This essential book for fashion enthusiasts explores Martin Margiela's transformative impact at Hermès, focusing on innovations in tailoring and a new vision of beauty that embraces all ages. Featuring interviews, essays, and exclusive archival material, it captures a pivotal moment in 20th- and 21st-century fashion.
From the end of the 1930s through the 1940s, the New York fashion industry came into its own. Sportswear, which had evolved from its sporting origins, was at the centre of this shift. This book presents a narrative and analysis of how New York sportswear evolved to become the definitive American style and how a modern fashion aesthetic was born.
This text argues that fashion and the imagery surrounding it give us a vision of Western culture that is both enticing and alienating. Rebecca Arnold exlores the complex nature of modern fashion, attempting to unravel the contradictory emotions of desire and anxiety that it provokes.
A directory of more than 1000 tiny tattoo artworks, along with interviews and useful information about the symbology and origin of the designs.
Fashion is a gigantic global industry, generating some three hundred billion dollars in revenue every year, and playing a significant role in the economic, political, cultural and social lives of a vast international audience. Despite this, and perhaps in part because of its prevalence in the media, it is often denigrated as trivial and superficial, as a sign of vanity and narcissism. Written by a highly regarded authority on twentieth-century fashion, this Very Short Introduction offer a wide-ranging and revealing look at fashion that discusses everything from production and design, to couture and retailing, to the wider role of fashion in society. This lively book illuminates the structure of the fashion industry and the range of professionals involved in its creation, and it provides cogent insight into its historical, social and cultural contexts. It also sheds light on how fashion has developed, while raising questions about its ethical and controversial aspects, such as theuse of fur, exploitative trading, and poor working conditions for laborers.
The evolution of New York sportswear from the late 1930s to the 1940s is at the heart of this narrative, highlighting its transition into a staple for busy women across various lifestyles. The book draws on diverse sources, including fashion magazines and department store records, to illustrate how this style became synonymous with the American aesthetic. It showcases influential designers like Claire McCardell, who provided an alternative to European fashions, embodying the modern, active woman and reflecting a blend of metropolitan and rural American ideals.