The Thames and Hudson dictionary of fashion and fashion designers / Georgina O'Hara Callan.
"This guide to fashion provides in more than 1,200 entries detailed information on the life and work of every important designer from 1840 up to the present day, including not only couturiers but also shoe, hat and knitwear specialists, costume designers, jewelers and hairdressers. It also cove...
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| Format: | Ebook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Thames and Hudson,
1998.
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| Edition: | Revised, expanded and updated edition. |
| Series: | World of art.
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| Online Access: | Credo Academic Core with Backfile |
| Summary: | "This guide to fashion provides in more than 1,200 entries detailed information on the life and work of every important designer from 1840 up to the present day, including not only couturiers but also shoe, hat and knitwear specialists, costume designers, jewelers and hairdressers. It also covers the fashion media, photographers and illustrators, influential art movements, fashion terms, garment and accessory styles, technical processes, and every kind of fabric, as well as personalities who have influenced fashion or promoted a style. Extensively illustrated in both colour and black and white, international in scope and completely up to date, it is an essential sourcebook for designers, students, collectors and enthusiasts. Its full cross-referencing and wide-ranging bibliography provide invaluable additional information."--Jacket. |
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| Item Description: | Previous ed. published under title: The encyclopaedia of fashion. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (272 pages) : illustrations (some colour). |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 1849722471 9781849722476 |