- Publisher
- V&A Publishing
- Published
- 2004
- Shelf
- fashion: Monograph
- ISBN
- 9781851774067
Monograph
Vivienne Westwood
Claire Wilcox
The V&A retrospective in print: thirty years from the King's Road shop to the corsets and the tailoring.
Why read it
Westwood is the case study for taking a subculture and turning it into cut. Wilcox tracks the line from punk through the pirate collections to the historical tailoring, and shows the research underneath what looked like provocation. The garment photography is museum quality, which matters when the argument is about construction.
Why own it
Reference for anyone who works with historical silhouette or with clothing that carries a political charge. It is also the record of one of the few designers who stayed difficult for a whole career.
Who it is for
Fashion designers and stylists, and anyone studying how subculture reaches the runway.
Opens a search on AbeBooks, a network of independent and antiquarian sellers, which is where a good part of this shelf has to be found, because it is out of print.
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