Crill, Rosemary; Wearden, Jennifer; Wilson, Verity Dress in Detail from Around the World , London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 2002.

Illustrated by Photographs By Richard Davis; Drawings By Leonie Davis. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 4to 0810965550 Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Black cloth with bright gilt titling on spine. Photographs By Richard Davis; Drawings By Leonie Davis. 221 pages clean and tight. ress in all its global diversity is the theme of this beautifully 'illustrated book. It brings together some 150 garments from East and West, from the tropics to the Arctic circle, from the plains of India to the mountain ranges of Montenegro. Many of the garments ' illustrated here were made 'for festivals, weddings and .other ceremonies, and they display, a breathtaking richness of detail - rows of ornamental buttons, embroidered borders, intricate pleating and stitching, flamboyant fringes and tassels - that makes them a source of inspiration for many of today's top designers. Using specially' commissioned photographs and line drawings that, demonstrate the underlying structure of each garment, the book is arranged on thematic lines, drawing together examples of each type of detail and decoration from disparate .-cultures. Details of fastenings, necklines, cuffs, hemlines and fringes, seen in close-up here for the first time, contribute to a wide-ranging - survey which, is both a visual feast of textures, patterns and craftsmanship, and a serious .contribution to the interpretation of dress. The text is packed. with information about the garments, the ways they were worn, and how they were made. The, result is a stunningly beautiful book that opens our eyes to the variety and creativity of dress, around the world, and 'will delight all lovers of fashion. (Book ref. 125179)  £29.95

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