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The V&A Gallery of Fashion: Revised Edition

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Spanning four centuries, the V&A's Fashion Collection is the most comprehensive in the world, housing unrivaled collections of dress, accessories, shoes and hats from the seventeenth century to the present day. This thoroughly revised and redesigned edition shows the collection, from rare eighteenth-century gowns and exquisite bodices to 1930s evening wear, post-war couture, and show-stopping ensembles by contemporary designers. Among the designers featured are Charles Frederick Worth, Madeleine Vionnet, Coco Chanel, Cristobal Balenciaga, Christian Dior, Mary Quant, Stephen Jones, Vivienne Westwood, and Alexander McQueen.

Author/Artist/Designer

Claire Wilcox and Jenny Lister

Pages

176

Dimensions

20cm x 1.4cm x 26.5cm

ISBN

9781851778935

Colour

White

Product code

146467

Book Format

Softback

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About the authors

C.Wilcox and J.Lister

Claire Wilcox is Senior Curator in the Department of Furniture, Textiles & Fashion at the V&A and Professor in Fashion Curation at the London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London. She has curated many exhibitions including Vivienne Westwood (2004) and The Golden Age of Couture (2007) and co-curated Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty (2014). Jenny Lister is a Curator of Textiles and Fashion at the V&A. She co-curated the V&A exhibitions Swinging Sixties and Grace Kelly Style and co-edited the accompanying books.