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Fashion Spectacles, Spectacular Fashion: Eyewear Styles and Shapes from Vintage to 2020 - Hardcover

Murray, Simon; Albrechtsen, Nicky

 
9780500516355: Fashion Spectacles, Spectacular Fashion: Eyewear Styles and Shapes from Vintage to 2020
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0500516359 ISBN 13: 9780500516355
Verlag: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The twentieth century marked a turning point in eyewear design, fueled by a rapidlychanging social and cultural landscape, new manufacturing techniques, the developmentof innovative materials, and the entertainment industry. Spectacles, which had previouslybeen classed as purely functional, were transformed into an ultra-chic fashion accessory.This engaging book is based on Simon Murrays amazing collection, built up overdecades of avid collecting. An introduction explores the history of glasses and revealshow premodern features and materials remain a rich source of inspiration in contemporarydesign, from Andre Courrègess Lunettes Eskimo, a twentieth-century take onInuit goggles, to Guccis Leather Aviators. Examples of pre-twentieth-century glassesand contextual shots of film and style icons sporting spectacles illustrate not only thefinest inventions and innovations of the past but also their evolution into the diverse,eclectic range of styles available today.Illustrated with specially commissioned photographs by Drew Gardner, this indispensableguide to eyewear will appeal to fashion designers, stylists, costume designers, andlovers of vintage.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Simon Murray’s spectacle collection is the largest private collection in the world. He has provided glasses for movies from Batman to Indiana Jones and for movie stars from Sean Connery to Tom Cruise. Nicky Albrechtsen is the proprietor of theVintage Resource Studio in Brick Lane, London, which provides costumes and props to the theatre and media. She is the author of The Printed Square and (with Fola Solanke) Scarves, both also published by Thames & Hudson.

Nicky Albrechtsen is the proprietor of the Vintage Resource Studio in Brick Lane, London, which provides costumes and props to the theatre and media.

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The 20th century marked a turning point in spectacle design. Eyewear, which had previously been classed as purely functional, was transformed into an ultra-chic fashion accessory. This irresistible sourcebook features vintage glasses of all shapes, styles and sizes - the very best of 20th- and 21st-century spectacle design. It is based on Simon Murray's amazing collection, built up over decades of avid collecting from optometrists, markets and antique shops across the globe. The book also includes futuristic eyewear, thus extending the timespan of the collection into the 2020s and beyond.

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Verlag
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0500516359
ISBN 13 
9780500516355
Einband
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Auflage
1
Anzahl der Seiten
239
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