Теги книги: Fashion

Чтобы одеваться стильно, не обязательно покупать вещи в дорогих магазинах и штудировать модные журналы. Диана Госс, стилист и модный Instagram-блогер с аудиторией более 470 000 человек, создала свою формулу безупречного стиля, которая базируется на трех основных элементах. Одежда должна: подчеркивать природный колорит,…

It was in 1946 that the world first came to hear of a coral atoll in the Marshall Islands called Bikini. The following year, French couturier Louis Réard borrowed the name and applied it to a bathing costume for women. Breaking from decades of conformity, Réard dared to ‘undress’ women’s bodies in order to better emphasize what remained clothed – albeit in tiny wisps of material. By taking up the bikini as popular beachwear, women also found themselves thinking differently about their bodies. An ideal of perfection was reinforced by the appearance on the cinema screen of stars such…

Abandoning a French look on the subject, Mrs. Bossan, the author, develops her study with a dichotomous vision: that of time that touches the history of mankind and that of geography and sociology, which lead to an almost ethnographic analysis. The author dissects the shoe and all that surrounds it: from its history to painting and literature. After this book, it will be difficult to publish a book with a more complete treatment of the subject. Illustrated with an iconography that is exceptional both for its aestheticism and the pieces chosen, this book is a reference for historians,…

What is the social merit or purpose of all those bras and panties on perfectly sculpted bodies that we see spread across billboards and magazines? Many women indulge in lingerie to please men. Yet, ever since Antiquity, women have always kept lingerie hidden away under outer garments. Thus, lingerie must be more than erotic bait. Authors Muriel Barbier and Shazia Boucher have researched iconography to explore the relationship of lingerie to society, the economy and the corridors of intimacy. They correlate lingerie with emancipation, querying whether it asserts newfound freedoms or simply…

Шкатулка ломится от большого количества украшений, но ты не знаешь, с чем их носить? Приходишь в магазин и не можешь подобрать правильные аксессуары к задуманному образу? Ожерелья, броши, браслеты, кольца, серьги – книга даст подробные инструкции не только по тому, как выбрать, но с чем сочетать, как хранить и…