TY - BOOK AU - Gunn,Douglas AU - Luckett,Roy AU - Shonfeld,Nic ED - Vintage Showroom, TI - The Vintage Showroom: an archive of menswear SN - 1780676212 AV - GT1710 .G95 2015 U1 - 646.32 23 PY - 2015/// CY - London PB - Laurence King Publishing Ltd KW - Men's clothing KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Denim KW - Leather jackets KW - Sport clothes KW - Military uniforms KW - Work clothes KW - Jeans (Clothing) KW - Tailoring KW - Vintage clothing KW - lcgft N1 - Includes index; Introduction -- 1. Aviation & motorsports -- Formal, tailoring & military uniform -- 3. Utility & workwear -- 4. Sporting & weatherwear N2 - Curated by connoisseurs of vintage clothing, 'The Vintage Showroom' is a vast collection of rare 20th-century menswear that fashion designers and stylists pay to view, using the cut and detailing of individual garments as inspiration for their own work. Featuring 130 of the most influential examples of 20th-century European, American and Asian utilitarian tailoring and design, the book is divided into three sections of sportswear, workwear, and militaria, covering everything from 1940s flying jackets and polar exploration suits to vintage French denims ER -