Overview
From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear: Fashion in Detail gets up close to some of the most intimate items in the V&A.
Get intimately acquainted with the V&As world-renowned collection of undergarments in this eye-opening visual history.
From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps, Eleri Lynns Underwear: Fashion in Detail traces the peculiar evolution of underwear. Revealing photographs highlight close-up details in the garments, while intricate line drawings show their masterly construction. A wide range of designs is represented, from rare 16th-century examples to Diors curvaceous New Look, to Calvin Kleins notorious briefs.
From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps, Eleri Lynns Underwear: Fashion in Detail traces the peculiar evolution of underwear. Revealing photographs highlight close-up details in the garments, while intricate line drawings show their masterly construction. A wide range of designs is represented, from rare 16th-century examples to Diors curvaceous New Look, to Calvin Kleins notorious briefs.
- | Author: Eleri Lynn
- | Publisher: V & A Publishing
- | Publication Date: Mar 03, 2014
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- | Binding: Paperback / softback
- | ISBN-13: 9781851777846
- | ISBN-10: 1851777849
