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Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced
Daniela Morera
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Description for Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced
Hardcover. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced organized by and presented at the Museum of the City of New York, March 22-July 28, 2013"--Colophon. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150 Colour. BIC Classification: AKB; WJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 872.
This unprecedented volume documents the revolutionary work of African American fashion designer Stephen Burrows—celebrating some of the most innovative and vibrant years in American Fashion.
In the late 1960s, New York was the epicenter of creative vitality and artistic expression, when, as Phyllis Magidson writes in this book’s introduction, “Clothing became a masquerade, Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain a costume party, weekends a perpetual Halloween.” This was the New York City that Stephen Burrows embraced as his own, and it would inspire him to create clothes that would help revolutionize American Fashion and further solidify its credibility abroad.
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This unprecedented volume documents the revolutionary work of African American fashion designer Stephen Burrows—celebrating some of the most innovative and vibrant years in American Fashion.
In the late 1960s, New York was the epicenter of creative vitality and artistic expression, when, as Phyllis Magidson writes in this book’s introduction, “Clothing became a masquerade, Central Park’s Bethesda Fountain a costume party, weekends a perpetual Halloween.” This was the New York City that Stephen Burrows embraced as his own, and it would inspire him to create clothes that would help revolutionize American Fashion and further solidify its credibility abroad.
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Product Details
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
Weight
872g
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780847841189
SKU
V9780847841189
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Ref
99-10
About Daniela Morera
Curator, editor, writer, and former model, Daniela Morera is the New York correspondent for Italian Vogue, L’ Uomo Vogue, Casa Vogue, Vogue Bambini, and Vogue Gioiello. Curator of the exhibition “The Andy Warhol Show” (La Triennale museum, Milan, 2004) and editor of the catalogue The Andy Warhol Show (Skira, 2005), Morera also starred alongside Jean Michel Basquiat in the cult movie ... Read more
Reviews for Stephen Burrows: When Fashion Danced
"The take away on the book is simply that it is a love letter to a designer who...has finally been recognized for the contribution he made to the continuum of fashion history." ~New York Journal of Books "...captures the energy and vibrancy of the designer's American fashions during his rise to stardom in the 1970s." ~Essence