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Color as a design element. As the 20th century ushered in synthetic processes and the rise of a gamut of materials, it also created a new design phenomenon - the availability of diverse colors. Manufacturers used these colors to drive consumer demand for ever changing products, and colors became synonymous with fashion. It is therefore fitting that the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum would honor this tradition.

“Fashion in Colors,” explores color as a design element through 300 years of Western fashion and examines changing perceptions of color through various ages and cultures. More than sixty historic and contemporary fashions, dating from the 18th century to the present, will be on view.

The costumed mannequins will be installed according to six separate color-saturated schemes (black, multicolor, blue, red, yellow and white), which emphasize and highlight the cultural, spiritual and social associations often linked with each color.

By grouping the historic and contemporary costumes by color, previously unseen details and structures of the clothing will emerge for the viewer, and similar elements and trends will reappear in dresses separated by hundreds of years.

Author: Paul Warwick Thompson, Yoshikata Tsukamoto, Lourdes Font et al, English, .

Specifications: Soft cover, 280x206 mm, 248 pages, full colour illustrations
, ISBN: 9782843237447 .

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Keywords: chanel, Fashion in Colors, jean-paul gaultier, Lourdes Font, Paul Warwick Thompson, vivienne westwood, Yoshikata Tsukamoto