Vintage Knitwear: Collecting and Wearing Designer Classics

by Marnie Fogg

Overview

Recounts a century of knitwear history, accompanied by archived images, stunning fashion photography and specially commissioned photographs of rare pieces.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781802790979
Publisher:	Welbeck Publishing Group Limited
Publication date:	05/10/2022
Series:	Welbeck Vintage
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	7.28(w) x 9.33(h) x (d)

About the Author

Marnie Fogg is a fashion and media consultant. With a masters degree in art and design, she has also been a senior lecturer in fashion and textiles at the University of Nottingham. Marnie is the author of more than ten books, includingVintage Weddings and Vintage Fashion: Knitwear.

Table of Contents

Foreword Kaffe Fassett 6

Introduction 8

1900-19: From Combinations to Cardigans 10

1920s: Jazz and the Jumper Craze 24

1930s: The Birth of Knitwear 46

1940s: Knitting for All 72

1950s: Fully Fashioned 96

1960s: Op, Pop and Psychedelia 118

1970s: Back to Nature 144

1980s: Subverting the Stitch 176

1990s-2000s: Modern Collectables 200

Collecting and Caring for Vintage Knitwear 214

Index 219

Further Reading and Acknowledgements 224