Andrew Groves, Danielle Sprecher

Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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.

With exclusive access to over 120 key garments from the Westminster Menswear Archive, spanning the last 275 years, each piece is 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 Garçons, 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK eBooks
• Seitenzahl: 336
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2024
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781350330955
• Artikelnr.: 70182202

Autorenporträt

Andrew Groves is Professor of Fashion Design at the University of Westminster, UK, and the Director of the Westminster Menswear Archive which he established in 2016. It houses over 2500 examples of some of the most significant menswear garments and is used daily by industry and students to inform their design practice.

Inhaltsangabe

Forewords Lorenzo Osti
President
C.P. Company Jonathan Faiers
Professor of Fashion Thinking
University of Southampton
UK Dr Samuel Ross
Artistic Director
Founder - A-COLD-WALL* Introduction 1. Capes 2. Camouflage 3. Black Jackets 4. Travel 5. Underwear 6. Armour 7. Worn 8. Flight Jacket 9. Sportswear 10. Blue Jeans 11. Technology 12. Ceremonial In Conversation with Mark C. O'Flaherty: The Future of the Westminster Menswear Archive Company Appendix Notes Selected Bibliography