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9781577151746

Know It All Fashion The 50 Key Modes, Garments, and Designers, Each Explained in Under a Minute

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    9781577151746

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    1577151747

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2018-04-03
  • Publisher: Wellfleet Press
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Summary

Most of us have some feeling for fashion and have a vague idea of what’s in and what’s out. Less familiar to most, however, is the way fashion works as a global business. Know-It-All Fashion looks beyond the surface of this billion-dollar industry. Each entry is summarized in under a minute–using nothing more than two pages, 300 words, and one picture. Leading fashion experts provide an engrossing crash course in how the style world works today, alongside an engaging look at the founding fathers (and mothers) of fashion who set it up that way. Every aspect of the modern fashion industry is explored, from haute couture to high street, from catwalk to street style, and from glossy magazine to online blog. Some of the recurring themes behind fashion design are also explored, such as the influence of art, music and sport. Know-It-All Fashion includes everything you need to get style savvy.


The Know It All series takes a revolutionary approach to learning about the subjects you really feel you should understand but have never gotten around to studying. Each book selects a popular topic and dissects it into the 50 most significant ideas at its heart. Each idea, no matter how complex, is explained in 300 words and one picture, all digestible in under a minute.

Other titles in this series include: Know It All Anthropology, Know It All Chemistry, Know It All Classical Music, Know It All Energy, Know It All Great Inventions, Know It All Jazz, Know It All Medicine, Know It All Shakespeare, Know It All Whiskey, Know It All Wine, Space In 30 Seconds, Sports in 30 Seconds.

 

Author Biography

Editor Rebecca Arnold is a Lecturer in the History of Dress and Textiles at The Courtauld Institute of Art. Before joining The Courtauld, she was a Lecturer at the Royal College of Art and a Visiting Fellow at the Victoria & Albert Museum. In 2006 she was the first Guest Professor at the Centre for Fashion Studies at Stockholm University.

Table of Contents

CONTENTS
6 Introduction
10 Designers
12 GLOSSARY
14 Paul Poiret
16 Madeleine Vionnet
18 Coco Chanel
20 Christian Dior
22 Cristóbal Balenciaga
24 Yves Saint Laurent
26 Profile: Alexander McQueen
28 Vivienne Westwood
30 Marc Jacobs
32 Themes & Inspirations
34 GLOSSARY
36 Textiles
38 Art
40 Profile: Rei Kawakubo
42 Film
44 Sport
46 Androgyny
48 Eroticism
50 Nostalgia
52 Fashion Cities & Centres
54 GLOSSARY
56 London
58 Paris
60 New York
62 Milan
64 Profile: Miuccia Prada
66 Tokyo
68 São Paulo
70 India
72 China
74 The Fashion Calendar
76 GLOSSARY
78 Seasons
80 Shows
82 Models
84 Buyers
86 Profile: Anna Wintour
88 Editors
90 Hair & Make-up
92 Front Row
94 From Couture to High Street
96 GLOSSARY
98 Haute Couture
100 Savile Row
102 Ready-to-Wear
104 Menswear
106 Profile: Paul Smith
108 Fragrances, Beauty Lines
& Accessories
110 High Street
112 Collaborations
114 Ethical Issues
116 The Media
118 GLOSSARY
120 The Glossies
122 Editorial
124 Advertising
126 Style Magazines
128 Stylists
130 Profile: Susie Bubble
132 Blogs
134 Street Style
136 GLOSSARY
138 Teddy Boys & Girls
140 Punk
142 Street Photography
144 Profile: Bill Cunningham
146 Hip-hop
148 Sapeurs
1 50 Lolitas
152 Appendices
154 Resources
156 Notes on Contributors
158 Index
160 Acknowledgements
 

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