20,000 Years of Fashion
by Francois Boucher |
The Art of Dress
by Jane Ashelford |
The Cut of Women's Clothes
by Nora Waugh |
Nineteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
by Lucy Johnston |
What Clothes Reveal
by Linda Baumgarten |
Eighteenth-Century Clothing at Williamsburg
by Linda Baumgarten |
Dangerous Liaisons
by Harold Koda |
Costume in Detail
by Nancy Bradfield | 
The Coat Route
by Meg Lukens Noonan |
Vivienne Westwood
by Claire Wilcox | 
Adorned in Dreams
by Elizabeth Wilson |
Alexander McQueen
by Kristin Knox | 
Alexander McQueen
by Andrew Bolton |
Deluxe
by Dana Thomas | 
The End of Fashion
by Teri Agins | 
D.V.
by Diana Vreeland | 
The Beautiful Fall
by Alicia Drake | 
The Power of Glamour
by Virginia Postrel | 
Women in Clothes
by Sheila Heti | 
The Little Dictionary of Fashion
by Christian Dior |
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.