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Alistair O'Neill

Exploding Fashion: Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Twentieth Century Fashion

Exploding Fashion: Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Twentieth Century Fashion

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Exploding Fashion explores the impact of innovative pattern-cutting in 20th-century fashion design with over 200 illustrations, revealing how traditional design processes can dialogue with new concepts for a visually-driven digital age.

Format: Hardback
Length: 304 pages
Publication date: 11 October 2021
Publisher: Lannoo


Exploding Fashion delves into the profound influence of groundbreaking pattern-cutting techniques on the world of fashion design during the 20th century. Packed with over 200 illustrations, this captivating book takes readers on a journey to "explode" designs by six influential fashion designers from renowned fashion houses. By meticulously reverse engineering these designs, the author aims to unravel the intricate mechanisms that make them work, providing a comprehensive exploration of how traditional design processes can seamlessly integrate with new concepts. Written by a curator and professor at Central Saint Martins, London's esteemed college of art and design, this groundbreaking work is the first comprehensive examination of how haute couture and prêt-à-porter methods can adapt to the visually-driven digital age. Through vivid narratives and detailed analysis, Exploding Fashion sheds light on the creative processes and innovative thinking that shape the fashion industry, offering valuable insights for fashion enthusiasts, designers, and industry professionals alike.


Dimension: 260 x 210 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9789401476058

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