1st Edition Book, "Silk", by Mary Schoeser, Bruno Marcandalli, Julien Macdonald

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Offered is a hardbound book, "Silk", by textile expert Mary Schoeser with the contribution of Bruno Marcandalli and a foreword … Read more Offered is a hardbound book, "Silk", by textile expert Mary Schoeser with the contribution of Bruno Marcandalli and a foreword by Julien Macdonald.

This book gives a vivid tour of silk's past, present, and future. A review states "This lavishly illustrated book might confuse the casual observer as he or she pages by one sumptuous photograph after another. Is it a serious study of silk and its role in society or a sensual pleasure published to please those who respond to beautiful things? Fortunately, it is both."

256 pages. 11.25"x9.5"x1", 3.5 lbs
Published by Yale University Press, 2007
ISBN 10 / ISBN 13: 0300117418 / 9780300117417
Hardcover, dust jacket, purple silk boards

About the Book: Schoeser focuses keen attention on silk’s evolution as a symbol of status and substance, then traces its central function in 19th- and 20th-century glamour, expressed through the work of designers from Christian Dior to Yves Saint Laurent, Balenciaga to Emmanuel Ungaro. Schoeser also examines the innovative use of silk by today’s cutting-edge designers, among them Alexander McQueen, Issey Miyake, and John Galliano of Dior. She concludes with a detailed investigation of new silk technologies and how they continue to extend both the physical properties of silk and the possibilities for creative design.

About the Author
Mary Schoeser is senior research fellow in fashion/textiles at Central St. Martin’s College of Art & Design in London. She has served as historic textiles advisor to English Heritage and The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Among her many books is World Textiles: A Concise History. Julien Macdonald is a leading designer of couture and ready-to-wear fashions. In 2001 he was named British Designer of the Year, and he was creative director of Givenchy in Paris from 2001 to 2004. Bruno Marcandalli is director of Institute for Silk Research (Stazione Sperimentale per la Seta) in Milan and professor of the chemistry and technology of coloring substances at the Università dell’Insubria, Como. See less