Seventeenth and Eighteenth-Century Fashion in Detail
Now available from Abrams, this popular book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing. Perfect decorative seams, minute stitching, knife-sharp pleats, and voluptuous drapery-all are here, alongside more unusual techniques such as stamping, pinking, and slashing. Most of these effects cannot be replicated by machine, yet many of today's fashion designers take their inspiration from the past, adapting these details to a more...
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Drawing from the Victoria and Albert Museum's world-famous collections, this book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing.. The exquisite photographs and clear line drawings will appeal to anyone interested in fashion, historical costume, or textile history, from cut and construction to fabric and trimmings.
