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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Buruma, Anna.     Subjects     Liberty & Co.     Liberty & Co -- History.     Department stores -- England -- London -- History.     Fashion -- History -- 20th century.     Fashion design -- England -- History -- 20th century.     Nineteen fifties.     Nineteen sixties.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Buruma, Anna.       by title:      Liberty and Co. in t...       by call number:      381.141 B974L     Search the Web     Buruma, Anna.     Liberty & Co.     Liberty & Co -- History.     Department stores -- England -- London -- History.     Fashion -- History -- 20th century.     Fashion design -- England -- History -- 20th century.     Nineteen fifties.     Nineteen sixties.       MARC Display

Liberty and Co. in the fifties and sixties : a taste for design / Anna Buruma. by Buruma, Anna. ACC Editions, 2015. Call #: 381.141 B974L Subjects Liberty & Co.   Liberty & Co -- History.   Department stores -- England -- London -- History.   Fashion -- History -- 20th century.   Fashion design -- England -- History -- 20th century.   Nineteen fifties.   Nineteen sixties. ISBN:  9781851498147 (pbk.) Alternate title:  Liberty and Company in the 50s and 60s : a taste for design Edition:  [2nd edition] Description:  144 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm. Notes:  Previous edition published in 2009. Some copies may be permabound. Summary:  Liberty is a department store on Great Marlborough Street in the West End of London which sells luxury goods including women's, men's and children's fashion, cosmetics and fragrances, jewellery, accessories, homeware, furniture, stationery and gifts, and is known for its floral and graphic prints. Arthur Lasenby Liberty first opened shop in 1874 naming his store the Oriental Emporium. Through the years, Liberty's has both been at the forefront of fashion and the decorative arts and has sat comfortably riding on its waves. Its history is at the heart of its image to the outside world. Most historians of the decorative arts will agree that the company had a significant impact on design in the early twentieth century. Now is a good time to look back to the Liberty of the fifties and sixties. The 1950s were a frugal time and any retailer who wholeheartedly promoted modern design was taking a risk. In truth, Liberty & Co. probably played it safe, running its modern products alongside the more traditional ones, so as not to scare away longstanding customers. It is perhaps for this reason that Liberty & Co. is not so prominent in people's memories as a 'modern' store in the 1950s. In a way this was a period that prepared the business for its flowering in the 1960s. Almost overnight, the emporium of traditional style found itself not just at one of the best spots in London, but at the very epicentre of the world of fashion: Carnaby Street in the sixties. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 381.141 B974L Adult books Trace Add Copy to MyList Woodlawn Public Library Adult Nonfiction 381.141 B974L Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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