Contemporary Fashion seeks to provide information on and assessment
of fashion designers active during the period from 1945 to the
present. Inteational in scope in accordance with fashion’s wide
resourcing and dissemination, this volume attempts to provide
dependable information and substantive critical appraisal in a
field often prone to excessive praise and hyperbolic language.The
book’s emphasis is on design creativity and distinction; in
instances of a corporation, family business, design house, or other
collective enterprise, we have attempted to hone in on the
distinguishing attributes of the design tradition. Much literature
from specialized periodicals is
assimilated in the critical essays and listed in the bibliographies, offering the reader access to a wide variety and deep concentration of specialized literature.
assimilated in the critical essays and listed in the bibliographies, offering the reader access to a wide variety and deep concentration of specialized literature.