American beauty : aesthetics and innovation in fashion / Patricia Mears.
2009
TT507 .M39 2009
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Title
American beauty : aesthetics and innovation in fashion / Patricia Mears.
Author
Mears, Patricia.
ISBN
9780300155358 (alk. paper)
0300155352 (alk. paper)
0300155352 (alk. paper)
Publication Details
[New Haven] : Yale University Press ; New York : In association with the Fashion Institute of Technology, c2009.
Language
English
Description
x, 182 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 33 cm.
Call Number
TT507 .M39 2009
Dewey Decimal Classification
746.9/2
Note
Catalog of a major exhibition held November 6, 2009-April 10, 2010 at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) which explores how the "philosophy of beauty" is allied to the craft of dressmaking. Each of the 75 looks on display was chosen to exemplify the relationship between technical ingenuity and artistic excellence. Curator Patricia Mears has focused on approximately 25 American fashion designers, ranging from the obscure to the well known.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Museum.
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