Fashion 150 : 150 years, 150 designers / edited by Arianna Piazza.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Piazza, Arianna, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Fashion designers--Encyclopedias.

Fashion designers.

Fashion design--History--Encyclopedias.

Fashion design.

Fashion--History--Pictorial works.

Fashion.

Fashion designers--Biography.

Fashion--History--19th century.

Fashion--History--20th century.

History.

Fashion--History--21st century.

Genre:

Encyclopedias.

History.

Pictorial works.

Illustrated works.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

533 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 32 cm

Other Title:

Fashion one hundred fifty

Place of Publication:

London : Laurence King Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

Covering everyone from Azzedine Alaia to Yohji Yamamoto, and everything from Boho Chic to Space Age style, this is an indispensible and delightful guide to the creative world of fashion. This encyclopedic volume contains over 150 entries on designers and styles, with multiple images and a comprehensive text for each one. It is a reliable, up-to-date reference work as well as an inspirational showcase, with over 500 photographs and original illustrations. Whether you want to know about the most creative designers or the most successful brands, luxurious haute couture or innovative youth countercultures, this guide includes all of the designers, movements and style icons that have created the history of international fashion from the 1860s all the way to today.

Includes entries on Haider Ackermann, Adrian, Aesthetic dress, Azzedine Alaïa, Walter Albini, Giorgio Armani, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain, Rocco Barocco, Neil Barrett, Geoffrey Beene, Manolo Blahnik, Boho Chic, Burberry, Roberto Capucci, Pierre Cardin, Jean-Charles de Castelbajac, Roberto Cavalli, Céline, Hussein Chalayan, Coco Chanel, Cholé, Jimmy Choo, Ossie Clark, Comme des Garçons, Costume National, André Courrèges, Dandyism, Deconstruction, Oscar de la Renta, Sonia Delaunay, Alessandro Dell'Acqua, Ann Demeulemeester, Diesel, Christian Dior, Disco Style, Dolce & Gabbana, Jacques Doucet, Dsquared, Emo, Ethnic, Etro, Fendi, Salvatore Ferragamo, Gianfranco Ferré, Alberta Ferretti, Fetish, Fiorucci, Fontana Sisters, Tom Ford, Mariano Fortuny, Diane von Fürstenberg, John Galliano, Fernanda Gattinoni, Jean Paul Gaultier, Romeo Gigli, Hubert de Givenchy, Glam Rock, Gothic, Madame Grès, Grunge, Gucci, Roy Halston, Hermès, Carolina Herrera, Hip Hop, Hippy, Hipster, Andrea Incontri, Marc Jacobs, Charles, James, Christopher Kane, Donna Karan, Kenzo, Naeem Khan, Calvin Klein, Michael Kors, Krizia, Christian Lacroix, Karl Lagerfeld, Helmut Lang, Jeanne Lanvin, Ralph Lauren, Lucien Lelong, Lolita, Christian Louboutin, Marchesa , Masion Martin Margiela, Marni, Antonio Marras, Max Mara, Claire McCardell, Stella McCartney, Alexander McQueen, Minimal, Missoni, Mix & Match, Issey Miyake, Mod, Moschino, Thierry Mugler, New Romantic, Osklen, Rick Owens, Jean Patou, André Perugia, Andrea Pfister, Paul Poiret, Zac Posen, Power Dressing, Prada, Preppy, Emilio Pucci, Gareth Pugh, Fausto Puglis, Punk, Mary Quant, Paco Rabanne, Nina Ricci, Rockabilly, Rockers, Rodarte, Narciso Rodriguez, Sonia Rykiel, Elie Saab, Yves Saint Laurent, Jil Sander, Elsa Schiaparelli, Mila Schön, Francesco Scognamiglio, Ken Scott, Raf Simons, Paul Smith, Space Age, Levi Strauss, Street Style, Surf Style, Tod's, Trussardi, Emanuel Ungaro, Valentino, Dries Van Noten, Gianni Versace, Viktor & Rolf, Vintage, Madeleine Vionnet, Roger Vivier, Louis Vuitton, Alexander Wang, Vera Wang, Junya Watanabe, Vivienne Westwood, Charles Frederick Worth, Yohji Yamamoto, Ermenegildo Zegna, Zoran.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780676203

1780676204

OCLC:

957546893