Vintage Menswear: A Collection from the Vintage Showroom
A Collection from The Vintage Showroom
Laurence King Publishing
Available: 09/12/12
9.75 x 11.38 · 304 pages
9781856698832
CDN $72.00
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Classic workwear, sports, and military apparel. Curated by connoisseurs of vintage clothing, The Vintage Showroom is a vast collection of rare 20th-century pieces that fashion designers and stylists pay to view, using the cut and detailing of individual garments as inspiration for their own work. Offering one-of-a-kind access, Vintage Menswear now makes this unique resource available in book form. Providing over 300 lavishly illustrated pages of rare, must-see designs, Vintage Menswear is the essential choice of 20th-century vintage tailoring and detailing and an inspirational resource for students and menswear fashion designers and stylists.
Josh Sims is a freelance style writer. He is the author of Rock/Fashion, A Dictionary of Fashion Designer, Mary, Queen of Shops, and for Laurence King Icons of Men's Style and Cult Streetwear .
Douglas Gunn and Roy Lockett are co-founders of The Vintage Showroom, a definitive collection of 20th-century menswear.
