20th Century Fashion: 100 Years of Style by Decade and Designer, in Association with Vogue.

By Linda Watson

Book Overview

A celebration of a century of Vogue style offers a fresh and exhilarating look at the past one hundred years, highlighting the major movements and trends of each decade, including flappers, the war... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1552979881
• ISBN13: 9781552979884
• Release Date: October 2004
• Publisher: Firefly Books
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.99 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.3" x 1.3" x 6.0"

Customer Reviews

Just OK.

This is a very small book. It's about the size of a paperback novel. The first half is a very brief history of western fashion, focusing on each decade of the 20th century. The second half contains very brief biographies of many fashion designers. How brief? Sometimes there are 5 on a single small page. There are very few photos. I would have liked to have seen one or two photos of every designer's work. Instead there's maybe one photo for every fifth designer. The book is good for a quick lookup of "Who? Never heard of them before." It's not great if you really want to know about someone's work.

GREAT FASHION BOOK!

This is the book you need if you are looking for a complete -and at the same time- condensed history of 20th century fashion and its most important designers. It is very interesting and well written, besides... it has amazing pictures! Great value for your money ;)

Great research

i used this book to help me with a research paper on fashions reflections of society's morals. i loved the format and it was so useful. i learned so much and appreciated the truthfulness.

Elegance, Imagination, Attitude - We've Come So Far!

VOGUE was launched in New York on December 17, 1892. This outstanding book chronicles more than just a century of fashion. Written with in-depth focus, this gorgeous book hits on the pulse of the attitudes, societal values, and social elegance that the designer's portrayed, as well as how American culture was reinvented decade after decade. This is one outstanding book, and shows just how far we've come. Special thanks to Linda Watson for an outstanding job in bringing the 20th century to life. Simply FANTASTIC!

biographies of 245 international fashion designers

Vogue Twentieth Century Fashion - 100 Years of Style by Decade and Designer is another superb book, which we recommend. Written by Linda Watson it is very informative and also has the status of a coffee table book. The book contains the biographies of 245 international fashion designers and couturiers. It starts off with a description about the various fashion decades of the 20th Century. Entertaining are the quotes from old Vogue magazines about the latest fashion trends. The oldest Vogue, which is quoted is from 19 August 1909. Needless to say that there are many pictures and photos on each page.