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Emmanuelle Dirix is a lecturer, writer and curator based in London. She lectures in Critical and Historical Studies at Chelsea College of Art & Design, Central Saint Martin's, the Royal College of Art, and the Antwerp Fashion Academy. She regularly contributes to exhibition catalogues and books on fashion, textiles and body politics, including Birds of Paradise: Plumes & Feathers in Fashion, Unravel: Knitwear in Fashion and a series of fashion sourcebooks that cover the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1970s.

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Introduction • 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s 1980s • 1990s

High Fashion

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      Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 29/02/2016
      ISBN13: 9780500518076, 978-0500518076
      ISBN10: 500518076

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Emmanuelle Dirix is a lecturer, writer and curator based in London. She lectures in Critical and Historical Studies at Chelsea College of Art & Design, Central Saint Martin's, the Royal College of Art, and the Antwerp Fashion Academy. She regularly contributes to exhibition catalogues and books on fashion, textiles and body politics, including Birds of Paradise: Plumes & Feathers in Fashion, Unravel: Knitwear in Fashion and a series of fashion sourcebooks that cover the 1930s, 1940s, 1950s and 1970s.

      Trade Review
      'Turning the pages of this lively book is like rummaging with a fancy dress box overflowing with clothes from the 20th century … Dirix is a fabulous guide' - Daily Mail

      Table of Contents
      Introduction • 1900s • 1910s • 1920s • 1930s • 1940s • 1950s • 1960s • 1970s 1980s • 1990s

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