Menswear: Vintage People on Photo Postcards

Hardback

Main Details

Title Menswear: Vintage People on Photo Postcards
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Tom Phillips
Foreword by Eric Musgrave
SeriesPhoto Postcards from the Tom Phillips Archive
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:112
Dimensions(mm): Height 190,Width 175
Category/GenreIndividual photographers
History of fashion
ISBN/Barcode 9781851243785
ClassificationsDewey:779.092
Audience
General
Illustrations 200 Illustrations, unspecified

Publishing Details

Publisher Bodleian Library
Imprint Bodleian Library
Publication Date 3 October 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This series celebrates the Bodleian Library's acquisition of Tom Phillips's archive of over 50,000 photographic postcards dating from the first half of the twentieth century, a period in which, thanks to the ever cheaper medium of photography, 'ordinary' people could afford to own their portraits. Each title in this series is thematically assembled and designed by the artist, the covers featuring a linked painting specially created for each title from Tom Phillips's signature work, A Humument. With an illuminating foreword by Eric Musgrave, 'Menswear' presents postcards of men in all manner of outfits, whether formal, practical or casual, dating from around 1900 up to c. 1949. Most of the subjects are posing for portraits, displaying both their individual style and an interpretation of the fashions of the time. The rich variety of accessories on display includes ties, gloves, pocket squares, walking sticks, canes, boutonnieres and spats.

Author Biography

Tom Phillips is a major British artist who lives and works in London.

Reviews

'The perfect gift for the sartorially discerning man.' -- Susannah Frankel * The Independent *