Charles James : Beyond Fashion

查尔斯·詹姆斯：超越时尚

•产品信息——

出版社：Yale University Press

出版日期：2014年6月

语言：英语

页数：264页

ISBN-10：0300204361

ISBN-13：978-0300204360

尺寸：335mm x265mm

页面参数仅供参考，具体以实物为准

•内容简介——

“他的作品超越了时尚，是一门精美的艺术。”——查尔斯·詹姆斯的赞助人

查尔斯·詹姆斯(Charles James)通常被认为是美国第一个女装设计师，在20世纪40年代和50年代，他是一位为女性造型的面料大师，并创造了定义世纪中叶魅力的时装。虽然詹姆斯没有接受过正式的裁缝训练，但他创造了惊人的原创和复杂的设计，包括纽约和欧洲上流社会成员穿的复杂的舞会礼服。这本插图丰富的书对詹姆斯的生活和工作进行了研究，突出了他的精湛技艺和创造力，以及他对后来的时装设计师的影响。

这本书以詹姆斯在1947年至1955年间制作的壮观晚礼服的令人兴奋的新照片为特色，包括这些复杂作品的启发性细节，以及古老的照片和罕见的档案物品，如图案、薄纱、礼服形式和草图。一本详细的、配有插图的詹姆斯生活年表描述了他有吸引力的个性、他非正统的设计过程、他丰富多彩的支持者——比如如萨尔瓦多·达利、埃尔莎·夏帕瑞丽、克里斯汀·迪奥和克里斯托瓦尔·巴伦西亚加——以及他的一些著名客户的简介，比如吉普赛·罗斯·李。凭借与主题相呼应的天赋和风格，查尔斯·詹姆斯将美国时尚界迷人且具创造力的人物之一演绎得栩栩如生。

"His work went beyond fashion and was a fine art." —a Charles James patron

Charles James, often considered to be America’s first couturier, was renowned in the 1940s and 1950s as a master at sculpting fabric for the female form and creating fashions that defined mid-century glamour. Although James had no formal training as a dressmaker, he created strikingly original and complex designs, including intricate ball gowns worn by members of high society in New York and Europe. This lavishly illustrated book offers a comprehensive study of James’ life and work, highlighting his virtuosity and inventiveness as well as his influence on subsequent fashion designers.

Featuring exciting new photography of the spectacular evening dresses James produced between 1947 and 1955, this publication includes enlightening details of these intricate creations alongside vintage photographs and rarely seen archival items, such as patterns, muslins, dress forms, and sketches. A detailed and illustrated chronology of James’ life describes his magnetic personality, his unorthodox design processes, his colorful supporters—such as Salvador Dalí, Elsa Schiaparelli, Christian Dior, and Cristobal Balenciaga—and profiles of a number of his famous clients, such as Gypsy Rose Lee. With flair and style echoing that of its subject, Charles James brings to life one of the most fascinating and creative figures in American fashion.