Charles James : beyond fashion /

Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was renowned in the 1940s and 1950s as a master at sculpting fabric for the female form and creating fashions that defined mid-century glamour. Although James had no formal training as a dressmaker, he created strikingly original...

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Glavni autori: Koda, Harold (Autor), Reeder, Jan Glier (Autor)
Daljnji autori: James, Charles, 1906-1978
Format: Knjiga
Jezik:engleski
Izdano: New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art, [2014]
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Sadržaj:
  • An appreciation of Charles James / Ralph Rucci
  • Introduction / Harold Koda
  • Metamorphology: the personal and professional life of Charles James / Jan Glier Reeder
  • The calculus of fashion: process and oeuvre / Harold Koda
  • Spirals & wraps
  • Drapes & folds
  • Anatomical cut & platonic form
  • Architectural shaping
  • Inherent vice: challenges and conservation / Sarah Scaturro and Glenn Petersen.