About this title: This history of fashion traces the evolution of nylon and other manmade materials, starting in the late 19th century when rayon was invented. The author describes American manufacturers' marketing efforts of the 1940s, explaining how it was not until the mid-1950s, when Christian Dior and other famous designers began to experiment with synthetic fibers, that nylon became a retail success. A survey exploring the creative clothes of several late 20th-century designers--including Rei Kawakubo, Jean-Paul Gaultier, and Helmut Lang--reveals the numerous fashion and function possibilities of ...
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Description: Good. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Acceptable. Former Library book. Shows definite wear, and perhaps considerable marking on inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Description: Used-Good. Ex-library with a plastic cover and the usual markings and stampings. Pages otherwise clean and unmarked. Light wear. read more
Edition: First Printing
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Johns Hopkins Univ Pr, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780801863257ISBN:0801863252
Description: Very Good in Very Good jacket. 10" by 7&1/2" Black binding with silver title, clean and tight, 192 pages, illustration on almost every page, most in color; jacket is clean and bright, mild edge wear. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A.
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780801863257ISBN:0801863252
Description: Very Good ++ in Very Good ++ jacket. Hardcover with dust jacket, 192 pages, extensively and lavishly illustrated in full colour and black-and-white. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press,, Baltimore:
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780801863257ISBN:0801863252
Description: Fine in Fine dust jacket. 0801863252. Color and black and white photographs throughout. First printing. Fine in a fine dust jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780801863257ISBN:0801863252
Description: ISBN 0-8018-6325-2. Hardback. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. As New Copy. Copy one. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780801863257ISBN:0801863252
Description: ISBN 0-8018-6325-2. Hardback. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. As New Copy. Copy two. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 1999
ISBN-13:9780801863257ISBN:0801863252
Description: ISBN 0-8018-6325-2. Hardback. First Printing. Fine In Fine Dustjacket. Tight Bright Attractive Copy With No Markings To The Book. As New Copy. Copy three. read more
Description: New in New jacket. pp. 192. Nylon, the wonder fabric, debuted at the 1939 N.Y. Worldís Fair & created a sensation. Later, Europeans & Americans greeted synthetic fabrics so quickly that they brought about a ìfashion revolution. î The book discusses the role of technology in modern life, the changing nature of popular taste, the fortunes of the late-20th-century garment industry, & the design of innovations & artistry that synthetics permit, even encourage. Tells the stories about companies ... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore
ISBN-13:9780801863257ISBN:0801863252
Description: [0-8018-6325-2] [1999], 1st edition. (Small 4to) Very good in very good dust jacket. 192pp. Frontispiece, black and white and color photographs, black and white and color illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. (Fashion, Clothing Trade, Nylon, Synthetic Fabrics) read more
Edition: Illustrated.
Binding: Trade paperback
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 2000
ISBN-13:9780801863257ISBN:0801863252
Description: Good. No dust jacket as issued. Ex-library. 1999 Johns Hopkins University Press. EX-LIBRARY. Laminated softcover is very good+. Pages are clean and unmarked. Book has library markings. Sewn binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 192 p. Contains: Illustrations. Audience: General/trade. read more
Description: Good. 0801863252 Good condition. May have some markings & or shelfwear. All pages intact. Used items may not include extras such as infotrac, CD or other web access codes. read more
Description: "At a New York fashion show, we saw a girl clad from head to foot in artificial materials. Everything she wore was made from synthetic stuffs created by chemists. Her hat was Cellophane, her frock was Rayon. She wore 'Nylon' stockings and carried a p... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: The Johns Hopkins University Press
Date Published: 01/03/1999
ISBN-13:9780801863257ISBN:0801863252
Description: Used-Good. THIS IS A HARD TO FIND OR RARE TITLE. PLEASE ALLOW 7-21 DAYS FOR DELIVERY, BOOK IN GOOD OR BETTER CONDITION. ITEM WILL BE SHIPPED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE FROM WAREHOUSE. PLEASE EMAIL WITH ANY QUESTIONS OR QUERIES. read more
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