Fifty dresses that changed the world / Design Museum ; [Text written by: Michael Czerwinski].

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Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Conran Octopus, 2009.Description: 106 p : illISBN:

9781840915389
1840915382

Other title:

50 dresses that changed the world

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DDC classification:

746.9 DES

Summary: 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.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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.

Author notes provided by Syndetics

London's Design Museum is the world's leading museum devoted to contemporary design in every form from furniture to graphics, and architecture to industrial design. Since its opening in 1989 it has worked to place design at the center of contemporary culture.