Tartan /
Faiers, Jonathan,
Tartan / Jonathan Faiers. - English edition. - 326 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm
"Published in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-310) and index.
Introduction -- Tartan and History -- Technical Construction: Sett, Weave, Colour -- Early Appearances -- Fragments and Fabrication -- Tartan and Dress -- Transforming Tartan -- Regulation Tartan -- Erogenous Zones -- Tartan Toffs -- Tartan's Embrace -- Balmoralization -- Tartan, the Grid and Modernity -- Supernatural Tartan -- Colonization -- Tartan's Translation -- Tartan Timeline. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
"Tartan has colonized the world. The flexibility of its design and the traditionalism of its symbolism - as well as the travels of the Scots - have taken the fabric around the globe. Traditionally the visual sign of clanship and district, tartan was popularized outside Scotland by the tartan-clad Highland regiments and Queen Victoria's royal endorsement. Hollywood has continued to sustain the romantic fictions of tartan from Brigadoon to Braveheart. At the same time, designers such as Westwood and McQueen have deliberately subverted the traditional and historical associations of the fabric, as have contemporary artists such as Matthew Barney. Post-punk, tartan now turns up in the most surprising places, influencing the conceptual clothing of a generation of Japanese designers such as Watanabe and Takahashi, the stage costumes of Outkast's Andre 3000 and contemporary interior design. Beautifully illustrated and weaving together a story out of history, art, music, film and fashion, Tartan contains everything you ever wanted to know about this most radical and most traditional of fabrics."--Publisher description.
1845203771 9781845203771
2008019982
Plaid--History
Wool fabrics--History
Textile design--History--Scotland
Tartans--History
TS1629 / .F35 2008
677.022
Tartan / Jonathan Faiers. - English edition. - 326 pages : illustrations (chiefly colour) ; 26 cm
"Published in association with the Victoria & Albert Museum"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 307-310) and index.
Introduction -- Tartan and History -- Technical Construction: Sett, Weave, Colour -- Early Appearances -- Fragments and Fabrication -- Tartan and Dress -- Transforming Tartan -- Regulation Tartan -- Erogenous Zones -- Tartan Toffs -- Tartan's Embrace -- Balmoralization -- Tartan, the Grid and Modernity -- Supernatural Tartan -- Colonization -- Tartan's Translation -- Tartan Timeline. Part I. 1. 2. 3. Part II. 4. 5. 6. 7. Part III. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12.
"Tartan has colonized the world. The flexibility of its design and the traditionalism of its symbolism - as well as the travels of the Scots - have taken the fabric around the globe. Traditionally the visual sign of clanship and district, tartan was popularized outside Scotland by the tartan-clad Highland regiments and Queen Victoria's royal endorsement. Hollywood has continued to sustain the romantic fictions of tartan from Brigadoon to Braveheart. At the same time, designers such as Westwood and McQueen have deliberately subverted the traditional and historical associations of the fabric, as have contemporary artists such as Matthew Barney. Post-punk, tartan now turns up in the most surprising places, influencing the conceptual clothing of a generation of Japanese designers such as Watanabe and Takahashi, the stage costumes of Outkast's Andre 3000 and contemporary interior design. Beautifully illustrated and weaving together a story out of history, art, music, film and fashion, Tartan contains everything you ever wanted to know about this most radical and most traditional of fabrics."--Publisher description.
1845203771 9781845203771
2008019982
Plaid--History
Wool fabrics--History
Textile design--History--Scotland
Tartans--History
TS1629 / .F35 2008
677.022