100 YEARS OF FASHION ILLUSTRATION

A visual feast of 400 dazzling images, this is a comprehensive survey of the genre over the last century. The book also offers an ov erview of the development of fashion, as seen through the eyes of the greatest illustrators of the day. Early in the century, fashio n illustration reflected new, liberating currents in art and culture, such as the exoticism of the Ballets Russes, while the postwar period saw inspiration from the great Parisian couturiers. After the dominance of the celebrity fashion photographer in the 60s, a new gener...[Llegir més]