DRESSING THE MAN
Dressing the Man is the definitive guide to what men need to know in orderto dress well and look stylish without becoming fashion victims. Alan Flusser’s name is synonymous with taste and style. With this book he combines his encyclopedic knowledge of men’s clothes with his signature wit and elegance to address the fundamental paradox of modern men’s fashion: why, after men today have spent more money on clothes than in any other period of history, are there fewer well-dressed men than at any time ever before?
HARRIS TWEED
Harris Tweed is a unique woolen
textile that has been hand-woven by
islanders off the west coast of Scotland
for generations.
Worn worldwide, it is cherished
both for clothing made from it and
as fascinating traditional craft.
Lara Platman spent a year with the
farmer, mill workers, weavers, tailors
and designers who are carrying this
tradition forward into the twenty-first
century and in Harris Tweed.
TARTAN
William “Braveheart” Wallace rode
to battle in it. Queen Victoria decked
Balmoral in it. Madonna donned it to strut
on the stage. And Apollo 12 astronauts
took a swatch of it to the moon. Tartan, the
beloved symbol of kin, clan, and nation to
the Scots, has evolved into the one of the
world’s favorite fabrics.
Authors Jeffrey Banks and Doria de la
Chapelle – tartan aficionados of the
highest order – have written the definitive
book on tartan and its extraordinary
history, from its humble Scottish origins
to its current super-status as inspiration
for designers of everything from haute
couture to home décor.
DENIM
A tribute to the beauty of vintage
Denim. Includes a historical overview
of denim jeans & denim fabric; a
review of the denim fabric and denim
jean manufacturing process;
an in-depth “how-to” section to help
you in re-creating your own vintage
inspired denim masterpieces; and rare
photographs of vintage denim to serve
both as inspiration and a roadmap in
your quest to Design. Detail. Create.
THE POWER OF STYLE
They were the most stylish women of
their time, setting the standards for
the world of fashion, decorating, and
entertaining.
Rita Lydig, Elsie de Wolfe, Coco
Chanel, Daisy Fellowes, the Duchess
of Windsor, Countess Mona Bismarck,
, Millicent Rogers, Diana Vreeland,
Pauline de Rothschild, Babe Paley,
Gloria Guinnes, Slim Keith, C. Z. Guest
and Jaqueline Onassis – these women
not only dominated their time, they
continue to fascinate and inspire.
GYPSET STYLE
GYPSY + JET SET = GYPSET
Fusing the ease and the carefree lifestyle
of a Gypsy with the sophistication of the
jet set, author Julia Chaplin coined the
term “Gypset” to refer to an international
community of artists, designers,
and bon vivants – the twenty-first
century’s Bright Young Things Gypset
Style explores their unconventional
lives of wanderlust and the bohemian
enclaves they inhabit, as well as their
counterculture forebears, including the
Victorian explorers, the Lost Generation,
beatniks, and hippies.
KHAKI
Khakis are the singular disinterested
element within apparel. All other clothing
classifications have, despite assimilation,
kept their original identities and struggled
to assert themselves – especially those nasty
cardigans. It’s a war out there in clothingland.
Jeans-infinitely declined, defined,
re-defined, and varied – are nonetheless
always redolent of work and the worker.
No pea coat, however chic, seems other
than AWOL from the ship. Khakis have a
definite place and history , but they also
possess an unusual apparel transcendence,
an ability to be without meaning . Khakis
get along , Khakis are the pacifists in the
war that exist within “wardrobe”.
CAMOUFLAGE
Camouflage has become a global cult
in today’s fashion and design world. Its
fascinating story tells of the interplay
between military developments on the
one hand, and the worlds of art.
Design and popular culture on the other.
The animal kingdom provides examples
of all the essential principles of
camouflage: the chameleon, the zebra,
the stick insect.
Such strategies of visual deception
have inspired human hunters since
prehistoric times.
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