Art in fashion reading list
General
Fukai, A. (ed.) Collection of the Kyoto Costume Institute: Fashion: A History from the 17th to the 20th centuries London, 2002
Hollander, A. Seeing Through Clothes New York, 1978
Jiminez, J.B. Picturing French Style: 300 Years of Art and Fashion Alabama, 2003
Mackrell, A. Art and Fashion: The Impact of Art on Fashion and Fashion on Art London, 2005
McRobbie, A. In The Culture Society: Art, Fashion and Popular Music London, 2005
Muller, F. Art and Fashion (Fashion Memoir) London, 2000
Sischy, I. Art/Fashion New York, 1997
Squire, G. Dress, Art and Society 1560-1970 London, 1974
Stern, R. Against Fashion: Clothing as Art, 1850-1930 Massachusetts, 2005
Townsend, C. Rapture: Art's Seduction by Fashion Since 1970 London, 2002
Wollen, P. Addressing the Century: 100 Years of Art and Fashion California, 1999
Art Deco
Bowman, S. A Fashion for Extravagance: Art Deco Fabrics and Fashions London, 1985
Hardy, A-R. Art Deco Textiles: The French Designers London, 2002
Lussier, S. Art Deco Fashion London, 2003
Samuels, C. Art Deco Textiles London, 2003
Artistic Interpretation
Clark, J. Spectres: When Fashion Turns Back London, 2004
Evans, C. Fashion at the Edge: Spectacle, Modernity, and Deathliness London, 2003
Grande, F. Comme des Garcons (Universe of Fashion) New York, 1998
Horsting, V. Viktor & Rolf Rotterdam, 2000
Margiela, M. Maison Martin Margiela Brussels, 2000
The Metropolitan Museum. Yves St Laurent New York, 1983
Rizzoli. Rei Kawakubo & Commes Des Garcons (Blueprint Monographs) New York, 1990
Shimizu, S. Comme des Garcons: Unlimited Tokyo, 2005
Wilcox, C. Radical Fashion London, 2003
Classical Dress
De Osma, G. Fortuny: The Life and Work of Mariano Fortuny London, 1999
Demornex, J. Madeleine Vionnet London, 1991
Deschodt, A. & Poli, D. Fortuny Abrams, 2001
Kirke, B. Madeleine Vionnet California, 1997
Koda, H. Goddess: The Classical Mode New York, 2003
Kyoto Costume Institute. Mariano Fortuny 1871-1949. Kyoto, 1985
Los Angeles County Museum of Art. A Remembrance of Mariano Fortuny 1871-1949. Los Angeles, 1967
Musee Historique des Tissus. Mariano Fortuny Venise Lyon, 1980
Musee Historique des Tissus. Madeleine Vionnet - Les Années d'Innovation 1919-1939. Lyon, 1995
Stemp, S. Jean Muir: Beyond Fashion London, 2006
Yohannan, K. & Nolf, N. Claire McCardell: Redefining Modernity New York, 1998
Yuki (Gnyuki Torimaru) Yuki Cambridge, 1998
Colour & Pattern Theory
Aav, M. Marimekko: Fabrics, Fashion, Architecture New York, 2003
Damase, J. Sonia Delaunay: Rhythms and Colours London, 1972
Deslandres, Y. Paul Poiret London, 1987
Moffitt, P. & Luther, M. Rudi Gernreich London, 1999
Klein, B. Eye for Colour London, 1965
Klein, B. and Jackson, L. Bernat Klein, Textile Designer, Artist, Colourist Roxburgshire, 2005
MacKrell, A. Paul Poiret (Fashion Designers) New Jersey, 1990
Musee des Arts de la Mode. Poiret et Nicole Groult Paris, 1986
Rhodes, Z. A Lifelong Love Affair With Textiles London, 2006
Rhodes, Z. and Knight, A. The Art of Zandra Rhodes London, 1984
Thieme, O.C. Avant Garde by the Yard. Cincinnati, 1996
Völker, A. Textiles of the Wiener Werkstätte 1910-1932 London, 1994
Watt, J. Ossie Clark, 1965-1974 London, 2003
Russian Art & Design
Bowlt, J.E. Constructivism and Early Soviet Fashion Design (Occasional paper/ Kennan Institute for Advanced Russian Studies) Washington DC, 1982
Vassiley, A. Beauty In Exile: The Artists, Models and Nobility Who Fled the Russian Revolution and Influenced the World of Fashion New York, 2000
Sculptural Dress
Bauzano, G. Roberto Capucci: Timeless Creativity Milan, 2001
Bniam, L. Issey Miyake (Universe of Fashion) London, 1997
Coleman, E A. The Genius of Charles James California, 1982
Jouve, M-A. & Demornex, J. Balenciaga Paris, New York, 1989
Kries, M. & Von Vegesack, A. (eds) A-Poc Making: Issey Miyake and Dai Fujiwara Weil am Rheim, 2001
Martin, R. Charles James (A Fashion Memoir) London, 2004
Miyake, I., Sato, K., Chandes, H. & Meier, R. Issey Miyake: Making Things London, 1999
Penn, I., Miyake, I. & Kitamura, M. Irving Penn Regards the Work of Issey Miyake: Photographs 1975-1998 New York, 1999
Penn, I. Issey Miyake New York, 1988
Surrealism
Baudot, F. Fashion and Surrealism London, 2002
Blum, D. Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli London, 2003
Gibson-Quick, R. In a Surreal Fashion: The Creative Collaboration Between Schiaparelli & Dali London
Martin, R. Fashion and Surrealism London, 1990
Palmer-White, H. Elsa Schiaparelli London, 1986
Wood, G. The Surreal Body London, 2007
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