Sleeping Beauties
ISBN: HB: 9781588397775,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
May 2024
288 pp., 33,7x24,8 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.
288 pp., 33,7x24,8 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.
A feast for the senses, this book brings fashion to life through touch, smell, sight, and sound
What happens when a garment is preserved in a museum's archive and can no longer be worn? What do we lose when we protect fashion for study by future ge...
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£50.00
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Women Dressing Women
A Lineage of Female Fashion Design
ISBN: HB: 9781588397201,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
November 2023
192 pp., 29,8x23,1 cm, 200 colour illus.
192 pp., 29,8x23,1 cm, 200 colour illus.
Exploring the enduring impact of fashions created by and for women, this book traces a historical and conceptual lineage across more than 70 female designers – from unidentified dressmakers in eighteenth-century France, to contemporary makers who are...
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Karl Lagerfeld
A Line of Beauty
ISBN: HB: 9781588397584,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
May 2023
288 pp., 33,0x22,8 cm, 220 colour illus.
288 pp., 33,0x22,8 cm, 220 colour illus.
A compelling look at the aesthetic and historical significance of Lagerfeld's work – from his elegantly tailored pieces for Chanel to the witty, playful ensembles that came to define the Lagerfeld brand.
This publication is the first to present an i...
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In America
A Lexicon of Fashion
ISBN: HB: 9781588397348,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
May 2022
276 pp., 31,7x23,5 cm, 150 colour illus.
276 pp., 31,7x23,5 cm, 150 colour illus.
Articulating eight decades of American style through the emotive language of clothing – from celebrated designers that established the modern legacy of sportswear to emerging creatives shaping the future of fashion in the United States.
"In America:...
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In Pursuit of Fashion
The Sandy Schreier Collection
ISBN: HB: 9781588396969,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
December 2019
204 pp., 33,0x23,5 cm, 174 colour illus.
204 pp., 33,0x23,5 cm, 174 colour illus.
This handsome volume explores the modern discipline of fashion collecting, presenting remarkable works from one of the greatest private collection of 20th-century costume. This group of clothing and accessories, assembled over several decades by Sand...
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Last Knight
The Art, Armor, and Ambition of Maximilian I
ISBN: HB: 9781588396747,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
October 2019
304 pp., 27,9x23,5 cm, 266 colour illus.
304 pp., 27,9x23,5 cm, 266 colour illus.
Holy Roman Emperor Maximilian I (1459-1519) crafted a public persona and personal mythology that earned him the romantic sobriquet the "Last Knight" and that perpetuates his legend to this day. In his lifelong quest to establish himself as Europe's n...
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Rei Kawakubo / Comme des Garcons
Art of the In-Between
ISBN: HB: 9781588396204,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
May 2017
256 pp., 34,3x24,1 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.
256 pp., 34,3x24,1 cm, 250 colour and black&white illus.
A revelatory look at the influential and enigmatic designer behind Comme des Garcons.
The great pantheon of fashion designers produces only a handful of creators who are masters of their metier. Rei Kawakubo of Comme des Garcons is one of them. Wide...
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Charles James
Beyond Fashion
ISBN: HB: 9780300204360,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
May 2014
300 pp., 33,0x25,4 cm, 300 colour images, 50 black&white illus.
300 pp., 33,0x25,4 cm, 300 colour images, 50 black&white illus.
Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was renowned in the 1940s and 1950s as a master at sculpting fabric for the female form and creating fashions that defined mid-century glamour. Although James had no formal training as...
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100 Shoes
ISBN: PB: 9780300172409,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
September 2011
232 pp., 17,8x25,4 cm, 16 black&white illus., 194 colour illus.
232 pp., 17,8x25,4 cm, 16 black&white illus., 194 colour illus.
In a brilliant follow-up to "100 Dresses", published in 2010, the Costume Institute of the Metropolitan Museum once again opens the vaults of its renowned permanent collection to introduce readers to the rich diversity of shoes within its holdings. T...
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£22.50
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Alexander McQueen
Savage Beauty
ISBN: HB: 9780300169782,
Yale University Press,
Metropolitan Museum of Art,
April 2011
224 pp., 34,8x25,9 cm, 250 colour illus.
224 pp., 34,8x25,9 cm, 250 colour illus.
Alexander McQueen (1969-2010) was one of the most influential, imaginative and inspirational designers at the turn of the millennium. His fashions both challenged and expanded the conventional parameters of clothing beyond utility to a compelling exp...
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