American Beauty: Aesthetics and Innovation in Fashion

by Patricia Mears

Book Overview

A stunning tribute to great American fashion designers--both the famous and little known--of the 20th century

This beautifully illustrated book is the first to examine the relationship between innovation and aesthetics as expressed by American couturiers and fashion designers from the late 1910s to the present day. The book, which accompanies a major exhibition at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, reveals...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300155352
• ISBN13: 9780300155358
• Release Date: December 2009
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 3.45 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 9.9" x 12.8"