The Fashion Chronicles: The style stories of history’s best dressed - Couverture rigide

Butchart, Amber

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1784723819 ISBN 13 : 9781784723811

Editeur : Mitchell Beazley, 2018

Synopsis

From BBC television and radio presenter Amber Butchart, The Fashion Chronicles is an exploration of 100 of the most fascinating style stories ever told.

From Eve's fig leaf to Hilary Clinton's pantsuit, the way we choose to clothe our bodies can carry layer upon layer of meaning. Across cultures and throughout history people have used clothing to signify power and status, to adorn and beautify, even to prop up or dismantle regimes.

Here, explore the best-dressed figures in history, from Cleopatra to Beyoncé, Joan of Arc to RuPaul. Some have influenced the fashion of today, while some have used their clothing to change the world. But all have a sartorial story to tell.

Entries include:

• Tutankhamun


• Boudicca


• Eleanor of Acquitane


• Genghis Khan


• King Philip II of Spain


• King Louis XIV of France


• Catherine the Great


• Marie Antoinette


• Karl Marx


• Amelia Earhart


• Josephine Baker


• Frida Kahlo


• Malcolm X


• Marsha Hunt


• Beyoncé


• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie


• ...and many more

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Amber Butchart is a BBC television and radio presenter, and an associate lecturer at London College of Fashion.

Her series A Stitch in Time aired on BBC4, exploring the stories behind the clothes worn by some of the most fascinating figures in history. She presented From Rags to Riches for BBC Radio 4 and Civilisations Stories for BBC One.

She is the author of four previous books, Fashion Illustration in Britain, The Fashion of Film, Nautical Chic and Amber Jane Butchart's Fashion Miscellany.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

From Eve's fig leaf to Hilary Clinton's pantsuit, the way we choose to clothe our bodies can carry layer upon layer of meaning. Across cultures and throughout history people have used clothing to signify power and status, to adorn and beautify, even to prop up or dismantle regimes.
Here, explore the best-dressed figures in history, from Cleopatra to Beyoncé, Joan of Arc to RuPaul. Some have influenced the fashion of today, while some have used their clothing to change the world. But all have a sartorial story to tell.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Mitchell Beazley
• Date d'édition: 2018
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1784723819
• ISBN 13: 9781784723811
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 288
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible