Exploding Fashion: Making, Unmaking, and Remaking Twentieth Century Fashion

Alistair O'Neill

Hardcover | 21.79 x 3.28 x 26.97 cm | 304 pp

Lannoo | 2021 | 9789401476058

Developed in collaboration with the fashion programme at Central Saint Martins, Exploding Fashion examines the impact of innovative pattern-cutting in several key examples of 20th century fashion design. With over 200 illustrations, it ‘explodes’ designs by 6 game-changing fashion designers from the world’s leading fashion houses, and reverse engineers them in order to understand how they work.

This is the first comprehensive exploration of how a traditional design process can enter into a dialogue with new concepts, illuminating haute couture and prêt-à-porter methods for a visually-driven digital age. 

Includes over 200 illustrations, including key dress designs, photo-collages, innovative pattern-cuttings, pencil drawings and installation views to provide an unprecedented insight into the role of innovative pattern-cutting in contemporary fashion design.