A Portrait of Fashion by Aileen Ribeiro
Packed with photographs that give additional information and insight into the clothes worn by sitters in their portraits, and complements by related material including tailors bills and fabric designs, this authoritative guide looks in detail at one of the most fascinating aspects of the best-known images of the last 500 years.
Aileen Ribeiro is Emeritus Professor of the History of Dress at The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. She is internationally renowned as an authority on the history of dress, and has written many books and articles on the subject, most recently Fashion and Fiction: Dress in Art and Literature in Stuart England (2005). In addition, she has been a costume consultant to major portrait exhibitions in the UK and US, including Whistler, Women and Fashion at the Frick Collection, New York (2003). Cally Blackman is Associate Lecturer at Central Saint Martins (University of the Arts, London), and holds degrees in Fashion Design and History of Art, as well as an MA in History of Dress from The Courtauld Institute of Art, London. Amongst many other publications, she is the author of 100 Years of Fashion (2012).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781855145566 |
| ISBN 10 | 1855145561 |
| Title | A Portrait of Fashion |
| Author | Aileen Ribeiro |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | National Portrait Gallery Publications |
| Year published | 2015-10-08 |
| Number of pages | 288 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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