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Bags (Accessories)
Claire Wilcox
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Description for Bags (Accessories)
Hardcover. A comprehensive look at the changing styles and uses of one of fashion's best-loved accessories, the bag, throughout history Series: Accessories. Num Pages: 160 pages, 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 157. .
Illuminating the evolution of bag designs and uses from the medieval period to today, the author explores early drawstring creations and richly worked ecclesiastical purses, before looking at large work bags of the 18th century, and by contrast the small reticules that were designed to complement high-waisted Empire line dresses. Increased travel in the 19th century brought about the leather handbag as we know it today, while the 20th century saw an explosion of innovations, from 1930s designs reflecting the streamlined American aesthetic and the use of new synthetics such as imitation patent and Vynide, to the rise of the ... Read more
Illuminating the evolution of bag designs and uses from the medieval period to today, the author explores early drawstring creations and richly worked ecclesiastical purses, before looking at large work bags of the 18th century, and by contrast the small reticules that were designed to complement high-waisted Empire line dresses. Increased travel in the 19th century brought about the leather handbag as we know it today, while the 20th century saw an explosion of innovations, from 1930s designs reflecting the streamlined American aesthetic and the use of new synthetics such as imitation patent and Vynide, to the rise of the ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Series
Accessories
Condition
New
Number of Pages
160
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780500519370
SKU
V9780500519370
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-2
About Claire Wilcox
Claire Wilcox, Senior Curator of Fashion, Victoria and Albert Museum and Professor in Fashion Curation, London College of Fashion. She curated the record-breaking `Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty' exhibition in 2015.
Reviews for Bags (Accessories)
This updated, beautifully bound volume looks at purses and handbags primarily from London's Victoria & Albert Museum. Fashion curators and coauthors Wilcox and Currie trace the development of bags in the 16th century through the designer 'it' bags of the 2000s.
(06/01/2017)
(06/01/2017)