Fashion game changers : reinventing the 20th-century silhouette /: reinventing the 20th-century silhouette. ([2016])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Karen Van Godtsenhoven, Miren Arzalluz & Kaat Debo.
• Editors: Godtsenhoven, Karen van; Arzalluz, Miren, 1978-; Debo, Kaat
• Contents: Cover; Half-title; Copyright; Title; Contents; 1 Fashion Game Changers: Reinventing the Twentieth-Century Silhouette An Introduction; 2 Iconoclastic Visions of the Silhouette: Cristóbal Balenciaga; The historicist silhouette of the 1930s; The genesis of an idea; The early years and the influence of the modernists; The evolution of the silhouette in Balenciaga: 1917-1957; The road to abstraction; 3 Self-taught and Experimental: A New Approach to the Body; The Inside View -- Karin Dillen on wearing Maison Martin Margiela. 4 Kindred Spirits: The Radical Poetry of Japanese and Belgian DesignersFashion thinkers; In the search for a new (old) beauty; The body within; The Inside View -- Liliane Lijn on Wearing Issey Miyake; 5 The Discovery of Abstraction in Twentieth-century Fashion; Prologue; Japonism and fashion; Poiret: looseness; Vionnet: modern clothing; Conclusion; 6 Shadows of the Body; 7 Cultural Liberation Springing from Physical Liberation: Reception Study of the 1980s Avant-garde; The Inside View -- Isolde Pringiers on Wearing Comme Des Garçons; 8 More Game Changers; Louise Boulanger. André Courrèges; Pierre Cardin; Paco Rabanne; Georgina Godley; Endnotes; Bibliography; Notes on Contributors; Photo Credits; Index; Acknowledgements.
• Publisher Details: London New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource (292 pages), color illustrations
• Subjects: 746.9/2; Fashion -- Europe -- History -- 20th century; Fashion -- Europe -- History -- 21st century; DESIGN -- Fashion; ART -- History -- General; DESIGN -- Textile & Costume; Fashion; Europe; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781474280082; 1474280080
• Related ISBNs: 9781474280358; 1474280358; 9781474279048
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 12, 2018).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.