Fifty dresses that changed the world / Design Museum ; [Text written by: Michael Czerwinski].
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Conran Octopus, 2009.Description: 106 p : illISBN:- 9781840915389
- 1840915382
- 50 dresses that changed the world
- 746.9 DES
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 746.9 DES (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100477117 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
You don't have to be a fashionista or a design aficionado to adore this fascinating look at the power of one dress to change society.
Join the Design Museum, the world's leading museum in contemporary design, on a guided tour of the 50 most important dresses in social history and design.
Filled with pages of beautiful clothes, and the famous faces (and bodies) that put them on the world stage -including Wallis Simpson, Jackie Kennedy, Twiggy and Cher and, of course, Princess Di-this fun volume shares fascinating appraisals of what gave the 50 most important garments their iconic status.
Includes index.
Illustrates 50 dresses that have made a substantial impact on the world of design today, from the 1915 Delphos Pleated dress to Hussein Chalayan\'s 2007 LED Dress.