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More info Daniel James Cole is a costume designer who works in theater, television and film. He teaches fashion history at New York University and the Institute of Fashion Technology. Nancy Dale is a specialist in the history of fashion and textiles from the mid-19th century to the present day. Leads the Costume Studies Program at New York University. This book is a chic gift for all connoisseurs of fashion and those who will not miss the chance to go on a real journey through time. Historians Daniel James Cole and Nancy Dale have created a unique chronology of the development of fashion and detailed the evolution of women’s, men’s and children’s clothing over the decades, from the 1850s to the present time. You will learn: • what the «dress of reform» is and why it was brought to the International Health Exhibition in 1884; • how the silhouette of a woman has changed due to the corset «goat pigeon»; • when did dresses in «linen» style first appeared and how they differed from modern models; • what was the “lame garter” intended for and why the capital’s women of fashion used it; • how did the phenomenon of “semi-finished dress” appear, which made designer models more accessible; • What is a men’s «TV jacket» and why Esquire magazine recommended it as a homewear; • why did the New York Daily Mirror organize the “Ugly Girls Contest”. More than 600 illustrations: images of exhibits from the collections of fashion museums, photographs and drawings from the fashion press, archival photographs of models and advertising banners — thanks to this book you will learn how fashion has changed depending on social and cultural trends, how style icons and ordinary people dressed in for 160 years. “Renowned American fashion historians Daniel James Cole and Nancy Dale have written a handy and useful, richly illustrated book on the fashion of the last 160 years, which still captivates us with its discoveries and style. In our country, interest in fashion does not subside, and more and more people are studying its history, style, theory. This book will be a useful help for all neophytes and professionals who want to deepen their knowledge and look at world fashion from a different point of view, learn the principle of the development of the style of women’s and men’s clothing through the decades, remember the outstanding European, American, Australian and Japanese designers. » — Alexander Vasiliev, fashion historian, TV presenter of the «Fashionable Sentence» program, supervisor of the «Fashion Theory» course at Moscow State University Abstract If you sincerely love fashion and want to know everything about it, then this book will be an invaluable gift for you. Reputable historians Daniel James Cole and Nancy Dale have done a tremendous job: they have collected hundreds of unique facts and more than 600 archival illustrations, telling about clothing in the context of time, society, art and new technologies — decade after decade. From the 1850s, when crinoline and puffy skirts ruled the show, to today’s «labels» and sport chic. You will immerse yourself in the atmosphere of haute couture, learn about the rise of famous designers and how fashion capitals developed; where is the golden mean between «homeless haute couture» and «bohemian haute couture» and why women used to ridicule petticoats by drawing cartoons on them. From disco to post-grunge, from movie stars to “style icons”, from literary heroines to glossy cover models, here you will find answers to questions about “weird” and current trends. «Fashion History» is a detailed story about the evolution of women’s, men’s and children’s clothing, which will capture your attention like a captivating movie. …
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