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Fashioned from nature

Fashioned from nature

Book 2018

Fashion has always sought to celebrate nature -- from sumptuous silks and floral patterns, to the spectacular creations of designers such as Alexander McQueen and Christian Dior, the two have long been entwined. Yet this reverence is sometimes combined with a damaging need for raw materials. From the seventeenth century to the present day, Fashioned from Nature examines our dependence on the natural world and the devastating effect of certain tre...

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Creation (Literary, artistic, etc.)
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ISBN:
9781851779451
Description:
192 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour), colour maps ; 32 cm
Notes:
Published to accompany the exhibition Fashioned from Nature at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London from 21 April 2018 to 27 January 2019
New photography by Robert Auton, V&A Photographic Studio
Includes bibliographical references (pages 180-187) and index
LCCN:
2017473155
Control Number:
2491336
Other Authors:
Ehrman, Edwina, editor
V&A Publishing, publisher
Victoria and Albert Museum, issuing body, host institution
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