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Art Deco Fashion (Pepin Press Fashion Books)

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This book epitomises the fashion that is Art Deco. It is beautifully illustrated and shows so many different styles, fashions that you will look through it again and again and again. Then you will leave it and look through it again and again and see things that you missed before. As a budding fashion designer who is inspired by Art Deco fashion, this is truly inspirational....Great Book. Wish there were more like it for other eras.

As a knitwear designer i'm always on the lookout for new sources of inspiration. This book is packed with so many ideas i don't know where to begin. Over 400 pages of beautifully clear illustrations, some color, many black & white, with 1 to 4 or more per page. The history is clear & CONCISE, covering just 2 pages, and then the designs are allowed to speak for themselves. And what designs they are! Dresses, suits, gowns, underwear, coats, even a section on millinery, with clean, crisp detail making it simple to see exactly what the original garment was meant to become. These are not photographs of finished clothes but designer sketches showing marvelous facets of drape, ruffle, etc. If you are in need of inspiration, look no further. on a scale of 1 to 5 stars this is a 10!