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Icons of vintage fashion : definitive designer classics at auction 1900-2000 /

This is an encyclopedic visual journey through women's fashion that features more than 1,000 of the most remarkable vintage items ever sold on the resale market. An extravagantly illustrated, decade by decade survey of fashion history, through the lens of the most extraordinary vintage clothing and...

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Main Author: Blanckaert, Pénélope, 1976-
Other Authors: Hernu, Angèle, Jacobs, Denise, Ammon, Lenora, Levesque, Caroline
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Abrams, 2013.
Edition:Abrams edition.
Subjects:
Fashion > History > 20th century.
Women's clothing > History > 20th century.
Fashion designers > History > 20th century.
Fashion > Collectors and collecting.
1900-1999
Women's clothing.
Fashion designers.
Fashion.
History.
Summary:This is an encyclopedic visual journey through women's fashion that features more than 1,000 of the most remarkable vintage items ever sold on the resale market. An extravagantly illustrated, decade by decade survey of fashion history, through the lens of the most extraordinary vintage clothing and bags. Includes estimates and auction sale prices.
Table of Contents:
  • 1900s-1920s the dawn of a new century: liberated fashion
  • 1930s it's all about the bias
  • 1940s haute couture during the war years
  • 1950s the golden age
  • 1960s the swinging sixties
  • 1970s sweet liberty
  • 1980s glamour and the avant-garde
  • 1990s the advent of minimalism
  • Accessories the handbag.

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