Fashion Today - Hardcover

McDowell, Colin

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0714838977 ISBN 13: 9780714838977

Publisher: Phaidon Press, 2000

Synopsis

Fashion Today is a kaleidoscopic, colourful and provo-cative survey of the fashion world from the introduction of Dior's New Look in 1947 to the present day, and all points in between.The book is a thematic overview of fashion in its widest sense, ranging from haute couture to street-style, from the one-off to the mass market, and pr+t-++-porter. It shows how fashion has played a vital and continuing part in reflecting and influencing twentieth-century attitudes, from the sexual revolution and rise of popular culture in the 1960s to the consumerism of the 1980s and 1990s. Fashion Today places current fashion not only in the context of youth, sexuality, fetishism, exoticism and historicism, but also in the context of previous fashion movements - demonstrating that fashion reflects not only its surroundings but itself.Colin McDowell is a respected fashion commentator. He is fashion correspondent for the Sunday Times and the author of many books on the subject.'McDowell deconstructs fashion with insight, humour, verve + One of the best books on the subject in recent years.' (Chicago Tribune)'The new fashion bible.' (Time Out)

About this title

About the Author:

Colin McDowell is a fashion historian and Senior Fashion Writer for the Sunday Times. He is the author of many books on the subject, including Literary Companion to Fashion (1995) and Galliano (1997).

Review:

'McDowell deconstructs fashion with insight, humour, verve ... One of the best books on the subject in recent years.' (Chicago Tribune) 'The new fashion bible.' (Time Out) 'A mighty book ... crammed full of images that have defined fashion since the Second World War. ... As a photographer many of the image are inspiring and thought provoking, standing as works of art in their own right The narrative deconstructs the fashion world in a humorous and often entreating way.' (Accent)

About this edition

• Publisher: Phaidon Press
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0714838977
• ISBN 13: 9780714838977
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 512