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Underwear : fashion in detail / Eleri Lynn ; photographs by Richard Davis ; drawings by Leonie Davis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: London : V&A, 2010.Description: 224 p : IllISBN:
  • 1851776168 (hbk.)
  • 9781851776160 (hbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 391.42 LYN
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Standard Loan LSAD Library Main Collection 391.42 LYN (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 39002100397075

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Without foundations there can be no fashion. Christian Dior
From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear- Fashion in Detail gets up close and personal with some of the most intimate items in the V+A.
Eleri Lynn traces the evolution of underwear, drawing on 120 objects that include rare examples dating from the sixteenth century, the exaggerated shapes of eighteenth century court dress, Dior's curvaceous 'New Look' and contemporary lingerie by Agent Provocateur and Rigby and Peller. Beautiful new photography shows close-up details of these fascinating garments, while intricate line drawings reveal their masterly construction. The book also highlights the work of designers such as Vionnet and Westwood who have taken influence from underwear for their own outer wear creations.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223).

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Eleri Lynn is a Fashion Curator at the V+A. Previously she was the Assistant Curator of the V+A's major exhibition The Golden Age of Couture (2007).

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