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Modern menswear / Hywel Davies.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : Laurence King, 2008.Description: 208 p. : col. ill. ; 29 cmISBN:
  • 9781856695404 (hbk.)
  • 1856695409 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 391.1 DAV
Contents:
Introduction -- Aitor Throup -- Alexander McQueen -- Bernhard Willhelm -- Blaak -- Burberry Prorsum -- Cosmic wonder light source -- Costume national -- D Squared2 -- Dior Homme -- Dries Van Noten -- Duckie Brown -- Frank Leder -- Gaspard Yurkievich -- Henrik Vibskov -- John Galliano -- Josep Abril -- Kim Jones -- Maison Martin Margiela -- Marc Jacobs -- Meadham/Kirchhoff -- Patrik Söderstam -- Paul Smith -- Peter Jensen -- Raf Simons -- Rick Owens -- Siv Støldal -- Spastor -- Stephan Schneider -- Victor Glemaud -- Viktor & Rolf -- Vivienne Westwood -- Walter Van Beirendonck -- Wendy & Jim -- Woods & Woods -- Yohji Yamamoto.
Summary: \'Modern Menswear\' profiles big names and emerging talent from around the world. Designers profiled include Marc Jacobs, Yohji Yamamoto, Vivienne Westwood and Hedi Slimane of Dior Homme, providing an insight into their design processes and their contribution to the contemporary fashion aesthetic.
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Item type Current library Call number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 391.1 DAV (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 39002100478453

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

The only guide to the booming market of contemporary menswear, Modern Menswear is full of profiles and a wide range of images-catwalk, sketches, studio and more-of 35 international menswear designers. It is ideal for industry professionals, students and fashion addicts. Menswear has evolved from niche markets to mainstream acceptance. Creating this focus are designers who have broken with convention to visualize radical and directional clothing. With a huge range of imagery, Modern Menswear showcases these fashion radicals, both big names and emerging talent from across the world. Designers profiled include Marc Jacobs, Yoyji Yamamoto, Vivienne Westwood and Hedi Slimane of Dior Homme, providing an insight into their design processes and their contribution to the contemporary fashion aesthetic.

Introduction -- Aitor Throup -- Alexander McQueen -- Bernhard Willhelm -- Blaak -- Burberry Prorsum -- Cosmic wonder light source -- Costume national -- D Squared2 -- Dior Homme -- Dries Van Noten -- Duckie Brown -- Frank Leder -- Gaspard Yurkievich -- Henrik Vibskov -- John Galliano -- Josep Abril -- Kim Jones -- Maison Martin Margiela -- Marc Jacobs -- Meadham/Kirchhoff -- Patrik Söderstam -- Paul Smith -- Peter Jensen -- Raf Simons -- Rick Owens -- Siv Støldal -- Spastor -- Stephan Schneider -- Victor Glemaud -- Viktor & Rolf -- Vivienne Westwood -- Walter Van Beirendonck -- Wendy & Jim -- Woods & Woods -- Yohji Yamamoto.

\'Modern Menswear\' profiles big names and emerging talent from around the world. Designers profiled include Marc Jacobs, Yohji Yamamoto, Vivienne Westwood and Hedi Slimane of Dior Homme, providing an insight into their design processes and their contribution to the contemporary fashion aesthetic.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

HYWEL DAVIES has lectured at Central Saint Martins, London College of Fashion and the Royal College of Art. Previously fashion editor at Sleazenation, he has written for Vogue, Wallpaper*, the Sunday Telegraph, Dazed & Confused, Time Out and others. He is also a consultant for numerous brands, including Levi's and Braun.

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