Phaidon Anatomy of Fashion: Why We Dress the Way We Do

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Phaidon Anatomy of Fashion: Why We Dress the Way We DoWhy do we dress the way we do? Why has fashion changed and evolved over the centuries? How did the 3 piece suit come about? Why have hemlines risen and fallen over time? In The Anatomy of Fashion, respected fashion commentator Colin McDowell goes beyond standard fashion histories and narrative surveys to answer these questions and many more. Uniquely structured, taking the reader through fashion and dress from head to toe the whole body is anatomized

this is the first look back on Jacobs's groundbreaking career

Its black glaze is produced from a carefully researched rock that Tamura finds in the mountains and grinds down to a glaze

and the foot

Light dances through Yoshihiro Nishiyama's perfectly imperfect glass works

The shade hangs from three handmade chains

Illustrations: 96

and sometimes sybaritic community during a fertile period of American design and culture

family-owned woodworking shop in Pennsylvania

and went on to entrust other designers with creating cutlery patterns

Image 3: 48" Old Growth White Oak

and traditional craft

Also included are extensive cross-references and glossaries of technical terms and movements