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From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear: Fashion in Detail gets up close to some of the most intimate items in the V&A. The book traces the evolution of underwear, from rare examples dating from the sixteenth century and the exaggerated shapes of eighteenth-century courtly undergarments, to Dior's curvaceous 'New Look' girdles to contemporary lingerie by Agent Provocateur and Rigby and Peller. Meticulous colour photography shows these fascinating garments in close detail, while intricate line drawings reveal their construction. The book also highlights the work of designers such as Vionnet and Westwood, who have taken influence from underwear for their own outerwear creations.

Table of Contents
Introduction -- Covering Up -- Decoration -- Control and Constrict -- Fastenings -- Support and Uplift -- Volume -- Inside Out

Underwear: Fashion in Detail

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    A Paperback / softback by Eleri Lynn, Richard Davis, Leonie Davis

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      Publisher: V & A Publishing
      Publication Date: 03/03/2014
      ISBN13: 9781851777846, 978-1851777846
      ISBN10: 1851777849
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear: Fashion in Detail gets up close to some of the most intimate items in the V&A. The book traces the evolution of underwear, from rare examples dating from the sixteenth century and the exaggerated shapes of eighteenth-century courtly undergarments, to Dior's curvaceous 'New Look' girdles to contemporary lingerie by Agent Provocateur and Rigby and Peller. Meticulous colour photography shows these fascinating garments in close detail, while intricate line drawings reveal their construction. The book also highlights the work of designers such as Vionnet and Westwood, who have taken influence from underwear for their own outerwear creations.

      Table of Contents
      Introduction -- Covering Up -- Decoration -- Control and Constrict -- Fastenings -- Support and Uplift -- Volume -- Inside Out

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