Following the format of The Art Book , this volume looks at the fashion world and the people who created and inspired it. It contains an A-Z guide to the 500 most important names in fashion since the 1860s, from Coco Chanel and Issey Miyake, to Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton.

Art in Fashion takes a long-overdue look at the influences of art on fashion, chronicling the close relationship between the two, which dates back at least to the Renaissance.

Following the format of The Art Book , this volume looks at the fashion world and the people who created and inspired it. It contains an A-Z guide to the 500 most important names in fashion since the 1860s, from Coco Chanel and Issey Miyake, to Richard Avedon and Helmut Newton.

A History of 20th Century Fashion charts the early dominance of couture to the influences of street culture.

A comprehensive and illuminating survey of 500 years of fashion, as seen through the art of its period. Focusing on the means by which costume has been recorded - from woodcuts, engravings and fashion plates to film, photography and the Internet - it offers examples from all over the world.