Xtreme Fashion

by Courtenay Smith and Sean Topham

In "Xtreme Fashion authors Courtenay Smith and Sean Topham turn their attention to the fashion world, where haute couture is taking a backseat to serious concerns about the environment, personal safety, and privacy. Featuring more than 300 color photos and fascinating text, the authors show how real fashion starts on the streets, born of urban conditions from gang culture to teenybopper worship. They showcase the works of designers, artists, and other...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3791331752
• ISBN13: 9783791331751
• Release Date: March 2005
• Publisher: Prestel Publishing
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 2.18 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 11.3" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

A 'must' for any college-level collection on fashion design

The latest fashion trends tout street styles and technical designs which are extreme in taste and presentation, and the hottest new designers of new trends are profiled in Xtreme Fashion, with powerful visual takes on 'Hoodlum Welding Gear', 'House of Harlot' designs and more. Here are cutting edge fashions paired with profiles of their creators which cover ideas and startling, often spontaneous, concepts in fashion design. A 'must' for any college-level collection on fashion design - and many a public library holding.