Decades: A Century of Fashion

Цена 30.41 - 66.71 USD

book24.ru30.41 USD

What Cameron Silver doesn't know about fashion is not worth knowing. He has been selling exquisite examples of vintage fashion at his uber-trendy boutique for over ten years and he has finally decided to put all his insider knowledge on paper. He covers every decade of the 20th century and his pithy commentaries are accompanied by 200 extraordinary full-colour photographs. This is fashion as it ought to be, fresh and fabulous. Every image is startlingly current: the alchemy of dazzling couture worn with poise and personality just doesn't date. The ten chapters are each devoted to the defining styles and iconic looks of a decade. 1900s and 1910s: Hemlines rise with the cost of fabric, and corsets are deemed constricting as women vote for movement. 1920s: Josephine Baker and Zelda Fitzgerald show off their legs - and their moxie. 1930s: Marlene Dietrich exudes smoking androgyny in Schiaparelli and Madeleine Vionnet engineers the bias-cut gown. 1940s: Shoulders are big and waists are small - a streamlined look to win the war 1950s: The happy housewife mixes up a New Look, with a dash of Dior and a pinch of Marilyn 1960s: Radical! The ideal shifts from the polish of Jackie O. to the insouciance of Sharon Tate 1970s: Halston's dresses are liquid sex, and Zandra Rhodes heralds the dawn of punk 1980s: Counterculture goes mainstream with Boy George, and Ivana Trump champions the inverted triangle silhouette 1990s: Calvin Klein's minimalism makes headlines, whilst Marc Jacobs' grunge remix ushers us into the 21st century