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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. Hardcover. Very good/No jacket. Limited first, but missing pieces of the set. No box. No folded poster with to 600 photographs printed for the book. The 32 page booklet is here. As-Is.

Limited edition No. 233 of 600, Complete set of items including cloth-bound edition of the book, paperback pamphlet of interviews, and poster of 600 images of ensembles featured in the publication. Stored in the original polythene box, outer black paper sleeve, and in the original folding cardboard box.

"The catalogue that accompanies the 2016 Costume Institute exhibition "Manus x Machina" features exceptional fashions that reconcile traditional hand techniques with innovative machine technologies such as 3-D printing, laser cutting, circular knitting, computer modeling, bonding and laminating, and ultrasonic welding. Featuring 90 astonishing pieces, ranging from Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel's iconic tweed suit to Karl Lagerfeld's 3-D-printed version, and from Yves Saint Laurent's bird-of-paradise dress to Iris van Herpen's silicone adaptation - all beautifully photographed by Nicholas Alan Cope - this fascinating book is an exploration of both the artistry and the future of fashion. Interviews with Sarah… Leer más

New York: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2016. A few scuffs to the cloth binding but generally in near-fine condition. Folio. The complete set of items in the limited edition: cloth-bound edition of the book (black cloth), paperback pamphlet of interviews; and folded poster. Together in the original laser cut, high-density polyethylene box, outer black paper sleeve, and in the original folding cardboard box from the publisher. One of 600 copies of this limited edition that was available only at The Met and is now long out-of-print. The poster shows 600 images of ensembles featured in the publication. "Manus x Machina features more than 170 examples of haute couture and avant-garde ready-to-wear, dating from the early 1900s to the present. The exhibition addresses the founding of the haute couture in the 19th century, when the sewing machine was invented, and the emergence of a distinction between the hand (manus) and the machine (machina) at the onset of industrialization and mass production" (the Met).