Expedition
Subtitle: fashion from the extreme
By: [Fashion Institute of Technology, New York ; Patricia Mears, editor]
Contributors: Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780500519974
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Fashion design; Fur garments; Explorers Club; Bathing suits
Description: Today - from haute couture to ready- to- wear - parkas, puffer coats, and backpacks, as well as garments made of neoprene and Mylar are everywhere. But the roots of these ubiquitous items of dress and cutting- edge textiles are rarely acknowledged or understood. Inspired by the so-called 'heroic era'of polar navigation (1890- 1922), extreme mountain climbing, deep sea exploration, and journeys to outer space, Expedition explores how garments made for the most inhospitable environments on earth and beyond have inspired more than sixty years of fantastical, otherworldly fashions.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 202-207)
Table of contents: title: Expedition : fashion from the extreme / Patricia Mears; title: The Explorers Club : a brief history / Lacey Flint; title: Dress, image, and cultural encounter in the heroic age of polar exploration / Sarah Pickman; title: Fashion from the extreme : the poles, highest peaks, and beyond / Patricia Mears; title: Fur : the final frontier / Jonathan Faiers; title: Looking back at the future : space suits and space age fashion / Elizabeth Way; title: Ocean exploration : fashions from the deep / Ariele Elia.