Culture to Catwalk: How World Cultures Influence Fashion
By Kristin Knox.
Description
In this completely unique and innovative book, Kristin Knox (author of MCQUEEN: Genius of a Generation) traces the roots of today's ready-to-wear fashion designers to "traditional costume" clothing styles from more than 60 cultures around the world and explores how local or "street" fashions are coming back once again and influencing catwalks in fashion capitals from New York to Paris. "Traditional" refers to any clothing worn locally around the world before the rise of commercially produced clothing and includes the Japanese kimono, the Burqa, Imperial C...
ISBN(s)
1408130718, 9781408130711
