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Vintage Details

A Fashion Sourcebook
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Vintage Details presents over 600 exquisitely photographed details from 20th-century vintage clothing, many previously unseen. The images are categorised by specific garment features such as necklines, collars, sleeves, cuffs, pockets, fastenings, hems, stitching, pleats, embellishments, textures, and prints. Inner construction shots and full garment views provide valuable context.

This beautifully organised collection serves as an inspiring and invaluable reference for fashion design students and professionals alike.
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Ideal for fashion design students, professionals in the fashion industry, and anyone passionate about vintage clothing details and garment construction.

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Vintage Details is a stunning collection of more than 600 beautifully photographed details from previously unseen 20th-century vintage clothing

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Vintage Details is a stunning collection of more than 600 beautifully photographed details from previously unseen 20th-century vintage clothing.

The images are arranged by detail: necklines; collars; sleeves; cuffs; pockets; fastenings and buttonholes; hems, darts, stitching, and fitting devices; pleats, frills, and flounces; embellishment; surface texture and print. Inner construction shots are also included, along with images of the full garments providing context for the details shown.

Easy to navigate and packed full of inspirational images, this book will become an indispensable reference to vintage detailing for fashion design students and professionals.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781780677422

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 08 April 2016

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Laurence King Publishing

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Width: 210.0mm

Height: 245.0mm

Weight: 1970g

Pages: 400

About the Author

Basia Szkutnicka was a successful freelance writer, design consultant, educator and creative, specializing in womenswear, footwear, forecasting, colour, range planning and technical drawing. She lectured all over the world on design process, was a course director at the London College of Fashion for 15 years, and then head of the MA in Fashion at Hong Kong University. She died in 2021.

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