Cartea vă poartă, cu ajutorul unor texte extrem de bine documentate şi a peste 1 000 de imagini, într-o călătorie captivantă prin fiecare etapă importantă din istoria modei: Grecia şi Roma antică, straiele de Curte ale dinastiei Tang din China, textilele amerindiene şi pre-co-lumbiene, costumele din Renaştere, Restauraţie şi Romantism, Belle Époque şi Art Deco; hainele de gata şi haute couture; revoluţia britanică a hainelor bărbăteşti, moda stradală japoneză şi multe, multe altele.
Marnie Fogg is a media consultant in all aspects of the fashion industry. She has a Master’s Degree in Art and Design Advanced practice and theory. She has lectured in Visual Studies and the Culture of Fashion and the University of Nottingham.
She is the author of over 25 books on fashion and related subjects including: The Dress: 100 Ideas that Changed Fashion Forever, Vintage Handbags: Collecting and Wearing Designer Classics, Vintage Weddings, Vintage Fashion Illustration from Harper’s Bazarr 1930 - 1970, and a series of books “Vintage Patterns” that cover the decades 1920’s thru 1980’s.
A deep and comprehensive look at what humans have worn throughout history, touching upon numerous different countries and cultures. The best part of reading this tome was discovering just how foppish the English have been throughout history, given how much they make fun of French people for that!
I didn't know what rating to give this book because it looks gorgeous, and the photos are amazing and I LOVE that it covers clothes from other cultures, but, the main text is in 10 point, which I rather optimistically thought I could manage for my favourite subject, but the captions and the shout out boxes are in 8 point font, which gave me a headache. I tried just looking at the pictures, but kept sucked in to reading just a little bit and BAM, headache again.