Underwear: Fashion in Detail

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Underwear: Fashion in Detail is written by Eleri Lynn and published by Victoria & Albert Museum. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 1851776168 (ISBN 10) and 9781851776160 (ISBN 13).

Without foundations there can be no fashion. Christian Dior From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear- Fashion in Detail gets up close and personal with some of the most intimate items in the V+A. Eleri Lynn traces the evolution of underwear, drawing on 120 objects that include rare examples dating from the sixteenth century, the exaggerated shapes of eighteenth century court dress, Dior's curvaceous 'New Look' and contemporary lingerie by Agent Provocateur and Rigby and Peller. Beautiful new photography shows close-up details of these fascinating garments, while intricate line drawings reveal their masterly construction. The book also highlights the work of designers such as Vionnet and Westwood who have taken influence from underwear for their own outer wear creations.