Brenda Polan, Roger Tredre

The Great Fashion Designers (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

From Charles Frederick Worth to Nicolas Ghesquière, designers have propelled fashion from an elite craft into a cornerstone of contemporary popular culture. This brilliantly written analysis of the achievements of the 50 greatest names in international fashion explores their lives, both personal and professional, drawing on the latest academic research and on the best of fashion journalism, including the authors' own interviews with designers spanning a 30-year period. The designers' working methods and career highlights are outlined in detailed and wittily written entries that capture the spirit of their times. From Poiret and Patou to Gernreich and Galliano, the sometimes provocative selection of 50 names poses stimulating questions about the definition of a fashion designer in the modern era. A ground-breaking book, this is a definitive introduction to fashion designers that is essential reading for both students and general readers alike.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Oktober 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857851758
• Artikelnr.: 38236458

Autorenporträt

Brenda Polan is a fashion writer, editor, lecturer and academic. She was fashion editor and women's page editor of The Guardian in the 1980s and has written for all Britain's major newspapers and many magazines. She was formerly the programme director (Media) at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.