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Author:

Mears, Patricia.

Title:

American beauty : aesthetics and innovation in fashion / Patricia Mears.

Publisher:

Yale University Press ;

Copyright Date:

c2009

Description:

x, 182 p. : ill. (chiefly col.) ; 33 cm.

Subject:

Fashion design--United States--History--Exhibitions.
Fashion designers--United States--History--Exhibitions.
Advertising--History--United States--History--Exhibitions.
Beauty, Personal--United States--History--Exhibitions.
Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.).--Museum--Exhibitions.

Other Authors:

Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Museum.

Notes:

Catalog of a major exhibition held November 6, 2009-April 10, 2010 at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) which explores how the "philosophy of beauty" is allied to the craft of dressmaking. Each of the 75 looks on display was chosen to exemplify the relationship between technical ingenuity and artistic excellence. Curator Patricia Mears has focused on approximately 25 American fashion designers, ranging from the obscure to the well known. Includes bibliographical references.

Summary:

Catalog of a major exhibition held November 6, 2009-April 10, 2010 at the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT) which explores how the "philosophy of beauty" is allied to the craft of dressmaking. Each of the 75 looks on display was chosen to exemplify the relationship between technical ingenuity and artistic excellence. Curator Patricia Mears has focused on approximately 25 American fashion designers, ranging from the obscure to the well known.

ISBN:

0300155352 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780300155358 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)317471868

LCCN:

2009037589

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

OIAX792 -- Grinnell College (Grinnell)

DAPG173 -- Mason City Public Library (Mason City)