Decades: A Century of Fashion

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Presents a decade-by-decade guide to the most influential looks of the past century, matching red-carpet gowns to famous celebrities while providing original designer sketches, photos of rare couture, and interviews with a range of authorities.

The founder of Los Angeles´ Decades boutique presents a decade-by-decade guide to the most influential looks of the past century, matching red-carpet gowns to famous celebrities while providing original designer sketches, photos of rare couture and interviews with a range of authorities. 25,000 first printing.

Cameron Silver shows off the smart style that made an unsuccessful musician running a used dress store intο a bosom friend of couture magazines and movie stars. The book is written with Rebecca DiLiberto. The author is an able historian, and so skillful as to write almost directly about history and social issues without ever failing to entertain. This lavish coffee-table book is admirably organized, with one chapter for each decade. The author chooses two famous women to exemplify contrasting currents in the decade´s fashion (Zelda Fitzgerald/Josephine Baker, Marlene Dietrich/Frieda Kahlo, Grace Kelly/Bettie Page), then names what those currents meant and how women worked them, without ever becoming too direct or academic. One iconic top-name designer from each era is given a full profile. Using this basic structure, the book proceeds on the philosophy that if you have a good foundation, you may tuck and drape. The fabrics here are lovely. Dozens of full-page iconic photographs from each era showcase the looks and the tastemakers. Much interesting history finds its way in. The design is excellent; non-color images are gently toned in velvet black, grayscale, slight sepia, or silver as appropriate. Colors and styles from the 70s and 80s which would not now pass the velvet rope are toned down or omitted. The author acknowledges this and does not apologize; slick hair gets you in, a big afro does not. Wherever monoch
Delivery 3-6 weeks
62,22 €
Regular price: 65,49 €
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