Expedition fashion from the extreme

Today - from haute couture to ready- to- wear - parkas, puffer coats, and backpacks, as well as garments made of neoprene and Mylar are everywhere. But the roots of these ubiquitous items of dress and cutting- edge textiles are rarely acknowledged or understood. Inspired by the so-called 'heroi...

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Körperschaft: Fashion Institute of Technology (Herausgebendes Organ)
Weitere Verfasser: Mears, Patricia (VerfasserIn), Flint, Lacey (VerfasserIn), Pickman, Sarah (VerfasserIn), Faiers, Jonathan (VerfasserIn), Way, Elizabeth (VerfasserIn), Elia, Ariele (VerfasserIn), Clark, Julian (HerausgeberIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: New York, London Thames & Hudson 2017
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Zusammenfassung:Today - from haute couture to ready- to- wear - parkas, puffer coats, and backpacks, as well as garments made of neoprene and Mylar are everywhere. But the roots of these ubiquitous items of dress and cutting- edge textiles are rarely acknowledged or understood. Inspired by the so-called 'heroic era'of polar navigation (1890- 1922), extreme mountain climbing, deep sea exploration, and journeys to outer space, Expedition explores how garments made for the most inhospitable environments on earth and beyond have inspired more than sixty years of fantastical, otherworldly fashions
Beschreibung:"Edited by Patricia Mears" - Rücken. - Literaturverzeichnis: Seiten 202-207
Beschreibung:208 Seiten
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29 cm
ISBN:9780500519974
978-0-500-51997-4
0500519978
0-500-51997-8