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Unravel : knitwear in fashion = Ontrafel : tricot in de mode / [English translation, Martin Lambert [and others] ; Dutch translation, Monique Nederveen, Irene Smets. Leen Van Den Broucke ; English editing, Martin Lambert ; Dutch editing, Chantal Huys ; final editing, Karen Van Godtsenhoven [and others] ; authors, Hilary Alexander [and others]].

Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: Tielt : Lannoo, ©2011.Description: 184 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 28 cm; text txt; unmediated n; volume ncISBN:
  • 9789020995992
  • 9020995995
Other title:
  • Ontrafel : tricot in de mode
Subject(s):
Contents:
Introduction : Unravel: knitwear in fashion / Kaat Debo -- Foreword : Unrivalled, knitwear in fashion / Hilary Alexander -- Unravelling the status of knitwear in fashion: drop on, pick up two, drop one / Emmanuelle Dirix -- Military chic in fashion knitwear: knitting for victory / Jane Tynan -- Manufacturers and designers: knitwear in Italian high fashion / Maria Luisa Frisa & Elda Danese -- A comparison between regional and manufacturing models: highly creative Italian knitwear / Federico Poletti -- From Rei Kawakubo to Mark Fast: the void in knitting, or how formlessness shaped up / Jonathan Faiers -- Machine knitting in the 17th to 19th centuries: between luxury trade and mass production / Frieda Sorber -- Three interviews with young knitwear talents: young, hot and knitting / Karen Van Godtsenhoven -- The culture of the twinset: twinset and match / Alistair O\'Neill -- From Gabrielle Chanel to Sonia Rykiel: Knitwear in French fashion / Lydia Kamitsis -- Fashionable and historic hosiery: in the MoMu collection / Wim Mertens -- Geek chic and the significance of the cardigan in contemporary menswear: dressing like grandad / Joanne Turney -- Nederlandse teksten.
Summary: Presenting fashion knitwear in all its dimensions, this book focuses on contemporary high fashion creations by Schiaparelli, Chanel, Issy Miyake and Alexander McQueen.
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This book is an international standard work on all aspects of knitwear in fashion; some of the world's most important specialists highlight a specific theme. The focus of the book is on contemporary high fashion creations by Schiaparelli, Chanel, Issy Miyake and Alexander McQueen, presenting knitwear in all its dimensions: socially and stylistically, but also discussing more popular and practical themes. Text in English and Dutch. AUTHOR: Emmanuelle Dirix works at the Winchester College and teaches costume history at the fashion department of the Antwerp Academy. ILLUSTRATIONS: 200 colour *

Published in conjunction with the exhibition, 3/16-8/14/2011 at Modemuseum Provincie Antwerpen.

Introduction : Unravel: knitwear in fashion / Kaat Debo -- Foreword : Unrivalled, knitwear in fashion / Hilary Alexander -- Unravelling the status of knitwear in fashion: drop on, pick up two, drop one / Emmanuelle Dirix -- Military chic in fashion knitwear: knitting for victory / Jane Tynan -- Manufacturers and designers: knitwear in Italian high fashion / Maria Luisa Frisa & Elda Danese -- A comparison between regional and manufacturing models: highly creative Italian knitwear / Federico Poletti -- From Rei Kawakubo to Mark Fast: the void in knitting, or how formlessness shaped up / Jonathan Faiers -- Machine knitting in the 17th to 19th centuries: between luxury trade and mass production / Frieda Sorber -- Three interviews with young knitwear talents: young, hot and knitting / Karen Van Godtsenhoven -- The culture of the twinset: twinset and match / Alistair O\'Neill -- From Gabrielle Chanel to Sonia Rykiel: Knitwear in French fashion / Lydia Kamitsis -- Fashionable and historic hosiery: in the MoMu collection / Wim Mertens -- Geek chic and the significance of the cardigan in contemporary menswear: dressing like grandad / Joanne Turney -- Nederlandse teksten.

Presenting fashion knitwear in all its dimensions, this book focuses on contemporary high fashion creations by Schiaparelli, Chanel, Issy Miyake and Alexander McQueen.

Text in English with summary in Dutch.

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