World dress fashion in detail /

By:

Crill, Rosemary

Contributor(s):

Publication details: London : Victoria & Albert Museum, 2009.Description: 224 p. : col. ill., col. map ; 30 cmISBN:

9781851775682 (victoria & albert museum)
1851775684 (victoria & albert museum)

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Contents:

Necklines -- Fastenings -- Cuffs, edgings and seams -- Contrasting fabrics, linings and pockets -- Pleats and gathers -- Applied decoration.

Summary: Showcases a fabulous array of garments from the V&A's incomparable dress collection. It brings together some 150 garments from East and West, from the tropics to the Arctic circle, from the plains of India to the mountain ranges of Montenegro. Many of the garments illustrated here were made for festivals, weddings and other ceremonies, and they display a breathtaking richness of detail - rows of ornamental buttons, embroidered borders, intricate pleating and stitching, flamboyant fringes and tassels - that makes them a source of inspiration for many of today's top designers of detail that will not only delight all followers of fashion, but provide a source of inspiration to students and designers alike. Specially commissioned photographs and line drawings reveal a breathtaking richness.

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Title notes ( 3 )

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Whitecliffe Library General Shelves	General	GT 585 CRI (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		0008602

Includes bibliographical references (p. 221) and index.

Necklines -- Fastenings -- Cuffs, edgings and seams -- Contrasting fabrics, linings and pockets -- Pleats and gathers -- Applied decoration.

Showcases a fabulous array of garments from the V&A's incomparable dress collection. It brings together some 150 garments from East and West, from the tropics to the Arctic circle, from the plains of India to the mountain ranges of Montenegro. Many of the garments illustrated here were made for festivals, weddings and other ceremonies, and they display a breathtaking richness of detail - rows of ornamental buttons, embroidered borders, intricate pleating and stitching, flamboyant fringes and tassels - that makes them a source of inspiration for many of today's top designers of detail that will not only delight all followers of fashion, but provide a source of inspiration to students and designers alike. Specially commissioned photographs and line drawings reveal a breathtaking richness.