Tartan book release

Tag : Tartan Fabric
Tuesday, 08 July 2008 Jonathan Faiers will reveal the full story on Tartan thisSeptember. Illustrated with over 150 colour images, Tartan weavestogether a story on the fabric’s history, art, music, filmand fashion. “Faiers explores the cultural significance andsurrounding connotations of tartan while conducting a comprehensivedeconstruction of the fabric and its place and developmentthroughout history from clanship to contemporary fashion", AliMcCulloch commented from design studio Precious McBane.
Tartan features a wide range of images varying from Hollywood toHighland and Brigadoon to Braveheart. The fashion images includeWestwood, McQueen and Takahashi, to name but a few.