AngloMania; tradition and transgression in British fashion.9780300117851 AngloMania; tradition and transgression in British fashion. Bolton, Andrew. Yale University Yale University, at New Haven, Conn.; coeducational. Chartered as a collegiate school for men in 1701 largely as a result of the efforts of James Pierpont, it opened at Killingworth (now Clinton) in 1702, moved (1707) to Saybrook (now Old Saybrook), and in 1716 was Press 2006 154 pages $29.95 Hardcover TT504 Published to accompany an exhibition at the Met in 2006, this fun catalogue (it's oversize o·ver·size n. 1. A size that is larger than usual. 2. An oversize article or object. adj. o·ver·size also o·ver·sized Larger in size than usual or necessary. Adj. 1. , at 9.5x12") presents photos of the tableaux from the exhibition, which combined neo-British hats and clothes (by designers Philip Treacy Philip Treacy (born May 26 1967) is one of the world's foremost hat designers or milliners. Born in Ahascragh, County Galway, Ireland, he is now based in London, he designed hats for Alexander McQueen's white 'Haute Couture' collection at Givenchy in Paris, and has also , Malcolm McLaren, Vivienne Westwood, and Alexander McQueen) and period English fashions set within the Met's English period rooms. Bolton is curator of The Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of . ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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