Full Description
Inside the Westminster Menswear Archive is a unique guide to the role of garment archives as an industry resource for designers to research and examine both historical garments and the work of their peers.
With exclusive access to over 120 key garments from the Westminster Menswear Archive, spanning the last 275 years, each piece is brilliantly photographed in close-up detail and annotated with curator commentary, to inspire new generations of designers.
Highlights include garments from: A-COLD-WALL*, Ahluwalia, Aitor Throup Studio, Alexander McQueen, Belstaff, Bernhard Willhelm, Burberry, Casely-Hayford, C.P. Company, Carol Christian Poell, Comme des Garçons, Craig Green, Dior Men, Fred Perry, Helmut Lang, Hussein Chalayan, Jean Paul Gaultier, Junya Watanabe, Louis Vuitton, Martine Rose, Meadham Kirchhoff, Nigel Cabourn, Paul Smith, Prada, Stone Island, Umbro, Undercover, Vexed Generation, and Vollebak.
Contents
Forewords
Lorenzo Osti, President, C.P. Company
Jonathan Faiers, Professor of Fashion Thinking, University of Southampton, UK
Dr Samuel Ross, Artistic Director, Founder - A-COLD-WALL*
Introduction
1. Capes
2. Camouflage
3. Black Jackets
4. Travel
5. Underwear
6. Armour
7. Worn
8. Flight Jacket
9. Sportswear
10. Blue Jeans
11. Technology
12. Ceremonial
In Conversation with Mark C. O'Flaherty: The Future of the Westminster Menswear Archive
Company Appendix
Notes
Selected Bibliography
