"The Rudi Gernreich Book" 1991 Moffitt, Peggy and Claxton, William

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MOFFITT, Peggy and CLAXTON, William

[224] pp.

Rizzoli

1991

12 1/2" x 9 1/4"

Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich (August 8, 1922 … Read more MOFFITT, Peggy and CLAXTON, William

[224] pp.

Rizzoli

1991

12 1/2" x 9 1/4"

Rudolf "Rudi" Gernreich (August 8, 1922 – April 21, 1985) was an Austrian-born American fashion designer whose avant-garde clothing designs are generally regarded as the most innovative and dynamic fashion of the 1960s. He purposefully used fashion design as a social statement to advance sexual freedom, producing clothes that followed the natural form of the female body, freeing them from the constraints of high fashion.

He was the first to use cutouts, vinyl, and plastic in clothing. He designed the first thong bathing suit, unisex clothing, the first swimsuit without a built-in bra, the minimalist, soft, transparent No Bra, and the topless monokini. He was a four-time recipient of the Coty American Fashion Critics Award. He produced what is regarded as the first fashion video, Basic Black: William Claxton w/Peggy Moffitt, in 1966. He had a long, unconventional, and trend-setting career in fashion design. See less