Fabulous Frocks - Couverture rigide

Eastoe, Jane; Gristwood, Sarah

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Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1862057982 ISBN 13 : 9781862057982

Editeur : Pavilion, 2008

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Pr�sentation de l'�diteur :

No item of clothing has endured for longer than the dress. Yet the last century alone has seen the most radical changes of style - hemlines swinging from ankle to thigh; outlines alternating between the body-hugging and the bell - and our fascination with the 'frock' has not gone away. From Gres' draping to Dior's New Look, from Mary Quant's mini to Hussein Chalayan's mechanical marvels, this book looks at the dress in twentieth century fashion.Thematic chapters (Revolution, Feminine, Sex, Must-haves, Fantasy, Classical and Cutting Edge) set out the inspirations and implications for each new change alongside the stunning photography. It is more than eighty years since Coco Chanel invented the little black dress, but every woman still has one in her wardrobe today. It's decades since women discovered trousers and separates, but every woman dreams of wearing a glorious, glamorous gown at least once, whether it's on a Hollywood red carpet, or just on her wedding day. "Fabulous Frocks" is a book to fire a fashionista's imagination. It contains 20,000 words.

Biographie de l'auteur :

Sarah Gristwood is a writer and broadcaster who, in her days as journalist, interviewed everyone from Martin Scorsese to Giorgio Armani. She is the author of three recent historical biographies - 'Arbella' (a Sunday Times bestseller), 'Perdita' (adapted as BBC radio's Book of the Week), and 'Elizabeth and Leicester' (to be published by Viking in the USA this autumn). Jane Eastoe trained in fashion design, then moved to the fashion business press, for whom she regularly covered the international collections and interviewed designers from Gaultier to Galliano. More recently, her interest in organic living has led her to extend her range, writing books on subjects as diverse as herbs and hen-keeping.

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