FASHION 150 YEARS COUTURIES, DESIGNERS, LABELS

Spanning 150 years of couturiers, designers and labels, The Fashion Book isa comprehensive and authoritative source, opulently illustrated. Fashion -that means glamour, creativity and the expression of a certain attitudetoward life. This book is devoted to the legendary world of fashion fromits origins in the late nineteenth century until our own time. Whichsocial, historical and cultural developments coalesced to allow fashion tobecome what it is today? Which designers had an especially significantimpact on their fashion eras, and what did their creations look like? Allthe text has been superbly researched, and included are essays dedicated totopics such as Japanese designers; accessories; and models and muses, aswell as focusing upon each era in detail. Countless expressive photographswork together to form a comprehensive portrayal of the rapid developmentthat took fashion from the liberation of women from the corset all the wayto the minimalist and luxurious, generous and high-necked, playful andsober, conservative and revolutionary creations of modern designers