954, The Glass of Fashion is a classic—an invaluable primer on the history and highlights of fashion from a man who was a chronicler of taste, and an intimate compendium of the people who inspired his legendary eye. Across eighteen chapters, complemented by more than 150 of his own line drawings, Beaton writes with great wit about the influence of luminaries such as Chanel, Balenciaga, and Dior, as well as relatively unknown muses like his Aunt Jessie, who gave him his first glimpse of "the grown-up world of fashion." Out of print for decades but recognized and sought after as a touchstone text, The Glass of Fashion will be irresistible to a new generation of fashion enthusiasts and a seminal book in any Beaton library. It is both a treasury and a treasure.

Fifty Years of Collectible Fashion Jewelry, 1925-1975

Fifty Years of Collectible Fashion Jewelry, 1925-1975 PDF Author: Lillian Baker
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Costume jewelry
Languages : en
Pages : 200

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Compiled by a leading jewelry authority, this beautiful book features over 400 pieces in color with a comprehensive text. An exciting publication representing over 25 different collections. 2001 values. 8.5 x 11.

Zandra Rhodes

Zandra Rhodes PDF Author: Dennis Nothdruft
Publisher: Yale University Press
ISBN: 0300244304
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 209

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This beautifully illustrated volume surveys the textile and fashion designs of one of Britain's most distinctive creative voices, marking the 50th anniversary of the house of Zandra Rhodes.

Fifty Years of Style and Fashion

Fifty Years of Style and Fashion PDF Author: Norman Parkinson
Publisher: Mitchell Beazley
ISBN:
Category : Design
Languages : en
Pages : 208

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Fifty Years of Europe

Fifty Years of Europe PDF Author: Jan Morris
Publisher: Viking Books
ISBN:
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 392

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Book Description
In this vibrant, personal journey through Europe proper, historian and writer Jan Morris--the world's most celebrated traveler--offers an intimate exploration of the continent, telling how it has changed--as well as remained unalterable--for the past half century.

Inspiring Beauty

Inspiring Beauty PDF Author: Chicago History Museum
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780913820377
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 140

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The Ebony Fashion Fair began in 1958, and over the next 50 years the traveling fashion show blossomed into an American institution that raised millions for charity and helped Johnson Publishing Company reach audiences. Show organizers overcame racial prejudice to bring the pinnacle of Europe's premier fashion to communities that were eager to see, in real time and space, a new vision of black America that was the hallmark of Ebony and Jet magazines. Eunice Johnson took over as producer and director in 1963, and under her direction, the traveling show took on new heights as she expanded her cachet and power within fashion circles. Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair recreates the experience of the Ebony Fashion Fair through the story of Mrs. Johnson and more than 60 garments from icons of the fashion industry such as Yves St. Laurent, Oscar de la Renta, Pierre Cardin, Emanuel Ungaro, Christian Lacroix, and Patrick Kelly among others.

Caroline Charles

Caroline Charles PDF Author: Caroline Charles
Publisher: ACC Distribution
ISBN: 9781851497164
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Caroline Charles is one of London's most respected womenswear designers and was one of the original designers to join what was later to become British Fashion Week.

Couture & Commerce

Couture & Commerce PDF Author: Alexandra Palmer
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 9780774808262
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 368

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The 1950s were the golden years of haute couture, captured by iconic images of glamorous models wearing dramatic clothes. Yet the real women who wore these clothes adapted them to suit their own tastes, altered them to extend their life, and often could not bear to part with them long after the dresses had outlived their use. This gorgeously illustrated book demonstrates why so many of these designs are still in existence and why we are fascinated by them fifty years later. Couture and Commerce investigates how and why postwar couture fashion was important in its own day. The Paris couture houses survived due to the enthusiasm of the North American fashion press and commercial buyers. Alexandra Palmer traces the European haute couture trade with North America by following actual surviving couture dresses from the design house sketch, through the model used in New York fashion shows and as a template for copies and knock-offs, and finally to the consumer. Couture and Commerce is a remarkable mixture of accessible text, color photographs of the original garments, design house sketches and photographs, retailers’ advertisements, and society page images. Weaving together analysis of the clothes and interviews with those who traded, sold, and wore couture, Alexandra Palmer vividly recreates the 1950s fashion world.

Vidal Sassoon

Vidal Sassoon PDF Author: Diane Fishman
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 184

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A celebration of the 50-year career of one of the most innovative fashionmakers of the 20th century--the internationally known hairdresser and style guru Sassoon. Published to accompany an exhibition at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology, this stunning survey acknowledges the contributions Sassoon has made for the past half century. 175 illustrations, 100 in color.