Fashion, Italian Style

New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2003. Cloth, 131 pages, illustrations (some colour); 31 cm. Catalogue produced in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology. Exhibition made possible by the Italian Trade Commission. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket, with light shelfwear, protected in a mylar book cover. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by special arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. "A celebration of Italian fashion in its many guises. Valerie Steele discusses the rise of Italian fashion since 1945, the development of the Italian 'look' from the late 1970s to the present, and the many great designers who have contributed to Italy's fashion triumphs." - Publisher. CONTENTS: Fashion, Italian style; From the Roman Empire to the Venetian Republic; Art and industry in the early twentieth century; The "birth" of Italian fashion at the Sala Bianca in Florence; Italy Changes the way the world looks; La Dolce Vita, or Rome Triumphant; The continental look; New directions in Italian fashion; The rise of Milan and the 'Italian look'; Tailor made, in Neples, Rome, and Milan; A Fellini-like sensuality; The Italian fashion system; Accessories are more important than ever; Images of Italian fashion; The material speaks for itself by Simona Segre.. 1st. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. 4to.