London Couture and the Making of a Fashion Centre

by Michelle Jones

Book Overview

How design collaboration, networks, and narratives contributed to the establishment of a recognized English couture industry in the 1930s and 1940s.

In the 1930s and 1940s, English fashion houses, spurred by economic and wartime crises, put London on the map as a major fashion city. In this book, Michelle Jones examines the creation of a London-based couture industry during these years, exploring how designer collaboration and the construction...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262046571
• ISBN13: 9780262046572
• Release Date: April 2022
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.1"