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Fashion Fabrics
Pina, Leslie; Korosec, Constance
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Description for Fashion Fabrics
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 579 color photos. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; AKTA; TDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 900.
Fabrics can represent an era or a decade-the colors, patterns, textures, and fibers reveal as much about the culture as do the furnishings and clothing that relied on the fabrics. The decade of the 1960s was one of extremes. Traditional plaids were reintroduced and became popular at the same time as bold prints and geometrics, notably Op Art and "psychedelic" patterns and colors, characterized the decade. Synthetics took off, and phrases like "polyester knit" and "stretch knit" elicit visions of unmistakably '60s staples. The best way to experience the fabric of a decade is to see it, and this book ... Read more
Fabrics can represent an era or a decade-the colors, patterns, textures, and fibers reveal as much about the culture as do the furnishings and clothing that relied on the fabrics. The decade of the 1960s was one of extremes. Traditional plaids were reintroduced and became popular at the same time as bold prints and geometrics, notably Op Art and "psychedelic" patterns and colors, characterized the decade. Synthetics took off, and phrases like "polyester knit" and "stretch knit" elicit visions of unmistakably '60s staples. The best way to experience the fabric of a decade is to see it, and this book ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Number of Pages
176
Place of Publication
Atglen, United States
ISBN
9780764305849
SKU
V9780764305849
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About Pina, Leslie; Korosec, Constance
Leslie Piña, Ph.D., is a noted authority and author of numerous books on twentieth-century decorative arts and design. Constance Korosec is a Ph.D. candidate and an authority on fashion and textiles. Both are professors at Ursuline College in Pepper Pike, Ohio, and they co-authored Fashion Plates: 1950-1970.
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