Modern Fashion in Detail

This colourful and glamorous book takes a close-up look at the intricacies of 20th-century fashion. Glorious photographs focus on the detail of designer clothes, providing new insight into the techniques used by couturiers to achieve their effects. Succinct commentaries put the clothes into context and examine the designers’ choice of fabric and methods of construction, while each garment is shown in full in a specially commissioned line drawing. Indispensable to anyone interested in 20th-century fashion. Written by Claire Wilcox & Valerie Mendes. 143 pages. Size 30 x 23cm.

Price £19.99