This volume presents in alphabetical order the people, brands, movements and styles that have made fashion history from Charles Frederick Worth, the first couturier in the modern sense, to the present day.
Stylists, creatives, and couturiers are recounted not only in the general lines of biography, but also by attempting to restore their inspiration, philosophy, working criteria, aesthetic choices, and taste. Movements, styles, trends, which have now become a mass phenomenon and costume, are examined both from a historical point of view and through an analysis of the impact on the fashion system, up to the influence on the catwalks.
The choice to tell the story of fashion in alphabetical order confirms its being first and foremost a language made up of conventional symbols that, when combined, create words, phrases, concepts and finally extraordinary epics. This visual fashion dictionary, while being easy to read, encompasses a wide range of information. A glossary of technical terms completes the volume, making this book an indispensable reference work for any fashion student or fashionista.
ARIANNA PIAZZA – A fashion historian and university lecturer, she is the author of texts and publications on the history of costume and textiles and monographs devoted to fashion and beauty companies and brands.
