New Books!

Saturday, October 29, 2011

During English class on Friday, Anita gave me her old ISP research books! She looked into fashion design for her ISP last year, although her topic was slightly different from mine, and she didn't have any more use for the books, so she passed them on to me. I flipped through them, and they are absolutely beautiful.

The first book, produced in collaboration with Vogue magazine, not only debriefs each decade of the twentieth century in terms of fashion trends, but also contains descriptions and pictures of the works of hundreds of individual designers and fashion lines. I skimmed through it, and it is truly incredible. If I find anything I particularly like when I go through it more closely, I'll post it.

The second book contains over 1100 colored illustrations of the clothing worn by women throughout the whole of the twentieth century, ranging from underwear to leisure wear to wedding gowns. Each picture comes with a detailed description of every article of clothing and accessory that comprises the outfit. When I start designing my own pieces, I think this will be a very useful source to reference.

I'm even more excited about this project now. When I get a chance, I'll start looking closer at each era and pick out which ones to concentrate research in. I have a good feeling about this project.

A million thanks to the beautiful Anita for giving me these amazing books!