Sunday, April 3, 2011

Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries



Product Description
Now available from Abrams, this popular book offers a rare, close-up look at the exquisite, labor-intensive details seen in fine historical clothing. Perfect decorative seams, minute stitching, knife-sharp pleats, and voluptuous drapery--all are here, alongside more unusual techniques such as stamping, pinking, and slashing. Most of these effects cannot be replicated by machine, yet many of today's fashion designers take their inspiration from the past, adapting the... More >>

Historical Fashion in Detail: The 17th and 18th Centuries

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