| Item 9780865651586$23.38 - $51.45 Published to accompany the Le Cas du Sac exhibition, a visual tour of the role of bags as fashion totems features photographs of such pieces as Philip Treacy's evening bag printed with Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup cans and the pangu bags used by the African monarchy for holding royal regalia. 12,500 first printing.
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Mentoring for 21st Century Skills : It's All Abou... Principles of Islamic Sociology Published to accompany the Le Cas du Sac exhibition, a visual tour of the role of bags as fashion totems features photographs of such pieces as Philip Treacy's evening bag printed with Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup cans and the pangu bags used by the African monarchy for holding royal regalia. 12,500 first printing.
Chenoune, the editor of Carried Away, and Olivier Saillard, the curator of the accompanying exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Europe's leading fashion and design museum, have organized the unimaginable wealth of bags into several categories. The chapter discussing domestic bags explains the relationship of bags in the contemporary world to those of other cultures and antiquity. In the chapter exploring travelers' bags, the rich variety of this type is discussed, including messengers' bags, knapsacks, wineskins, nomads' sacks, bags for supplies, the 'auto' bag of the 1920s, the 'Gladstone' and the humble tote. Bags for professionals are also considered, including survey bags carried by postmen, plumbers, and other craftsmen, but also, medieval messengers' boxes, seamen's duffles, soldier's leather cartridge bags, and an overview of the design, leatherwork, and production of bags. The chapter devoted to bags as talismans celebrates the cross cultural, psychological, sexual, mythical, and shamanistic significance of bags ranging from Pre-Columbian ritual objects, to pilgrims' bags from the Middle Ages and Native American cosmogony bags. Carried Away surveys the surprising evolution of the useful commonplace bag into a high fashion totem, and suggests that, chameleon-like, the bag continues to change its form and adapt itself to new circumstances and uses.
The Illustrations are gathered from an equally wide variety of sources and media, including traditional fashion photography, decorative arts, painting, ethnographic collections, military museums, and private collections.
This sumptuous volume was created to accompany an exhibition of bags of all shapes, uses, expense, and origin held in 2004-2005 at the Musée de la Mode et du Textile Union centrale des arts décoratifs in Paris, France. Rather than a sequential catalogue of the show, the volume contains 29 thought-provoking chapters, each richly illustrated, on various types and occurrences of bags, their use, cross-cultural similarities, and even psychological significance. The topics include Nigerian city and country bags, the ubiquitous plastic bag, bags in film, the carpetbag, bags of the Tuareg, sewing bags, wicker fish baskets, ceremonial bags, medieval relic pouches, and the sacred bags of ancient Mexico. The volume concludes with six tales that feature bags, including a Native American tale, and a legend from Mali. The volume, which is oversize (10x12"), contains a glossary and bibliography but is not indexed. Chenoune teaches cultural and fashion history at the Institut Français de la Mode in Paris. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Carried Away : All About Bags General
| ISBN | 9780865651586 |
| Fiction/Non-Fiction | Non-Fiction |
| Publisher | Vendome Pr |
| Pages | 338 |
| List Price | $75.00 |
| Publication Date | 02/15/2005 |
| Release Status | In Print |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Language | English |
| Measurements | Height: 11.75 Inches (US)Width: 10.5 Inches (US)Thickness: 1.25 Inches (US)Unit Weight: 5.09 Pounds (US) |
| Editor | Chenoune, Farid |
| Foreword | David-Weill, HeleneDumas, Jean-Louis |
Published to accompany the Le Cas du Sac exhibition, a visual tour of the role of bags as fashion totems features photographs of such pieces as Philip Treacy's evening bag printed with Andy Warhol's Campbell Soup cans and the pangu bags used by the African monarchy for holding royal regalia. 12,500 first printing.
Chenoune, the editor of Carried Away, and Olivier Saillard, the curator of the accompanying exhibition at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Europe's leading fashion and design museum, have organized the unimaginable wealth of bags into several categories. The chapter discussing domestic bags explains the relationship of bags in the contemporary world to those of other cultures and antiquity. In the chapter exploring travelers' bags, the rich variety of this type is discussed, including messengers' bags, knapsacks, wineskins, nomads' sacks, bags for supplies, the 'auto' bag of the 1920s, the 'Gladstone' and the humble tote. Bags for professionals are also considered, including survey bags carried by postmen, plumbers, and other craftsmen, but also, medieval messengers' boxes, seamen's duffles, soldier's leather cartridge bags, and an overview of the design, leatherwork, and production of bags. The chapter devoted to bags as talismans celebrates the cross cultural, psychological, sexual, mythical, and shamanistic significance of bags ranging from Pre-Columbian ritual objects, to pilgrims' bags from the Middle Ages and Native American cosmogony bags. Carried Away surveys the surprising evolution of the useful commonplace bag into a high fashion totem, and suggests that, chameleon-like, the bag continues to change its form and adapt itself to new circumstances and uses.
The Illustrations are gathered from an equally wide variety of sources and media, including traditional fashion photography, decorative arts, painting, ethnographic collections, military museums, and private collections.
This sumptuous volume was created to accompany an exhibition of bags of all shapes, uses, expense, and origin held in 2004-2005 at the Musée de la Mode et du Textile Union centrale des arts décoratifs in Paris, France. Rather than a sequential catalogue of the show, the volume contains 29 thought-provoking chapters, each richly illustrated, on various types and occurrences of bags, their use, cross-cultural similarities, and even psychological significance. The topics include Nigerian city and country bags, the ubiquitous plastic bag, bags in film, the carpetbag, bags of the Tuareg, sewing bags, wicker fish baskets, ceremonial bags, medieval relic pouches, and the sacred bags of ancient Mexico. The volume concludes with six tales that feature bags, including a Native American tale, and a legend from Mali. The volume, which is oversize (10x12"), contains a glossary and bibliography but is not indexed. Chenoune teaches cultural and fashion history at the Institut Français de la Mode in Paris. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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