TOURFashion from the Inside Out
Isabel Toledo
Yale University Press
The Cuban-American designer Isabel Toledo, lauded by fashion magazines yet still relatively unknown to the general public, is the subject of this in-depth, intimate portrait consisting of interviews with friends, critics, journalists, clients, as well as her husband, fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo. Her innovative and highly manual approach to designing is examined alongside her own varied cultural influences and personal creative process. Her clothing takes its shape straight from the fabric, which renders her pieces forceful, feminine and unforgettable: rare qualities in today's mass market.
250 pages
September 2009
English
Isabel Toledo
Yale University Press
The Cuban-American designer Isabel Toledo, lauded by fashion magazines yet still relatively unknown to the general public, is the subject of this in-depth, intimate portrait consisting of interviews with friends, critics, journalists, clients, as well as her husband, fashion illustrator Ruben Toledo. Her innovative and highly manual approach to designing is examined alongside her own varied cultural influences and personal creative process. Her clothing takes its shape straight from the fabric, which renders her pieces forceful, feminine and unforgettable: rare qualities in today's mass market.
250 pages
September 2009
English
