No Direction Home by Robert Shelton
The first book on the work of Tsumori Chisato, a fashion designer who has gained a cult following for her uncanny ability to create clothes with a manga-bohemian charm.Tsumori Chisato scaled the commanding heights of Japanese and international fashion in the 1990s with color as the critical virtue. Reacting to the somber minimalism that is even now conjured by any mention of serious Japanese fashion in the West, this new world is playful, unabashedly romantic in its femininity, and awash in vivid color. By turns streetwise and homespun, Tsumori's latest collections eloquently convey the maturation of a style, one that has grown since her days of apprenticing with Issey Miyake and designing for the highly successful Issey Sport Line. Most recently applauded for a stylistic and thematic repertoire that has drawn upon Nordic, nautical, and 1970s style, her collections occupy an interstice between function and gesture. Conceived as the first comprehensive document of Tsumori Chisato's work, this book opens a door to her inner life and aspirations, giving readers a one-way ticket to destinations that exist only in Tsumori's mind. Visually stunning, this book is filled with dozens of the designer's signature illustrations and sketches, playful anecdotes, and essays by fashion critics and curators, perfectly capturing Tsumori's brilliant balance of fantasy and reality.
Robert Shelton (1926-95) was born in Chicago and was on the staff of the New York Times for two decades until he went to Europe. Best known as the man who discovered Bob Dylan, he was the principle chronicler of the 1960s US folk revival. His books include the Woody Guthrie collection Born to Win, The Face of Folk Music, The Country Music Story, and The Electric Muse. Elizabeth Thomson knew Robert Shelton for the last 15 years of his life, and was responsible for the 2011 edition of No Direction Home. She has been a visiting fellow of the Open University Sixties Research Group and was a contributor to The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians (Oxford). Her books include The Dylan Companion (Da Capo), and Joan Baez: The Last Leaf (Palazzo).
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| ISBN 13 | 9780688050450 |
| ISBN 10 | 068805045X |
| Title | No Direction Home |
| Author | Robert Shelton |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Beech Tree Paperback Book |
| Year published | 1986-12-31 |
| Number of pages | 573 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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