Fashion
Subtitle: a history from the 18th to the 20th century : the collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute
By: chief editor, Akiko Fukai ; photographers, Kazumi Kurigami and [six others]
Contributors: Kyōto Fukushoku Bunka Kenkyū Zaidan
Publisher: TASCHEN
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 645
ISBN-13: 9783836557191
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Costume; Kyōto Fukushoku Bunka Kenkyū Zaidan; Fashion; Exhibitions; History
Other titles: Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute
Description: "The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding clothes from sociological, historical, and artistic perspectives. With one of the world's most extensive clothing collections, the KCI has amassed a wide range of historical garments, underwear, shoes, and fashion accessories dating from the 18th century to the present day. Showcasing the Institute's vast collection, Fashion is a fascinating excursion through the last three centuries of clothing trends. Featuring impeccable photography of clothing expertly displayed and arranged on custom-made mannequins, it is a testimony to attire as 'an essential manifestation of our very being' and to the Institute's passion for fashion as a complex and intricate art form"--
Notes: Originally published as Fashion : the collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute : a history from the 18th to the 20th century. London : Taschen, 2002.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The shift from Rococo to revolution : fashion in the 18th century / Tamami Suoh; title: The upswing of industrialization : fashion in the 19th century / Miki Iwagami; title: The influence of haute couture : fashion in the first half of the 20th century / Reiko Koga; title: The age of technological innovation : fashion in the second half of the 20th century / Rie Nii; title: Appendix : designers and fashion houses.