Research Catalog

Title

The first book of fashion : the book of clothes of Matthäus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg / edited by Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward.

Author

Schwarz, Matthäus, 1497-approximately 1574

Publication

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc, 2015.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Schwarz, Veit Konrad, 1541-1587
• Rublack, Ulinka
• Hayward, Maria
• Tiramani, Jenny

Description

ix, 410 pages : chiefly illustrations (chiefly color); 29 cm

Summary

An obsession with fashion is nothing new. Throughout history, dress has mesmerised with its power to charm and communicate identity and status. In this first English translation of an extraordinary historical document - the earliest known book of fashion - fashion-conscious Renaissance man Matth us Schwarz and his son Veit Konrad chronicle their lives through the clothes they wore. Lavishly illustrated, The First Book of Fashion recaptures the experience of sixteenth-century life through the rich intricacies of dress and its cultural meaning. The book unpicks the fabrics, cuts, colours and detail of these remarkable illustrations and their brilliant captions handwritten by Schwarz, arguably making him the first fashion blogger. Historians Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward bring the original manuscript to life with new, insightful commentaries alongside the original text, providing an unparalleled portrait of sixteenth-century dress and culture in context. Including a specially-designed pattern by Olivier award-winning costume designer Jenny Tiramani, from which readers can recreate one of Schwarz's original garments, this is a valuable resource for everyone from scholars to designers to fashion enthusiasts.

Uniform Title

Trachtenbuch. English

Alternative Title

Trachtenbuch.

Subjects

• Clothing and dress
• Fashion
• Costume
• Early works
• Germany
• Clothing and dress > Germany > Early works to 1800
• Fashion > Germany > Early works to 1800
• Tyskland
• Mode
• 1500-talet
• Costume > Germany > Early works to 1800
• Kläder

Genre/Form

Early works.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Call Number

JFF 16-973

ISBN

• 9780857857682
• 0857857681
• 9781474249898 (canceled/invalid)
• 9781474249904 (canceled/invalid)

LCCN

2015005570

OCLC

910475488

Author

Schwarz, Matthäus, 1497-approximately 1574, author.

Title

The first book of fashion : the book of clothes of Matthäus and Veit Konrad Schwarz of Augsburg / edited by Ulinka Rublack and Maria Hayward.

Publisher

London ; New York : Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, Plc, 2015.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Chronological Term

1500-talet

Added Author

Schwarz, Veit Konrad, 1541-1587, author.

Rublack, Ulinka, editor, writer of introduction.

Hayward, Maria, editor, author.

Tiramani, Jenny, author.

Research Call Number

JFF 16-973