By Giorgio Armani
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Giorgio Armani Photography Fashion Collection 2000 Hardcover Table Book
Amazing book filled with fashion, stories, home decor photos, and so much more. Perfect for any lover for fashion, photography, and life! In great condition and ready to be shipped.
Author: Celant, Germano, Koda, Harold, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao
Publisher: Guggenheim Museum Pubns
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: 2000-10-01
Language: English
Edition: First Edition
Page Count: 500
Dimensions: 10.25 x 2.0 x 12.25 inches
Weight: 7.5 pounds
Hardcover. fine/fine.
A fine copy in dust jacket.
Overview
A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the future began. The future of fashion, that is. Of course, it wasn't quite so long ago (it was the 1970s), and it wasn't quite so far away (it was Milan, Italy). Right there and then, the world witnessed the birth of the sports coat. This one jacket spawned the beginnings of casual dress and semi-androgynous fashion. This may not seem so radical now, but think about what came before. Look back to theVoguemagazines of the mid-20th century: the clothes were spectacular and elegant with very fitted waists, skirts with crinolines, crisp lines in men's suits. It was a severe and dramatic look; the body was very contained, almost sculpted by the clothes. But the times were changing, and comfort was coming into its own, explicit in the hippie wares of the 1960s.Along came Italian designer Giorgio Armani. He fused the softness of jeans and ponchos with more convention, and built a fashion empire from the deconstruction of the shape-shifting suits of the 1940s and '50s. Fashion publisher Patrick McCarthy...
Category
Late 20th Century Italian Books