Victorian and Edwardian Fashions from "La Mode Illustree"

Fashion Mode

Over 1,000 illustrations, meticulously reproduced from rare issues of renowned fashion magazine, present a striking array of women’s fashions from 1860 to 1914: elegant evening and dinner gowns, stylish daywear, wedding ensembles, bathing costumes, mourning clothes, cycling outfits and much more; plus detailed renderings of shoes, hats, parasols, and other accessories.

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Fashion a la Mode: The Pop-Up History of Costumes and Dresses

Fashion Mode

Fashion-à la Mode is a sumptuous jewel of costume and fashion history seen through a dazzling parade of dolls that pop up on the page, accompanied by extraordinary interactive apparel, such as removeable fans, parasols, and shoes. The costumes in the book are created by Isabelle de Borchgrave and are based on her one-of-a-kind, hand-painted paper dresses.

With short texts and numerous costumed figures that pop up in three dimensions, the book is organized chronologically into themes: Egypt and the beginning of costume, the Elizabethan period, 18th-century France, the Victorian Opera, the kimono, Chanel and the liberation of women's clothing, and fashion as art (Fortuny and Miyake).

The text is written by Dorothy Twining Globus, Director of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York. Also included are enthusiastic essays by such notable fashion authorities as Hubert de Givenchy, Karl Lagerfeld, Myra Walker, and Sue North.

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Mallarmé on Fashion: A Translation of the Fashion Magazine La Dernière Mode, with Commentary

Fashion Mode

In 1874, Stéphane Mallarmé, the great French poet, undertook a highly idiosyncratic project--the publication of a fashion magazine called La Dernière Mode (The Latest Fashion)--that he almost single-handedly compiled. Using a variety of feminine and masculine pseudonyms to theorize about fashion and to advise on popular vacation destinations, home furnishings, and entertainment, Mallarmé created a spectacularly original work. The distinguishing feature of Mallarmé's magazine is that it explores the nature of fashion from the inside. While it is a genuine fashion magazine, it also satirizes the entire genre. Various theories have been entertained about the work: it has been viewed as a prose poem, a hoax, and a cynical money-making venture. Furbank and Cain, however, argue that such guesses are hopelessly off the mark. Complete with the original artwork and a contextualizing introduction and commentary, this is the definitive translation of one of French literature's greatest enigm

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Fashion Images de Mode No. 5

Fashion Mode

Fashion photography's pervasive presence has brought the intimate aesthetics of post-80's realism into everybody's lives. This year's Fashion Images de Mode, the fifth volume of an annual series, examines areas outside of fashion that have influenced fashion photography: erotica, photojournalism, commercial imagery and the unique eye of a strong editor are all factors that can mould and away the vision photographers have of beauty and fashion. Editor Lisa Lovatt-Smith presents photographs which capture the new directions in current fashion media, showcasing emerging as well as established photographers. This edition includes essays by critics including Val Williams, Avis Cardella and Vince Aletti, as well as sections devoted to prominent photographers Anette Aurell, Lamsweerde & Matadin, Steven Meisel, Paolo Roversi, Ellen von Unwerth, Juergen Teller, Tom Munro, Carter Smith, Terry Richardson, Peter Lindbergh, Valhonrat, Phil Poynter, Mario Testino, Ellen Constantine, and Steve Heitt,

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