Unbutton fashion.
| N° d'inventaire | 19016 |
| Format | 21.5 x 27.5 |
| Détails | 162 p. color and black and white illustrations, publisher's binding. |
| Publication | Paris, 2015 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | |
There are objects with which we maintain delicate relationships, between consciousness and emotion. In more than one way, the button is one of those, one of those that we sometimes keep, without really knowing why, at the bottom of a pocket or in a box. On a garment, whether masculine or feminine, its role is far from trivial: an element structuring the balance of forms, it resonates with a line, that of a buttonhole, a seam or that of the garment itself. The history of the button reveals many other little-known aspects. Whether modest and useful or precious and decorative, its place evolves over time according to conventions, rules of etiquette or variations in fashion.
There are objects with which we maintain delicate relationships, between consciousness and emotion. In more than one way, the button is one of those, one of those that we sometimes keep, without really knowing why, at the bottom of a pocket or in a box. On a garment, whether masculine or feminine, its role is far from trivial: an element structuring the balance of forms, it resonates with a line, that of a buttonhole, a seam or that of the garment itself. The history of the button reveals many other little-known aspects. Whether modest and useful or precious and decorative, its place evolves over time according to conventions, rules of etiquette or variations in fashion.