Fabulous Frocks: A celebration of dress design

Hardback

Main Details

Title Fabulous Frocks: A celebration of dress design
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Jane Eastoe
By (author) Sarah Gristwood
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:200
Dimensions(mm): Height 301,Width 235
Category/GenreHistory of fashion
ISBN/Barcode 9781862057982
ClassificationsDewey:391.209
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher HarperCollins Publishers
Imprint Pavilion
Publication Date 15 September 2008
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

No item of clothing has endured for longer than the dress. Yet the last century alone has seen the most radical changes of style - hemlines swinging from ankle to thigh; outlines alternating between the body-hugging and the bell - and our fascination with 'the frock' has not gone away. This book contains everything you need to know about modern history of dress design, from the corset-free styles of 1920s flappers to the conceptual constructions of modern artists. Since Coco Chanel invented the little black dress in 1926 it has become a staple for a woman's wardrobe. Even considering the many decades it's been since women discovered trousers and separates, women dream of wearing glorious, glamorous gowns, whether it's on the Hollywood red carpet, or perhaps on her wedding day... No item of clothing has endured for longer than the dress. Yet the last century alone has seen the most radical changes of style - hemlines swinging from ankle to thigh; outlines alternating between the body-hugging and the bell - and our fascination with 'the frock' has not gone away. From Gres' draping to Dior's New Look, from Mary Quant's mini to Hussein Chalayan's mechanical marvels and Kate Middleton's wedding dress, this book looks at the dress in a century of fashion. Thematic chapters set out the inspirations and implications for each new change in style alongside stunning photography. A celebration of the dress in all its forms, Fabulous Frocks is sure to fire any fashionista's imagination. 'A glorious celebration of a hundred years of the dress' - Daily Mail Sarah Gristwood is a best-selling Tudor biographer, former film journalist, and commentator on royal affairs.

Author Biography

Jane Eastoe has been a journalist and author for over 25 years. She was chief contributor to the National Trust Book of the Countryside and is author of Wild Food, Mushrooms, Home Grown Fruit, Allotments and Britain by Bike, all published by National Trust Books. Sarah Gristwood is a best-selling biographer, former film journalist, and commentator on royal affairs. She has appeared in most of the UK's leading newspapers and magazines. She wrote two bestselling Tudor biographies, Arbella: England's Lost Queen and Elizabeth and Leicester; and the eighteenth-century story Perdita: Royal Mistress, Writer, Romantic which was selected as Radio 4 Book of the Week. A regular media commentator on royal and historical affairs, Sarah was one of the team providing Radio 4's live coverage of the royal wedding. She is a Fellow of the RSA, and an Honorary Patron of Historic Royal Palaces. She is the author of The Story of Beatrix Potter and Game of Queens: The Women Who Made the 16th Century.

Reviews

'It is the fashionista's must-have' * Cent Magazine * 'This truly is a lovely book. While it is a large volume filled with images, it is so much more than a coffee table book to mindlessly flip through. Instead, it is a volume that will inspire further research and is worthy of anyone's personal library' -- The Journal of Dress History 'A glorious celebration of a hundred years of the dress' * Daily Mail *