Bibliograph

Models of influence, 50 women who reset the course of fashion, Nigel Barker

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Models of influence, 50 women who reset the course of fashion, Nigel Barker

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-255)

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contains biographical information

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illustrationsportraits

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Models of influence

Responsibility statement

Nigel Barker

Sub title

50 women who reset the course of fashion

Summary

A Collectible Anthology of the 50 Most Inf luential Models in Fashion HistoryIn Models of Influence, photographer, television host, and fashion authority Nigel Barker profiles fifty of the most noteworthy models from the 1940s to the present, revealing how their look or way of modeling not only made an indelible stamp on the industry but also influenced fashion design, the popular way of dress, and notions of female beauty worldwide.Each of the book's eight chapters focuses on a distinct period, from the postwar modeling boom, which ushered in an era of models who communicated a return to glamour, to the present day, with the emergence of media-savvy models who understand the power of branding themselves to the world at large. Each entry highlights the model's background and career, exploring her unique qualities and the secret to her staying power, whether it's her physical characteristics, daring approach to image making, transformative abilities, or a particular energy that captured or even redefined the zeitgeist of fashion and culture of the time.To complement the text, Barker has personally selected more than one hundred full-color and black-and-white photographs from the archives of the world's top fashion photographers--Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, David Bailey, Francesco Scavullo, Herb Ritts, and Mario Testino among them--to assemble a collectible anthology of many of the finest fashion images from the last seventy years.With an engaging, informative text and a vivid collection of seminal photographs, Models of Influence is the definitive word on the subject.With 110 full-color and black-and-white photographs

Target audience

adult

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50 women who reset the course of fashionFifty women who reset the course of fashion

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