Disenadores de moda A-Z

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From Azzedine Alaia, Cristobal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, more than a century's worth of fashion greats are celebrated in this new edition of Fashion Designers A-Z. An accessibly priced and updated volume features photographs of hundreds of garments selected from the Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT) museum's permanent collection. Elegant gowns from the turn of the century, Mondrian-style minimalist chic, and everything inbetween. Each of these works of art is chosen not only for its beauty but also for exemplifyingthe unique philosophy, skill, and aesthetics of each of the featured designers. In her introductory essay, the museum's director and chief curator, Valerie Steele, writes about the rise of the fashion museum and the emergence of the fashion exhibition as a popular and controversial phenomenon. The foreword is contributed by international style maven Suzy Menkes, texts by the museum's curators help shine historical light on each label and garment pictured, and beautifully drawn portraits by the artist Robert Nippoldt pay homage to the creators behind them. About the series TASCHEN is 40! Since we started our work as cultural archaeologists in 1980, TASCHEN has become synonymous with accessible publishing, helping bookworms around the world curate their own library of art, anthropology, and aphrodisia at an unbeatable price. Today we celebrate 40 years of incredible books by staying true to our company credo. The 40 series presents new editions of some of the stars of our program-now more compact, friendly in price, and still realized with the same commitment to impeccable production. D'Azzedine Alaia, Cristobal Balenciaga et Coco Chanel a Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent et Vivienne Westwood, cette nouvelle edition de Fashion Designers A-Z rend hommage aux grands noms qui ont signe la mode durant plus d'un siecle a travers les collections permanente du musee du Fashion Institute of Technology de New York. Cet recueil mis a jour et plus accessible rassemble des photographies de centaines de vetements choisis parmi les collections permanentes du musee. Robe du soir precieuse en velours brode ou minimalisme chic a la Mondrian, chaque piece a ete selectionnee pour sa beaute bien sur, mais aussi pour son interet, en ce qu'elle est l'incarnation de la philosophie ou du style d'un des createurs evoques. L'ouvrage est introduit par la directrice et conservatrice en chef du musee, Valerie Steele, qui raconte le developpement des musees consacres a la mode et l'emergence de l'exposition de mode comme phenomene populaire et controverse. La preface de la pretresse du style Suzy Menkes ainsi que les textes signes par les conservateurs du musee reviennent sur le contexte historique de chaque marque et piece presentees, tandis que les portraits de l'artiste Robert Nippoldt rendent hommage a ces grands createurs. A propos de la collection TASCHEN fete ses 40 ans?! Depuis ses debuts en 1980 comme denicheur de tresors culturels, TASCHEN a toujours ete synonyme d'editeur accessible permettant aux devoreurs de livres du monde entier d'imaginer leur propre bibliotheque dediee a l'art, a l'anthropologie et a l'erotisme pour un prix imbattable. Nous fetons aujourd'hui 40 ans de livres incroyables en restant fideles au credo de la maison. La collection 40th Anniversary Edition presente de nouvelles editions de quelques-unes des stars de notre catalogue: plus compacte, a petit prix, mais toujours realisee avec la meme garantie d'une qualite irreprochable.

Valerie Steele is director and chief curator of The Museum at FIT and founding editor of Fashion Theory. Described in The Washington Post as one of "fashion's brainiest women" and by Suzy Menkes as "the Freud of fashion," Steele combines serious scholarship (and a Yale Ph.D.) with a rare ability to communicate with general audiences. As author, curator, editor, and public intellectual, Steele has been instrumental in creating the modern field of fashion studies. Unquestionably a leader in the global fashion press, Suzy Menkes is International Vogue Editor at Conde Nast International. Her work appears on the websites of 23 international editions of Vogue in 16 languages. She is also a leading Instagram influencer. Among the world's most influential fashion critics, she is an officer of the Order of the British Empire as well as a chevalier of the Legion d'Honneur. She lives and works in London and Paris. @SuzyMenkesVogue Robert Nippoldt is a German graphic designer, illustrator, and book artist. He is best known for his award-winning books Gangster, Jazz and Hollywood about America in the 1920s and 1930s. His studio is located at the very hip old depot of Muenster.

A wonderful consideration of both the Fashion Institute of Technology and its most precious and influential pieces, presented in a clever A to Z format which guides readers from one designer to the next... * AnOther Magazine *