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  • Abrams (A&CB)
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art
What is fashion? This engaging book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers myriad answers to that question, pairing selected works in the museum's collection with concise observations. The simple reflections accompanying the illustrations encourage readers to think about the role of fashion in our culture and to develop their own definitions of what it means to them.

ISBN 9781419711688 | E | PB+
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Publisher Abrams (A&CB)
ISBN 9781419711688
Publication date March 2014
Edition Paperback with flaps
Dimensions 168 x 140 mm
Illustrations 188 col.ill.
Pages 384
Language(s) Eng. ed.
Exhibition Metropolitan Museum of Art
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What is fashion? This engaging book from the Metropolitan Museum of Art offers myriad answers to that question, pairing selected works in the museum's collection with concise observations. The simple reflections accompanying the illustrations encourage readers to think about the role of fashion in our culture and to develop their own definitions of what it means to them. Including costumes, regional dress, haute couture and accessories from the fifteenth century to the present, as well as paintings, sculpture and decorative arts relating to modes of dress, this clever little book is sure to inspire fashion lovers around the world.