Cally Blackman

The story of photography's first practicable colour process is also the story of fashion as it evolved from the Edwardian era to the newfound fluidity and freedom of the 1920s. 'Soon the world will be colour-mad and Lumière will be responsible' - Alfred Stieglitz, 1907 These words announced the arrival of the autochrome, the colour process invented by the Lumière...

This book documents the most exciting and diverse period in fashion: from 1900 onwards, when women's lives and manner of dress changed dramatically. From home dressmaking to couture, from wartime rationing to The New Look, from the birth of the teenager to mass manufacture, this selection of over 400 photographs and illustrations tells the fascinating story of a fashion revolution....