Books written by Christopher Breward
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The Suit: Form, Function and Style
Andrew Spicer summarizes the key to Connery's success very well: He incarnated both the unwavering patriotism of the traditional British gentleman hero and the guiltless sexual philandering of the international playboy who embodied the ...
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The Culture of Fashion
Breward's work provides the reader with a clear guide to the changes in style and taste and shows that clothes have always played a pivotal role in defining a sense of identity and society, especially when concerned with sexual and body ...
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Fashion
An exploration of the world of fashion covers history, production, design, innovation, advertising, psychology, geography, and influence.
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Fashion
The first star of this generation was John Galliano whose 1984 St Martin's graduation show took as its ... proffered a boudoir version of femininity that was hazy and old-fashioned, imbued with the sentimental aura of sepia photographs.
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Swinging Sixties
Swinging Sixties takes a new look at a revolutionary moment in 20th-century fashion. Its starting point is the publication in April 1966 of Time magazine's famous issue on London's reinvention...
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The London Look: Fashion from Street to Catwalk
Fashion from Street to Catwalk Christopher Breward, Edwina Ehrman, Caroline Evans, Caroline Edwards ... It has produced the Savile Row tailored suit, the Jermyn Street shirt and hand-made brogue, and the St James's Street bowler hat ...
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British Design from 1948: Innovation in the Modern Age
"Celebrating the best design in Britain, this landmark book highlights the range of British creativity since the London Olympics of 1948.
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The Cambridge Global History of Fashion: Volume 1: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
... the Silkworm God Asvaghosa [Dia]', Journal of Chinese Religions, 41/1 (2013), 25–48; John Kieschnick, The Eminent ... Sophie Desrosiers and Corinne Debaine-Francfort, 'On Textiles Fragments Found at Karadong, a 3rd to Early 4th Century ...
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The Cambridge Global History of Fashion: Volume 2: From the Nineteenth Century to the Present
Covering the period beginning with mass industry and ending with calls for sustainability, this volume challenges the meaning of modernity and modernism from a global perspective and reflects on important scholarship that has changed our ...
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The Cambridge Global History of Fashion: Volume 1: From Antiquity to the Nineteenth Century
... North America the English Crown assigned to the HBC in 1670 - all the lands draining into Hudson's Bay . 82 Laura Peers , ' Crossing Worlds ' , in Lemire et al . ( eds . ) , Object Lives and Global Histories , 58 . 83 Sherry Farrell ...
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Styling Shanghai
Styling Shanghai is the first book dedicated to exploring the city's fashion cultures, examining its growing status as one of the world's foremost fashion cities.
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21st Century Dandy
Background; The British Council is Britain's international cultural relations organisation. Through its work in education, science, governance and the arts, the British Council aims to enhance perceptions of Britain as...
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The Hidden Consumer: Masculinities, Fashion and City Life 1860-1914
... Prince Eddy and the Homosexual Underworld ( London : J. Murray , 1994 ) , p . 3 . 23 Ibid . , p.82 . 24 Reid , Social Classes , pp . 12-13 . 25 D.Thompson , Queen Victoria : Gender and Power ( London : Virago , 1990 ) ; A. Mu- nich ...
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Fashion's World Cities
New York, Paris, London, Milan, Tokyo. This familiar list of cities conjures up the image of high fashion. This book examines the powerful relationship between metropolitan modernity and fashion culture.