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Italian Fashion Now

Frisa Maria Luisa

ISBN: PB: 9788831798129, DAP, Marsilio Editori, September 2011
212 pp., 24.7x20 cm, 814 colour illus.

Not for sale in Estonia! What's hot in Italian fashion now, and what soon will be hot. New stars are rising in the Italian fashion world – a varied group comprised of a young generation of designers who studied at fashion schools in Italy and abroa...

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Knoll Textiles, 1945-2010

Martin Earl

ISBN: HB: 9780300170696, Yale University Press, July 2011
400 pp., 26.5x21.6 cm, 300 colour illus., 100 black&white illus.

In 1940, Hans Knoll founded a company in New York that soon earned a reputation for its progressive line of furniture. Florence Schust joined the firm and helped establish its interior design division, the Knoll Planning Unit. In 1947, the year after...

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Alexander McQueen Savage Beauty

Bolton Andrew

ISBN: HB: 9780300169782, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, April 2011
224 pp., 34.8x25.9 cm, 250 colour illus.

Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) was one of the most influential, imaginative and inspirational designers at the turn of the millennium. His fashions both challenged and expanded the conventional parameters of clothing beyond utility to a compelling exp...

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Pomp and Poverty A History of Silk in Ireland

Dunlevy Mairead

ISBN: HB: 9780300170412, Yale University Press, April 2011
280 pp., 26.2x19.8 cm, 25 black&white illus., 135 colour illus.

Lustrous, warm, lightweight, strong silk has always been a symbol of wealth and status, beginning in prehistoric China. In "Pomp and Poverty: A History of Silk in Ireland", Mairead Dunlevy unfolds a colourful tale. She introduces us to the merchants...

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Roberto Capucci Art into Fashion

Blum Dilys E.

ISBN: HB: 9780300169584, Yale University Press, March 2011
220 pp., 30.2x25.6 cm, 22 black&white illus., 182 colour illus.

Italian couturier Roberto Capucci (born 1930) is revered by contemporary fashion designers for his innovative silhouettes and masterful use of colour and materials. Capucci refers to his creations as "studies in form", and draws inspiration from a mu...

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Arnold Scaasi American Couturier

Parmal Pamela A.

ISBN: HB: 9780878467587, DAP, MFA Publications, November 2010
192 pp., 29.8x22.9 cm, illustrated throughout

Not for sale in Estonia! Barbra Streisand, Natalie Wood, Arlene Francis, Diahann Carroll, Joan Rivers, Mamie Eisenhower, Barbara Bush, Louise Nevelson... What these women have in common is that all were dressed by Scaasi. From his meteoric rise on...

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100 Dresses The Costume Institute

Koda Harold

ISBN: PB: 9780300166552, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, September 2010
232 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 28 black&white illus., 153 colour illus.

What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first time ever, are 100 fabulous gowns from the permanent collection of the renowned Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, each of which is a reminde...

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Japan Fashion Now

Steele Valerie

ISBN: PB: 9780300167276, Yale University Press, September 2010
240 pp., 30x23.5 cm, 120 colour illus.

Scholars have long acknowledged the significance of the Japanese 'fashion revolution' of the 1980s, when avant-garde designers Issey Miyake, Yohji Yamamoto, and Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons introduced a radically new conception of fashion. But w...

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Fashioning Fashion European Dress in Detail, 1700-1915

Sadako Takeda Sharon, Durland Spilker Kaye, Chrisman-Campbell Kimberly, Esguerra Clarissa M., LaBouff Nicole

ISBN: HB: 9783791350622, Prestel Publishing, September 2010
224 pp., 32x25 cm, 266 colour illus.

Luxurious textiles, exacting tailoring, and lush trimmings abound in this glorious volume that celebrates the evolution of European dress through two centuries. Fashion is in the details. The textiles, tailoring, and trimmings all work together in t...

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American Beauty Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion

Mears Patricia

ISBN: HB: 9780300155358, Yale University Press, January 2010
192 pp., 30x23.5 cm, 120 colour illus.

This beautifully illustrated book is the first to examine the relationship between innovation and aesthetics as expressed by American couturiers and fashion designers from the late 1910s to the present day. The book, which accompanies a major exhibit...

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