Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries

Now available from Abrams, this popular book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing. Perfect decorative seams, minute stitching, knife-sharp pleats, and voluptuous drapery--all are here, alongside more unusual techniques such as stamping, pinking, and slashing. Most of these effects cannot be replicated by machine, yet many of today's fashion designers take their inspiration from the past, adapting these details to a more contemporary idiom, and to the realities of modern manufacturing. 
Drawing from the Victoria and Albert Museum's world-famous collections, the book contains a gallery of exquisite photographs, accompanied by clear line drawings showing the construction of the complete garment and a text that sets each in the context of its time. This book will appeal to anyone interested in fashion, historical costume, or textile history, from cut and construct to fabric and trimmings.

Arts & Photography

Avril Hart

Susan North

Richard Davis

Graphic Design

Victoria & Albert Museum

Susan North's first collection of poetry.

All That is Left

Desert First Works

A study of the V&A's historical dress collection, featuring dressmaking techniques such as Jacobean blackwork, neo-classical tambour work, decorative seams, delicate stitching, knife-sharp pleats, drapery, stamping, pinking and slashing.

History

V&A Publications

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