Underwear : fashion in detail / Eleri Lynn ; photographs by Richard Davis ; drawings by Leonie Davis.
Material type: TextPublisher: London V&A Publishing, 2014Copyright date: ©2014Edition: Paperback editionDescription: 224 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 30 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781851777846
- 1851777849
- Fashion in detail
- 391.42 LYN
Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 391.42 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002100577031 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Get intimately acquainted with the V&A's world-renowned collection of undergarments in this eye-opening visual history.
From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps, Eleri Lynn's Underwear: Fashion in Detail traces the peculiar evolution of underwear. Revealing photographs highlight close-up details in the garments, while intricate line drawings show their masterly construction. A wide range of designs is represented, from rare 16th-century examples to Dior's curvaceous "New Look," to Calvin Klein's notorious briefs.
Previously published: 2010.
Includes bibliographical references.
Covering up -- Decoration -- Control and constrict -- Fastenings -- Support and uplift -- Volume -- Inside out.
"From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear: Fashion in Detail gets up close to some of the most intimate items in the V&A. The book traces the evolution of underwear, from rare examples dating from the sixteenth century and the exaggerated shapes of eighteenth-century courtly undergarments, to Dior's curvaceous 'New Look' girdles to contemporary lingerie by Agent Provocateur and Rigby and Peller. Meticulous colour photography shows these fascinating garments in close detail, while intricate line drawings reveal their construction. The book also highlights the work of designers such as Vionnet and Westwood, who have taken influence from underwear for their own outerwear creations." -- Publisher's description.