The dress circle : New Zealand fashion design since 1940 / Lucy Hammonds, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, Claire Regnault.
"Contrary to popular opinion, New Zealand Fashion didn't begin in the late 1990s when four designers were sent to the London catwalks and created a stir with their stylish dark garments. Its history is in fact a long and rich one, and no one tells it better than the team of Douglas Lloyd J...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Auckland, N.Z. :
Godwit,
2010.
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| Summary: | "Contrary to popular opinion, New Zealand Fashion didn't begin in the late 1990s when four designers were sent to the London catwalks and created a stir with their stylish dark garments. Its history is in fact a long and rich one, and no one tells it better than the team of Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, Claire Regnault and Lucy Hammonds, all three of whom are experts in the field, and who spent over three years tracking down our overlooked and in some cases entirely forgotten fashion pioneers and heroes. The treasure-trove of fabulous frocks, coats, ballgowns and bijou pieces they bring back into the light are stunning in their creativity, giving the lie to the notion that we've always been a nation of bad dressers. The stories they tell of dedication, passion, of triumph and of disaster are part of our rich history."--Publisher's description. |
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| Item Description: | "HBMAG ; The New Dowse"--Colophon. |
| Physical Description: | 422 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 27 cm |
| Awards: | New Zealand Post Book Awards 2011 Illustrated Non-Fiction Finalist. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 1869621816 9781869621810 |