The Couture Secrets of Shape - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Couture Secrets of Shape write by Charles James. This book was released on 2019-01-30. The Couture Secrets of Shape available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Avant-garde designs from "America's First Couturier" British-American designer Charles James (1906-78), "America's First Couturier," is famed for the extraordinarily elegant evening gowns he created in the 1930s through the 1950s for society ladies on both sides of the Atlantic. From the beginning of his career, James also designed revolutionary unisex styles. The famous eiderdown evening jacket, designed in 1937 for women, was revived as a cult unisex design object in 1970s New York. The eiderdown jacket and James' other unisex designs share with his ball gowns a sculptural, architectural presence and a rigorously cerebral design process grounded in science and mathematics. James is regarded as a visionary thinker in the world of fashion, introducing lasting innovations in both technique and methodology. Charles James: The Couture Secrets of Shapegoes beyond the evening gowns, focusing on some of James' unisex designs and his life in the artist community at the Chelsea Hotel, where he lived from 1964 until his death in 1978. He remained restlessly creative in this period, his rooms at the Chelsea serving as a studio, workshop, and archive. In 1973 he wrote The Charles James Approach to Structural Design; this allowed a glimpse into his thinking at that time and is included in this publication in facsimile. Edited by Homer Layne, James' last assistant, and Professor Dorothea Mink, with a preface by fashion designer Rick Owens, this volume reveals a new facet of James' groundbreaking body of work.
Couture Sewing Techniques
Couture Sewing Techniques - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Couture Sewing Techniques write by Claire B. Shaeffer. This book was released on 2011. Couture Sewing Techniques available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Fashion historian Shaeffer opened the door to the exclusive realm of haute couture in her authoritative guide to the techniques that define couture sewing. And now, "Couture Sewing Techniques," has been revised and updated throughout. Full color.
Zandra Rhodes
Zandra Rhodes - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Zandra Rhodes write by Dennis Nothdruft. This book was released on 2019-01-01. Zandra Rhodes available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This beautifully illustrated volume surveys the textile and fashion designs of one of Britain's most distinctive creative voices, marking the 50th anniversary of the house of Zandra Rhodes.
Vintage Couture Tailoring
Vintage Couture Tailoring - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Vintage Couture Tailoring write by Thomas von Nordheim. This book was released on 2013-06-30. Vintage Couture Tailoring available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Traditional tailoring is a fascinating craft, which has not changed for many centuries, however, the techniques are now known only by a few practising in the best couture ateliers and bespoke tailor's workrooms. Nothing feels quite so luxurious or sophisticated as bespoke clothes, but the tailoring skills they require are often seen to be shrouded in mystery and the clothes therefore only accessible to the rich and famous. This practical book reveals the trade secrets of couture tailoring and brings vintage couture tailoring within the reach of all. With step-by-step photographs and professional tips throughout, it shows how a ladies' jacket is made and thereby introduces a range of fundamental tailoring techniques. These can be used for garments for either gender, as well as other sewing projects: moulding fabric to shape with the iron; employing loose interfacings; hollow shoulder construction; pad stitching canvas; interlining and weighting hems;making tailored and bound buttonholes;.... and many more forgotten techniques.Written by a tailor of international repute, Vintage Couture Tailoring is dedicated to all who appreciate the highest standard of craftsmanship, and who like using their eyes and hands to produce beautiful garments.Vintage couture tailoring is practised by only a few establishments around the world today and this practical book reveals the trade secrets of couture tailoring. An invaluable guide for professionals wishing to further their skills, and for enthusiasts with an interest in traditional tailoring. Shows how to make a ladies' jacket from preparation through to assembly and reveals the exquisite finishing details that are the hallmark of couture tailoring. Superbly illustrated with 417 colour step-by-step photographs.Thomas von Nordheim is a tailor of international repute.
Charles James
Charles James - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Charles James write by Harold Koda. This book was released on 2014-06-03. Charles James available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. This catalogue offers the first comprehensive study of James’s life and work, highlighting his virtuosity and inventiveness as well as the colorful cast of benefactors and clients who supported him.
