Fashion in the 1970s

Informationen zum Autor Daniel Milford-Cottam Klappentext The 1970s was a decade of style contrasts. More so than in any other decade, every extreme of fashion was met by an equally trendy opposite reaction. Ankle-length maxi skirts vied for attention with super-short hot-pants. Outfits in vibrant prints and obviously man-made fabrics contrasted with subtly-colored ensembles in wool jerseys and silky crepes. Delicate floral cottons, hand-knits, and hand-tooled leather came up against boldly synthetic and plastic looks perched atop platform shoes--for men and women alike. More so than at any other time, fashion looked backwards in order to dress the future, with quirkily ironic retro looks, while alternative street-style movements such as Punk used appearance to startle and challenge the establishment. Zusammenfassung The 1970s was a decade of style contrasts: every extreme of fashion was met by an equally trendy opposite reaction. Ankle-length maxi skirts vied for attention with super-short hot-pants. Outfits in vibrant prints and obviously man-made fabrics contrasted with subtly-coloured ensembles in wool jerseys and silky crepes. Delicate floral cottons! hand-knits and hand-tooled leather came up against boldly synthetic and plastic looks perched atop platform shoes - for men and women alike. More so than at any other time! fashion looked backwards in order to dress the future with quirkily ironic retro looks! while alternative street-style movements such as Punk used appearance to startle and challenge the establishment. In this book! Daniel Milford-Cottam uses colourful photographs to illustrate an eye-opening introduction to the bold fashions that still have such resonance today. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction Looking Back Towards the Future The Material World She's All That in His Satin and Tat Abigail Goes to a Party Epilogue: Entering the Eighties Further Reading Places to Visit Index ...

Product details

• Authors: MILFORD COTTAM DANIE, Daniel Milford-Cottam, Milford-Cottam Daniel
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.10.2018
• EAN: 9781784423049
• ISBN: 978-1-78442-304-9
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 148 mm x 208 mm x 2 mm
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Guides > Hobby, home > Creative design; Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history; History, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories, ART / History / Contemporary (1945-), DESIGN / Textile & Costume, History of Art, Later 20th century c 1950 to c 1999, Social and cultural history, Art & design styles: from c 1960, History of fashion, Fashion and textile design, c 1945 to c 2000 (Post-war period)