Fifty Years of Fashion New Look to Now Valerie Steele

Format:
Paperback
Publication date:
01 Aug 2000
ISBN:
9780300087383
Dimensions:
176 pages: 280 x 233 x 19mm
Illustrations:
100 colour pl 50 illustrations

From haute couture to hot pants, from glamour to grunge, the past fifty years have witnessed some startling revolutions in fashion. This lively survey of postwar fashion not only describes the great designers and their creations but also places trends in clothing within their social and cultural contexts.

 Read more about Valerie Steele, fashion historian, curator, museum director and author.