Fashion Designers A Z Etro Edition

Meister aller KleiderDie 100 maßgebenden Modeschöpfer des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts und ihre wichtigsten EntwürfeVon Akris und Azzedine Alaïa bis Yves Saint Laurent und Zoran: Dieser Ausnahmeband versammelt alle, die aus Kleidung eine Kunst, ein Medium und einen riesigen Wirtschaftsfaktor gemacht haben. Die Kuratoren des Museums am Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) in New York erzählen die Geschichte der Mode des 20. und 21. Jahrhunderts anhand von 500 Exponaten aus ihren textilen Schatzkammern. Pointierte Texte der Kuratoren erklären die jeweilige Bedeutung der einzelnen Designer sowie den besonderen Charakter der abgebildeten Objekte.Valerie Steele - Leiterin und Chefkuratorin des FIT - beschreibt in ihrem Einleitungsessay den Siegeszug ihres Modemuseums und das Aufkommen von Modeausstellungen als ebenso umstrittenes wie zunehmend beliebtes Zeitgeistphänomen.Fashion Designers A-Z gibt es in sechs verschiedenen Limited Editions. Die Stoffe für deren Einbände (Gesamtauflage: 11000 Exemplare) kommen von Akris, Etro, Stella McCartney, Missoni, Prada und Diane von Furstenberg. Jedes Exemplar wurde in Handarbeit von einer Buchbinderei im Herzen Italiens gefertigt. Von einem Schuber aus Acrylglas geschützt, ist dies die Couture der Modelexika. Nun kommt es nur noch darauf an, welches Cover Ihnen am besten steht.Wer Etro sagt, denkt an Paisley. Die von Veronica Etro ausgesuchten Muster spiegeln die Bandbreite dieses Klassikers des Modeprints und machen das Buch zum Blickfang eines jeden coffeetable. Über Jahrzehnte hinweg hat das Mailänder Unternehmen das klassische, tröpfchenförmige Dekor kontinuierlich erforscht und neu interpretiert. Geschichtsträchtig und voller Symbolik, versinnbildlicht dieses Muster die gelungene Fusion von Gegenwart und Vergangenheit in zeitlos-internationaler Eleganz.-Limitierte Auflage von 2000 Exemplaren-Verschiedene Cover-Designs-Bei Online-Bestellungen wird nach dem Zufallsprinzip eines der vorhandenen Cover-Designs geliefert.

From Azzedine Alaïa and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent, celebrate a century's worth of fashion greats. This accessibly priced and updated edition features photographs of approximately 500 garments selected from the permanent collection of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, distilling the...

Fashion masterpieces: Defining designers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their most remarkable works From Azzedine Ala�a, Crist�bal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel, to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century's worth of fashion greats from the permanent collection of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology are celebrated in this limited-edition volume. Photographs of over 500 garments selected from the Museum's permanent collection illuminate each of the featured designers, while texts by the curators explain why each designer is important in fashion history and what is special about the individual pieces featured. In her introductory essay, director and chief curator Valerie Steele writes about the rise of the fashion museum, and the emergence of the fashion exhibition as a popular and controversial phenomenon; and both Steele and contributor Suzy Menkes provide a history of this museum's role in the world of fashion scholarship and preservation. Fashion Designers A-Z is available as a series of six Designer Editions. Each edition (a total of 11,000 copies) is bound in a fabric created by one of six designers--Akris, Etro, Stella McCartney, Missoni, Prada, and Diane von Furstenberg--and comes in a Plexiglas box. Crafted by hand at a bindery in the heart of Italy, and stamped with a unique number, every copy is an instant classic, and an addition to your fashion library that is truly one-of-a-kind. For the covers of the Missoni Edition, limited to just 2,000 numbered copies, the Missoni family selected a colorful array of 20 different zigzag-striped knit from its vast archives. The fabrics exemplify the company's optimistic, playful approach to pattern since the 1970s. Orders placed online will be fulfilled with one of the Missoni fabrics. Text in English, French, and German

From Azzedine Alaïa and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen and Yves Saint Laurent, celebrate a century's worth of fashion greats. This accessibly priced and updated edition features photographs of approximately 500 garments selected from the permanent collection of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City, distilling the...

From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century's worth of fashion greats from the permanent collection of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City are celebrated in this fresh edition of Fashion Designers A-Z. This accessibly priced and updated collection features photographs of hundreds of garmentsselected from the Museum's permanent collection. From an exquisitely embroidered velvet evening gown to Mondrian-style minimalist chic, each chosen piece is selected not only for its beauty but for its representative value, distilling the unique philosophy and aesthetics of each of the featured designers. Texts by the museum's curators explain why each designer is important in fashion history and what is special about the garments featured, complemented by drawn portraits by Robert Nippoldt. In her introductory essay, director and chief curator Valerie Steele writes about the rise of the fashion museum, and the emergence of the fashion exhibition as a popular and controversial phenomenon. About the series TASCHEN turns 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program--now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production.

Fashion Designer's Handbook for Adobe Illustrator 2ndEdition is a teach-yourself guide that provides step-by-stepinstructions and diagrams on how to use Adobe IllustratorCS5. Bursting with detailed technical information and full colourillustrations, its highly practical approach ensures fastlearning. You will not only learn how to create technicaldrawings, but also fashion illustrations, flat drawings andstoryboards for the fashion industry, and how to combine AdobeIllustrator and Adobe Photoshop. Once the basicsare covered, you have the opportunity to learn more about thesophisticated aspects of this essential software package. If you are a fashion student or a fashion designer, this is theonly book you'll need to master the very latest version of AdobeIllustrator.

Fully revised and updated for 2022, this new edition of Phaidon's iconic global bestseller The Fashion Book takes a fresh look at the fashion world and the people who created and inspired it. Spanning almost 200 years, the entire industry is represented: from designers to photographers, stylists, and retailers, as well as editors and creative directors. Marking significant changes on the fashion landscape, this revised edition features important new names who have fundamentally shaped the way we see fashion in recent years, alongside fashion pioneers of the previous edition. This bestselling - and now updated - classic volume remains a comprehensive and definitive view of the fashion industry today.