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20th - Century Fashion. 100 Years Of Apparel Ads
20th - Century Fashion. 100 Years Of Apparel Ads
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Binding: Hardcover
Description: The 20th century saw fashion evolve from an exclusive Parisian salon business catering for the wealthy elite into a global industry employing millions with new trends whisked into stores before the last model has even left the catwalk. Along the way the signature silhouettes of each era evolved beyond recognition. For women House of Worth crinolines gave way to Vionnet's bias - cut gowns Dior's New Look to Quant's Chelsea Look Halston's white suit to Frankie B.'s low - rise jeans. In menswear ready - made suits signaled the demise of bespoke tailoring long before Hawaiian shirts or skinny jeans entered the game.20th - Century Fashion offers a retrospective of the last hundred years of style via 400 fashion advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection. The images trace not only the changing trends but also the evolution in their marketing and audience as fashion was adopted into popular culture and the mass market decade by decade. An in - depth introduction and illustrated timeline detail the style - makers and trendsetters and how historic events design houses retailers films magazines and celebrities shaped the way we dressed then and now.
Title: 20th - Century Fashion. 100 Years Of Apparel Ads
Author(s): Nieder Alison A., Jim Heimann
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836522793
Pages: 592 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/4/2016
Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
Category: Fashion & Textiles: Design
Description: The 20th century saw fashion evolve from an exclusive Parisian salon business catering for the wealthy elite into a global industry employing millions with new trends whisked into stores before the last model has even left the catwalk. Along the way the signature silhouettes of each era evolved beyond recognition. For women House of Worth crinolines gave way to Vionnet's bias - cut gowns Dior's New Look to Quant's Chelsea Look Halston's white suit to Frankie B.'s low - rise jeans. In menswear ready - made suits signaled the demise of bespoke tailoring long before Hawaiian shirts or skinny jeans entered the game.20th - Century Fashion offers a retrospective of the last hundred years of style via 400 fashion advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection. The images trace not only the changing trends but also the evolution in their marketing and audience as fashion was adopted into popular culture and the mass market decade by decade. An in - depth introduction and illustrated timeline detail the style - makers and trendsetters and how historic events design houses retailers films magazines and celebrities shaped the way we dressed then and now.
Title: 20th - Century Fashion. 100 Years Of Apparel Ads
Author(s): Nieder Alison A., Jim Heimann
Publisher: Taschen Gmbh
Barcode: 9783836522793
Pages: 592 Pages
Language: English
Publication Date: 4/4/2016
Series: Bibliotheca Universalis
Category: Fashion & Textiles: Design