Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive

Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive is a unique guide to the role of garment archives as an industry resource for designers to research and examine both historical garments and the work of their peers. Groves and Sprecher analyse over 140 key garments from the Westminster Menswear Archive, spanning the last 275 years, each brilliantly photographed in close-up detail and annotated with curator commentary, to inspire new generations of designers.Highlights include garments from: A-COLD-WALL*, Ahluwalia, Aitor Throup Studio, Alexander McQueen, Belstaff, Bernhard Willhelm, Burberry, Casely-Hayford, C.P. Company, Carol Christian Poell, Comme des Garcons, Craig Green, Dior Men, Fred Perry, Helmut Lang, Hussein Chalayan, Jean Paul Gaultier, Junya Watanabe, Louis Vuitton, Martine Rose, Meadham Kirchhoff, Nigel Cabourn, Paul Smith, Prada, Stone Island, Umbro, Undercover, Vexed Generation, and Vollebak>

Product details

• Authors: Andrew Groves, Danielle Sprecher
• Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781350330979
• ISBN: 978-1-350-33097-9
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 210 mm x 270 mm x 20 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design; DESIGN / History & Criticism, DESIGN / Textile & Costume, History of art / art & design styles, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Regional Studies, Industrial / commercial art & design, history of design, History of fashion, Individual designers, Individual designers or design groups, Textile Industries, Apparel, garment and textile industries, DESIGN / Individual Designers, National or regional costume / textiles