Vintage Labels: November 2010

Thursday, 11 November 2010

Press release for Nicky & Fola's book of 'SCARVES' ... Very exciting!!

SCARVES

Nicky Albrechtsen & Fola Solanke

Publication date: March 2011

Price £35

Indispensable accessories and sought-after collectors’ items, scarves were
an important innovation of 20th-century fashion. This is the definitive work
on scarves in the 20th century, featuring artists’ designs, textile designers and
designer brands, as well as the wider role of scarves in social history and
advertising.

• A fount of inspiration for designers, textile artists and pattern addicts,
and an essential resource for collectors.

• FromArt Deco through 1950s Hollywood, the Swinging Sixties
and beyond, scarves have expressed the constant evolutions in style,
representing every major decorative arts movement over the past
century.

• Showcases a wide range of international designers, including Hermès,
Mary Quant, Gucci and Pucci.

•With over 250 stunning patterns beautifully reproduced in full colour,
many never before seen in print.

• Includes concise biographies of more than 50 fashion and textile
designers, retailers and manufacturers.

• A useful resource guide provides expert advice on dating and
conservation, museum collections, vintage fairs and specialist dealers.

Contents
Introduction •The Style of an Era • Artists’ Scarves •Textile Designers •
Scarf Companies •The Designer Scarf • Social Documentary •TheTravel
Scarf • Advertising • Collectables • A–Z Biographies of Designers • A–Z
Index of Companies • Guide to FabricTypes • How to Date aVintage
Scarf • Conservation and Storage • Resource Guide • Further Reading

Author
Nicky Albrechtsen is a costume designer and the proprietor of ‘Vintage
Labels’, a resource studio for the fashion trade, in Brick Lane, London.
Fola Solanke works in costume design for film and television. She
recently completed work on the forthcomingTom Hooper film, The
King’s Speech.The photographs in the book are by Drew Gardner.

Press Office Contact:

Collette Hutchinson

Thames & Hudson Ltd

181A High Holborn

London WC1V 7QX

T: +44 (0) 20 7845 5022

F: +44 (0) 20 7845 5050

E: c.hutchinson@thamesandhudson.co.uk

W: http://www.thamesandhudson.com/