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Underwear: Fashion in Detail
Underwear: Fashion in Detail | Eleri Lynn
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Without foundations there can be no fashion. Christian Dior From camisoles to corsets, basques to boudoir caps and girdles to garters, Underwear- Fashion in Detail gets up close and personal with some of the most intimate items in the V+A. Eleri Lynn traces the evolution of underwear, drawing on 120 objects that include rare examples dating from the sixteenth century, the exaggerated shapes of eighteenth century court dress, Dior's curvaceous 'New Look' and contemporary lingerie by Agent Provocateur and Rigby and Peller. Beautiful new photography shows close-up details of these fascinating garments, while intricate line drawings reveal their masterly construction. The book also highlights the work of designers such as Vionnet and Westwood who have taken influence from underwear for their own outer wear creations.
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This was frustrating in not showing the full image of the garments, only closeups of whatever bit was under discussion (e.g. decoration or fastenings). This made it hard to picture how the garments were actually worn and what bit of the garment was being shown.

Buuut it's a fascinating overview of the V&A's collection of underwear, and various relevant aspects of underwear fashion.