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The Thames and Hudson dictionary of fashion and fashion designers /

By:

Callan, Georgina O'Hara

Contributor(s):

Callan, Georgina O'Hara. Encyclopaedia of fashion

Series: World of artPublication details: New York : Thames and Hudson, 1998.Edition: Rev., expanded and updated edDescription: 272 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cmISBN:

050020313X
9780500203132

Other title:

Dictionary of fashion and fashion designers
Fashion and fashion designers

Subject(s):

Summary: "This guide to fashion provides in more than 1,200 entries detailed information on the life and work of every important designer from 1840 up to the present day, including not only couturiers but also shoe, hat and knitwear specialists, costume designers, jewelers and hairdressers. It also covers the fashion media, photographers and illustrators, influential art movements, fashion terms, garment and accessory styles, technical processes, and every kind of fabric, as well as personalities who have influenced fashion or promoted a style. Extensively illustrated in both colour and black and white, international in scope and completely up to date, it is an essential sourcebook for designers, students, collectors and enthusiasts. Its full cross-referencing and wide-ranging bibliography provide invaluable additional information."--Jacket.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book Limited Loan	Whitecliffe Library General Shelves	General	TT 503 CAL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0001742

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Previous edition published under the title: The encyclopaedia of fashion.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 268-272).

"This guide to fashion provides in more than 1,200 entries detailed information on the life and work of every important designer from 1840 up to the present day, including not only couturiers but also shoe, hat and knitwear specialists, costume designers, jewelers and hairdressers. It also covers the fashion media, photographers and illustrators, influential art movements, fashion terms, garment and accessory styles, technical processes, and every kind of fabric, as well as personalities who have influenced fashion or promoted a style. Extensively illustrated in both colour and black and white, international in scope and completely up to date, it is an essential sourcebook for designers, students, collectors and enthusiasts. Its full cross-referencing and wide-ranging bibliography provide invaluable additional information."--Jacket.