Colors in Fashion
Colors in Fashion

Author: Jonathan Faiers

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2016-11-17

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 1474273718

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Color speaks a powerful cultural language, conveying political, sexual, and economic messages that, throughout history, have revealed how we relate to ourselves and our world. This ground-breaking compilation is the first to investigate how color in fashionable and ceremonial dress has played a significant social role, indicating acceptance and exclusion, convention and subversion. From the use of white in pioneering feminism to the penchant for black in post-war France, and from mystical scarlet broadcloth to the horrors of arsenic-laden green fashion, this publication demonstrates that color in dress is as mutable, nuanced, and varied as color itself. Divided into four thematic parts – solidarity, power, innovation, and desire – each section highlights the often violent, emotional histories of color in dress across geographical, temporal and cultural boundaries. Underlying today's relaxed attitude to color lies a chromatic complexity that speaks of wars, migrations and economics. While acknowledging the importance that technology has played in the development of new dyes, the chapters explore color as a catalyst for technical innovation that continues to inspire designers, artists, and performers. Bringing together cutting-edge contributions from leading scholars, it is essential reading for academics of fashion, textiles, design, cultural studies and art history.

The Colour of Fashion
The Colour of Fashion

Author: Caroline Young

Publisher:

Published: 2022

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781802790849

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Telling stories drawn from across history, The Colour of Fashion delves into the significance of colour in dress, and explores how the symbolism has shifted over time.

Color Your Style
Color Your Style

Author: David Zyla

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2011-01-25

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 0452296838

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Move over Color Me Beautiful, an Emmy Award-winning costume designer shows women how to find their authentic style archetype. David Zyla has made women look sensational on the runway, television, and Broadway for twenty years. In Color Your Style ,David shows how every woman can unlock her authentic style based on a combination of her personality, her eight true colors, and one of twenty-four color-palette archetypes-from the Wholesome Flirt to the Romantic Poetess to The Maverick. Through quizzes, charts, and stories, women can discover the colors, clothes, and accessories that will attract love, power, energy, and attention. Color Your Style is like getting an astrological reading-only color-inspired-allowing you to learn more about yourself while you make over your wardrobe. We are at our best when we feel comfortable, confident, and know we look fantastic. Zyla and Color Your Style shows women how to be their best-without being slaves to designer labels or the latest trends.

Men of Color
Men of Color

Author: Lloyd Boston

Publisher: Artisan

Published: 2000-09-01

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781579651671

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Wonderful reviews and word-of-mouth helped make the hardcover edition of this title--a unique celebration of African-American male fashion and style--a best-seller. Essence called it "a testament to the creative spirit of Black men . . . filled with striking photographs of Black legends and insightful essays about the historical context of their apparel." With sleek photographs and a host of celebrity interviews, the special value hardcover edition captures the elegance of Nat King Cole, comfort of Bill Cosby, hip-hop style of LL Cool J, and sex appeal of Denzel Washington. Expert advice rounds out the "history of fabulous sartorial style" (Essence), showing readers how to accomplish the same looks on their own. This is a must-have for Black men--and the women who love them.

Fashion in Colors
Fashion in Colors

Author: Akiko Fukai

Publisher:

Published: 2004

Total Pages: 260

ISBN-13:

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Conceived by the celebrated design duo Viktor & Rolf, whose audacious fashions grace runways in Paris and New York, this edition includes more than eighty works by designers such as Balenciaga, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Junya Watanabe, Yohji Yamamoto, Madeleine Vionnet, Vivienne Westwood, Azzedine Alaia, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Viktor & Rolf, and Rei Kawakubo, most of them from KCI's permanent collections. Featuring essays that discuss the influence of color on fashion and society by scholars including Akiko Fukai (Chief Curator, KCI), Lourdes Font (Assistant Professor, Fashion Institute of Technology), Claude Levi-Strauss, and Barbara Bloemink (Curatorial Director, Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum), Fashion in Colors also includes designer profiles and an extended interview with Viktor & Rolf. Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum, is the only museum in the United States devoted exclusively to historic and contemporary design. The Museum Presents compelling perspectives on the impact of design on daily life through its educational programs, exhibitions, and publications. Cooper-Hewitt is housed in the historic Andrew Carnegie Mansion in New York City.

The First Book of Fashion
The First Book of Fashion

Author: Ulinka Rublack

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing

Published: 2021-02-11

Total Pages: 421

ISBN-13: 1474249906

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This captivating book reproduces arguably the most extraordinary primary source documents in fashion history. Providing a revealing window onto the Renaissance, they chronicle how style-conscious accountant Matthäus Schwarz and his son Veit Konrad experienced life through clothes, and climbed the social ladder through fastidious management of self-image. These bourgeois dandies' agenda resonates as powerfully today as it did in the sixteenth century: one has to dress to impress, and dress to impress they did. The Schwarzes recorded their sartorial triumphs as well as failures in life in a series of portraits by illuminists over 60 years, which have been comprehensively reproduced in full color for the first time. These exquisite illustrations are accompanied by the Schwarzes' fashion-focussed yet at times deeply personal captions, which render the pair the world's first fashion bloggers and pioneers of everyday portraiture. The First Book of Fashion demonstrates how dress – seemingly both ephemeral and trivial – is a potent tool in the right hands. Beyond this, it colorfully recaptures the experience of Renaissance life and reveals the importance of clothing to the aesthetics and every day culture of the period. Historians Ulinka Rublack's and Maria Hayward's insightful commentaries create an unparalleled portrait of sixteenth-century dress that is both strikingly modern and thorough in its description of a true Renaissance fashionista's wardrobe. This first English translation also includes a bespoke pattern by TONY award-winning costume designer and dress historian Jenny Tiramani, from which readers can recreate one of Schwarz's most elaborate and politically significant outfits.

Tudor Fashion to Colour
Tudor Fashion to Colour

Author: Emily Hore Rosie BONE

Publisher: Patterns to Colour

Published: 2016-10

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9781409599319

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This stylishly illustrated colouring book is the perfect way to learn about Tudor fashion. Find out about the different types of Tudor fashion worn by men and women, and how they originated.

Colour Theory For Fashion Designer
Colour Theory For Fashion Designer

Author: Saif Ahmad

Publisher:

Published: 2020-10-29

Total Pages: 102

ISBN-13:

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of colours, colour schemes, combination of contrasts which can be used in colour theory, the overall contrast level of a composition changes with the range of luminosity between chosen colours, examples of value dominance, the psychology of colours, types of complexions, colour that works for the skin tone isn't the easiest thing to choose, eye colour will highlight our features. How every human category's in different seasons and every season reflect their own colour. The chapters practically describe with examples of colour schemes that used and how colour reflects our personality. This book is very useful for beginners, fashion designer and fashion stylist. This changed the way of choosing and approach of colours for clothing

Colors for Modern Fashion
Colors for Modern Fashion

Author: Nancy Riegelman

Publisher: Prentice Hall

Published: 2006

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780132300315

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For courses in Fashion Illustration, Fashion Sketching, Figure Drawing and Fashion Rendering. This book teaches students how to draw fashion using coloured markers, a medium that is easy to use, convenient, inexpensive and easy to learn.

Black in Fashion
Black in Fashion

Author: Valerie D. Mendes

Publisher:

Published: 1999

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Black in Fashion by Valerie Mendes provides the answer and is the perfect reading companion for anyone who values their special party dress. It is a pure celebration of this ever-present fashion phenomenon, and the perfect gift that every woman would love to own. From the feather-light pleats of Fortuny early last century to the deconstructed creations of Comme des Gar ons - black has inspired designers all over the world. If you are a fashion connoisseur you will be seduced by the lure of couture names and fascinated by this evolutionary account. Valerie's lively commentary explodes a number of myths and puts key developments into context. It is complimented by absolutely stunning, specially commissioned, photographs and stylish page layouts. Dress it up, dress it down, the little black dress is one fashion essential that will never go away.