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Underwear: Fashion in Detail
Eleri Lynn
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Description for Underwear: Fashion in Detail
Paperback. From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear: Fashion in Detail gets up close to some of the most intimate items in the V&A. Series: Fashion in Detail. Num Pages: 224 pages, 190 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1256.
From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear: Fashion in Detail gets up close to some of the most intimate items in the V&A. The book traces the evolution of underwear, from rare examples dating from the sixteenth century and the exaggerated shapes of eighteenth-century courtly undergarments, to Dior's curvaceous 'New Look' girdles to contemporary lingerie by Agent Provocateur and Rigby and Peller. Meticulous colour photography shows these fascinating garments in close detail, while intricate line drawings reveal their construction. The book also highlights the work of designers such as Vionnet and Westwood, who have ... Read more
From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear: Fashion in Detail gets up close to some of the most intimate items in the V&A. The book traces the evolution of underwear, from rare examples dating from the sixteenth century and the exaggerated shapes of eighteenth-century courtly undergarments, to Dior's curvaceous 'New Look' girdles to contemporary lingerie by Agent Provocateur and Rigby and Peller. Meticulous colour photography shows these fascinating garments in close detail, while intricate line drawings reveal their construction. The book also highlights the work of designers such as Vionnet and Westwood, who have ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Series
Fashion in Detail
Condition
New
Weight
1260g
Number of Pages
224
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781851777846
SKU
V9781851777846
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Eleri Lynn
Eleri Lynn has managed the refurbishment of the V&A's Fashion Gallery and the new Clothworkers' Centre for the Study and Conservation of Textiles and Fashion at Blythe House. She is curator of the V&A exhibition, Undressed: 350 Years of Underwear in Fashion, was assistant curator of The Golden Age of Couture (V&A 2007) and co-coordinator of V&A's Fashion in Motion ... Read more
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