20th-century designers (Europe - outside France, Italy and UK) reading list

This list includes designers who are/were based elsewhere, but who retain strong links with their homeland.

Belgium

Derycke, L. & Van de Veire, S. (eds) Belgian Fashion Design. Gent, 2000
Van Beirendonck, W & Derycke, L. Fashion 2001 Landed #1. Leuven, 2001
Van Beirendonck, W & Derycke, L. Fashion 2001 Landed-Geland Part II. Leuven, 2001
Windels, V. & Tordoir, E. Young Belgian Fashion Design. Gent, 2001

Martin Margiela

Margiela, M. Maison Martin Margiela. Brussels, 2000

Raf Simons

Simons, R. Raf Simons Redux. New York, 2005

Walter Van Beirendonck

Van Beirendonck, W. & Te Duits, T. (eds) Believe: Walter Van Beirendonck and Wild and Lethal Trash. Rotterdam 1999

Dries Van Noten

Tucker, A. Dries Van Noten: Shape, Print and Fabric. London, 1998

Ireland

McCrum, E. Fabric & Form: Irish Fashion Since 1950. Gloucestershire, 1996
O'Byrne, R. After a Fashion: a History of the Irish Fashion Industry. Dublin, 1995

Finland

Marimekko

Aav, M. Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture. New York, 2003

Holland

Westerhof, A., Keupier, M. & Hoekema, J. Dutch Touch. Amsterdam, 2006

Viktor & Rolf

Horsting, V. Viktor & Rolf.  Rotterdam, 2000

Spain

Cristobal Balenciaga

Jouve, M-A. & Demornex, J. Balenciaga. Paris, New York, 1989
Miller, L. Cristobal Balenciaga. New Jersey,1994
Healey, R. Balenciaga: Masterpieces of Fashion Design. Victoria, 1994
New York. The World of Balenciaga. New York, 1973
Musee Historique des Tissus. Hommage a Balenciaga. Lyon, 1985
Walker, M. Balenciaga and His Legacy. London, 2006

Russia

Bowlt, J.E. Constructivism and Early Soviet Fashion Design (Occasional Paper/ Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies). Washington DC, 1982
Kachurin, P.J. Soviet Textiles: Designing the Modern Utopia. New York, 2006
Lavrentev, A.N. & Nasarov, Y.V. Russian Design: Tradition and Experiment 1920-1990. New York, 1996
Metropolitan Museum of Art: History of Russian Costume From the Eleventh to the Twentieth Century. New York, 1982
Onassis, J.K. In the Russian Style. New York, 1998
Strizenova, T. Soviet Costume and Textiles 1917-1945. Paris, 1991
Vassiley, A. Beauty In Exile: the Artists, Models and Nobility Who Fled the Russian Revolution and Influenced the World of Fashion. New York, 2000

Sonia Delaunay

Damase, J. Sonia Delaunay: Rhythms and Colours, London, 1972
Delaunay, S. L'Art International D'Aujourd'hui 15: Tapis et Tissus. Paris, 1929

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