Contemporary Fashion
- ISBN-10
- 1558621733
- ISBN-13
- 9781558621732
- Category
- Art / Reference
- Pages
- 575
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1995
- Publisher
- St. James Press
- Author
- Richard Harrison Martin
Description
This reference guide to contemporary fashion features over 400 designers, milliners, footwear designers, companies and textile houses. Entries include biographical summary, bibliography and critical essay. Among those featured are Vivienne Westwood, Christian Dior, Zandra Rhodes, Calvin Klein, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Burberry, Geoff Banks and Yves Saint-Laurent. Each entry includes: biographical summary, bibliography, a statement by the designer about his/her work and a critical essay.
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