TY  - BOOK
AU  - Crill,Rosemary
AU  - Wearden,Jennifer Mary
AU  - Wilson,Verity
AU  - Crill,Rosemary
TI  - World dress fashion in detail
SN  - 9781851775682 (victoria & albert museum)
PY  - 2009///
CY  - London
PB  - Victoria & Albert Museum
KW  - Victoria and Albert Museum
KW  - Clothing and dress
KW  - History
KW  - Cross-cultural studies
KW  - Fashion design
KW  - Pictorial works
KW  - cct
KW  - Costume design
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 221) and index; Necklines --; Fastenings --; Cuffs, edgings and seams --; Contrasting fabrics, linings and pockets --; Pleats and gathers --; Applied decoration
N2  - 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
ER  -