{"product_id":"narrative-thread-conversations-on-fashion-collections-paperback","title":"Narrative Thread: Conversations on Fashion Collections - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMark C. O'Flaherty\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"I adored this book and can't recommend it highly enough\" - Cathy Horyn\u003cbr\u003e\"Beautifully executed\" - Norma Kamali\u003cbr\u003e\"A visual feast\" - Giles Deacon\u003cbr\u003e\"Entertaining, thought-provoking, and serious. Read it and learn.\" - Colin McDowell\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"Clothes from our past shape who we are, and who we will be. Why do we hold on to certain garments and what do they tell us and others about our lives?\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMark C. O'Flaherty asks 14 individuals who work with or use clothes in a unique way: how has fashion created something significant in your life? Through fascinating conversations, and photoshoots of their private collections, in New York, London and Milan, he constructs a portrait of each person through their intimate relationships with fashion, featuring The Idiosyncratic Fashionistas, Charlie Casely-Hayford, John Matheson (McQueen Vault), Sandy Powell, Stephen Jones, Carla Sozzani, Winn Austin, Carmen Haid, Susanne Bartsch, Karlo Steel, Karim Rashid, Steven Philip, and Desmond is Amazing. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eHow have these people used fashion as a vessel for memory or identity to develop their own narratives, and what does our relationship with clothing say about its changing nature as a commodity? With a foreword by influential fashion tastemaker Amanda Harlech, and opening conversations with three of fashion's most respected scholars, Valerie Steele, Andre Walker and Claire Wilcox, \u003ci\u003eNarrative Thread\u003c\/i\u003e is an eye-opening resource for our understanding of fashion's past and present - and its continuing importance in our lives.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark C. O'Flaherty\u003c\/b\u003e has been a design journalist and photographer based between London and New York for over 20 years. Before that he was a DJ, music photographer, visual installation artist in nightclubs and show producer at London Fashion Week. He is a regular contributor to the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eHTSI\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003eand has shot for Issey Miyake, Herm鑚, Knoll, Nobu and numerous international editions of \u003ci\u003eAD and Elle D馗or, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWorld of Interiors\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 306\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1 x 9.3 x 7.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 19, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51764978680096,"sku":"9781350287662","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/852c252818e5108ecd6f69ab0b7a21d4.webp?v=1780259295","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/narrative-thread-conversations-on-fashion-collections-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}