African-print fashion now ! : a story of taste, globalization, and style / Suzanne Gott, Kristyne S. Loughran, Betsy D. Quick, Leslie W. Rabine, editors ; with essays and contributions by Kathleen Bickford Berzock, Boatema Boateng, M. Amah Edoh... [et al.], Monographie imprimée
Uniform Conventional Heading: Exposition, Memphis, Brooks museum of art, 2018 • Exposition, Charlotte, Mint Museum = 2018-2019Language: anglais.Country: EtatsUnis.Publication : Los Angeles : Fowler Museum at UCLA, copyright 2017Description: 1 volume (302 pages) : illustrations en couleurs et en noir et blanc ; 31 cmISBN: 978-0-9907626-3-8; 0-9907626-3-7; 978-0-99076-263-8.Series: Fowler Museum Textile Series, 14Dewey: 746.660967, 23Abstract: African-Print Fashion Now!' introduces visitors to a dynamic and diverse African dress tradition and the increasingly interconnected fashion worlds that it inhabits: "popular" African-print styles created by local seamstresses and tailors across the continent; international runway fashions designed by Africa's newest generation of couturiers; and boundary-breaking, transnational, and youth styles favored in Africa's urban centers. All feature the colorful, boldly designed, manufactured cotton textiles that have come to be known as "African-print cloth."0The book tells the global stories of these textiles-the early history of the print cloth trade in West and Central Africa, the expansion of production following independence movements, and the increasing popularity of Asian-made print cloth today. Popular African styles from Ghana, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, and Senegal are featured, as well as groundbreaking runway fashions by some of Africa's most talented couturiers.Bibliography: Bibliographie pages 287-293. Index.Subject - Topical Name: Mode -- Influence africaine Catalogues d'exposition | Mode -- Afrique subsaharienne Catalogues d'exposition | Textiles et tissus à dessin réservé -- Afrique subsaharienne Catalogues d'exposition | Cotonnades -- Afrique subsaharienne Catalogues d'expositionItem type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Prêt normal | BU Chevreul 5ème étage : Arts | Art - Histoire de l'Art | 746.91 GOT (Browse shelf (Opens below)) | Available | 0380414906 |
Exhibition catalog of a traveling exhibition of the same name, Memphis Brooks Museum of Art, February 24-August 12, 2018 , Mint Museum, October 6, 2018-April 28, 2019
Bibliographie pages 287-293. Index
African-Print Fashion Now!' introduces visitors to a dynamic and diverse African dress tradition and the increasingly interconnected fashion worlds that it inhabits: "popular" African-print styles created by local seamstresses and tailors across the continent; international runway fashions designed by Africa's newest generation of couturiers; and boundary-breaking, transnational, and youth styles favored in Africa's urban centers. All feature the colorful, boldly designed, manufactured cotton textiles that have come to be known as "African-print cloth."0The book tells the global stories of these textiles-the early history of the print cloth trade in West and Central Africa, the expansion of production following independence movements, and the increasing popularity of Asian-made print cloth today. Popular African styles from Ghana, Nigeria, Cote d'Ivoire, Cameroon, and Senegal are featured, as well as groundbreaking runway fashions by some of Africa's most talented couturiers