Product Description: Fashion is a social phenomenon that can only be defined and understood using a trans-disciplinary approach. A number of questions arise: which special perceptive abilities does a creator of fashion have to have? To which extent are smart clothes integrated in everyday fashion? How does architecture react to the requirements of fashion? Can a costume designer design clothes successfully and vice versa? These and many other questions are addressed as well as the problems involved fashion design training or fashion designers responsibilities in terms of sustainability...read more

A boldly rendered twentieth-century fashion history spans the entire tempestuous century, featuring the key stylistic periods, designers, and celebrities who moved fashion along at its frenetic pace, with contributions from Andrea Affaticati, Gerda Buxbaum, Deanna Ferneti Cera, Carlo Ducci, Jane Milosch, and others.