Published in 2017 (first published 2007)
384 pages
Cally Blackman is a fashion historian, lecturer and researcher. She has taught on the BA Fashion Communication Fashion History & Theory course at Central Saint Martins for over a decade, and has been Stage one Leader of the course since 2014. Blackman has also contributed to the College’s MA Fashion Communication pathways and postgraduate courses at London College of Fashion, Sotheby’s Institute and the V&A Education department.
Blackman has written a number of books in her time and is the author of 100 Years of Fashion Illustration, 100 Years of Menswear, and 100 Years of Fashion, and co-author of Portrait of Fashion for the National Portrait Gallery. She has also published articles in peer-reviewed journals Costume and Textile History, and contributed chapters to exhibition catalogues for the V&A and Palais Galliera.
What is this book about?
A visual feast of 400 dazzling images, this is a comprehensive survey of the genre over the last century. The book also offers an overview of the development of fashion, as seen through the eyes of the greatest illustrators of the day. Early in the century fashion illustration reflected new, liberating currents in art and culture, such as the exoticism of the Ballets Russes, while the postwar period saw inspiration from the great Parisian couturiers. After the dominance of the celebrity fashion photographer in the ’60s, a new generation of illustrators emerged, embracing the medium of the computer, while many returned to more traditional techniques.
