Benbow-Pfalzgraf Taryn, Martin Richard (eds). Contemporary Fashion

2nd Edition. — St James Press, 2002. — 768 p. — (Contemporary Fashion). — ISBN-10: 1558623485,
ISBN-13: 978-1558623484Contemporary Fashion seeks to provide information on and assessment of fashion designers active during the period from 1945 to the present. International in scope in accordance with fashion’s wide resourcing and dissemination, this volume attempts to provide dependable information and substantive critical appraisal in a field often prone to excessive praise and hyperbolic language.The book’s emphasis is on design creativity and distinction; in instances of a corporation, family business, design house, or other collective enterprise, we have attempted to hone in on the distinguishing attributes of the design tradition. Much literature from specialized periodicals is
assimilated in the critical essays and listed in the bibliographies, offering the reader access to a wide variety and deep concentration of specialized literature.