Fashion in the 1970s, 9781784423049
Paperback
Seventies style: a decade of bold contrasts, retro quirk, and rebellion.

Fashion in the 1970s

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  • Paperback

    64 pages

  • Release Date

    30 November 2018

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Summary

Fashion in the 1970s: A Decade of Daring Styles

The 1970s was a decade of style contrasts: every extreme of fashion was met by an equally trendy opposite reaction. Ankle-length maxi skirts vied for attention with super-short hot-pants. Outfits in vibrant prints and obviously man-made fabrics contrasted with subtly-coloured ensembles in wool jerseys and silky crepes.

Delicate floral cottons, hand-knits and hand-tooled leather came up against boldly synthetic and plastic looks…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781784423049
ISBN-10:1784423041
Series:Shire Library
Author:Daniel Milford-Cottam
Publisher:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Imprint:Shire Publications
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:64
Release Date:30 November 2018
Weight:170g
Dimensions:208mm x 148mm x 2mm
About The Author

Daniel Milford-Cottam

Daniel Milford-Cottam is a fashion historian who worked for over ten years at the Victoria and Albert Museum as assistant curator and cataloguer. His other books for Shire are Edwardian Fashion (2014) and Fashion in the 1950s (2017).

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