Ce court ouvrage illustré résume la la vie et pensée de la créatrice Coco Chanel, revenant plus particulièrement sur sa vision et sa pratique de la mode.
Depuis les Flappers et la Harlem Renaissance des années 20 aux cosplayers des rues de Tokyo nés en 2000, en passant par les Rockers et les Mods, les Teddy Boys et autres Riots Grrls, ou encore les néo-romantiques, hipsters et emos, ce livre organisé chronologiquement rend hommage à toutes les contre-cultures vestimentaires. Il retrace ainsi une histoire de la mode qui s'écrit loin des podiums et de la haute couture.
Discover fashion that dared to be different, risked reputations and put careers in jeopardy. This is what happens when people take tradition and rip it up.
FashionQuake introduces 50 pivotal moments that shook the world and changed mainstream fashion forever, telling the fascinating stories behind each piece's creation, reception and legacy.
From awe-inspiring couture to protest T-shirts, bumster trousers to safety-pin dresses, this book profiles the cutting-edge of fashion, featuring enigmatic designers, risque campaigns, surreal haute couture and radical clothing. By tracing the history of modern fashion via the pieces that steered away from the norm, Caroline Young tells us how we got to the here and now.
This fascinating and deeply insightful book presents an alternative introduction to fashion focusing on 50 moments that consciously questioned boundaries, challenged the status quo and made shockwaves we are still feeling today.
This book is from the Culture Quake series, which looks into iconic moments of culture which truly created paradigm shifts in their respective fields. Also available are ArtQuake, FilmQuake and MusicQuake.
