Style City: How London Became a Fashion Capital - Rilegato

O'Byrne, Robert

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ISBN 10: 0711228957 ISBN 13: 9780711228955

Casa editrice: Frances Lincoln, 2009

Riassunto

One of Britain's greatest cultural achievements of the late 20th century was the establishment of British designer fashion. Robert O'Byrne explores this phenomenon from the mid-'70s, when designer fashion scarcely existed in Britain, to the new millennium, by which time London ranked alongside Paris, New York, and Milan as a world-class fashion capital. The book describes and illustrates all the key players and influences of British fashion in the period: not only the designers but also the music, the clubs, the parties, the amazing dressing-up tradition, and London itself. The language of fashion is visual, and this sumptuous book reflects that with evocative photographs by Norman Parkinson, David Bailey, Patrick Lichfield, Barry Lategan, and others, including iconic images such as the young Princess of Wales, Katherine Hamnett at 10 Downing Street wearing her "60 percent don't want Pershing" T-shirt, Margaret Thatcher in Aquascutum, and other rare shots from the designers' own archives.

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Recensione:

From 1970s Britain when designer fashion barely existed, to the present day and is told mostly through interviews with the iconic designers who helped make it so. Pour over images from the likes of David Bailey and sketches by John Galliano. A must-have for any fashionista's coffee table. --U Magazine

Anyone with more than a passing interest in fashion should put their feet up and get their teeth stuck into O'Byrne's presentation of a fascinating industry. --Sunday Business Post (Eire)

L'autore:

Robert O'Byrne, previously Fashion Correspondent of the Irish Times, has spent many years at the heart of the fashion world, close to the people and events covered by this book. He is a frequent contributor to newspapers and journals in Britain, Ireland and the United States.

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• Editore: Frances Lincoln
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0711228957
• ISBN 13: 9780711228955
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 256