50s Fashion
Rock 'n' roll threads
Relive the nostalgia of 1950s style with this compendium of clothing advertisements from the decade that brought us hoop skirts, sweater sets, cuff jeans, cat's eye glasses, and the classic James Dean jeans-and-T-shirt look. The era's most memorable trends are all here.
About the Series:
More bang for your buck! "... a fast-food, high-energy fix on the topic at hand." The New York Times Book Review
About the editor:
Cultural anthropologist and graphic design historian Jim Heimann is Executive Editor for TASCHEN America in Los Angeles. He is the author of numerous books on architecture, popular culture, and the history of the West Coast, in particular, Los Angeles and the Hollywood dream factory. For over 30 years he has built an unrivaled private collection of ephemera, which has been featured museum exhibitions around the world and in dozens of his books.
About the author:
Laura Schooling is the Creative Services Manger of STYLE.COM, and was the founding editor of Front Desk Los Angeles magazine. She has written about music, fashion, and art for Black Book, Time Out New York and Angeleno. Her fiction writing has been covered by SOMA and featured in Giant magazine.
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50s Fashion
Heimann, Jim (ED)
Schooling, Laura Flexicover, 14 x 19.5 cm (5.5 x 7.7 in.), 192 pages, $ 9.99 |
- Reviews (6 items)
"50's Fashion ist als schöner Querschnitt durch die amerikanische Anzeigenwelt der fünfziger Jahre ein Zeitzeugnis für das, was die Menschen damals modetechnisch bewegte."
Theblackgift.de, Köln, Germany
Theblackgift.de, Köln, Germany
- Clippings (3 items)
- See also (24 items)
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Valentino Garavani. Una grande storia italiana. The glamorous life and work of Valentino Garavani. Limited to 2,000 numbered copies, each numbered and signed by fashion designer Valentino Garavani. |
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Auguste Racinet, The Complete Costume History From togas to tailcoats: a fashion time machine |