num_pages: 256
description: This stylishly illustrated guide parses the visual vocabulary to understand investigate and interpret seminal fashions and styles. The perfect companion for fashionistas and anyone interested in a better understanding of how fashions and styles evolve this is the first book of its kind aimed at a general audience. Both dip-in reference and stylish resource it covers 200 years of fashion history as well as ancillary subjects such as jewelry accessories and hairstyling showing how different looks and styles are interconnected through time. Fashion is defined by the newest and very latest yet fashion designers are constantly taking inspiration from the past. Well-known classics of yesteryear as well as more obscure designs and styles from the deeper past are constantly recycled and reinvented by the latest generation of designers and stylists. Identified in this handy volume are all the main fashion trends of the past 200 years as well as how they relate to contemporary styles. From Neo-Classical to Gothic Streamline Modernism to Punk Military and Designer Branding this is perfect for anyone who has ever wondered about the origins of the little black dress or why the Chanel bag is known as the 2:55 bag.
language: English
title: How to Read Fashion: A Crash Course in Styles, Designers, and Couture
publisher: Rizzoli