Synopsis
Now available from Abrams, this popular book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing. Perfect decorative seams, minute stitching, knife-sharp pleats, and voluptuous drapery-all are here, alongside more unusual techniques such as stamping, pinking, and slashing. Most of these effects cannot be replicated by machine, yet many of today's fashion designers take their inspiration from the past, adapting these details to a more contemporary idiom, and to the realities of modern manufacturing. Drawing from the Victoria and Albert Museum's world-famous collections, the book contains a gallery of exquisite photographs, accompanied by clear line drawings showing the construction of the complete garment and a text that sets each in the context of its time. This book will appeal to anyone interested in fashion, historical costume, or textile history, from cut and construction to fabric and trimmings., Drawing from the Victoria and Albert Museum's world-famous collections, this book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing.. The exquisite photographs and clear line drawings will appeal to anyone interested in fashion, historical costume, or textile history, from cut and construction to fabric and trimmings., The bestselling books in the acclaimed Fashion in Detail series are now available with gorgeous new covers. The series features the V & A's world famous collection of historical dress in glorious close-up, with line drawings showing the construction of the complete garment. This sumptuously illustrated book reveals the decorative seams, beautiful stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting and slashing and stamping that make up the clothing in the V & A's magnificent seventeenth and eighteenth century collection. An authoritative text, exquisite colour photography and line drawings of complete garments allow the reader the unique opportunity to look closely at clothing often too fragile to be on display., The bestselling books in the acclaimed Fashion in Detail series are now available with gorgeous new covers. The series features the V & A's world famous collection of historical dress in glorious close-up, with line drawings showing the construction of the complete garment.....This sumptuously illustrated book reveals the decorative seams, beautiful stitching, voluptuous drapery, strict corseting and slashing and stamping that make up the clothing in the V & A's magnificent seventeenth and eighteenth century collection. An authoritative text, exquisite colour photography and line drawings of complete garments allow the reader the unique opportunity to look closely at clothing often too fragile to be on display.
