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Our love affair with the baseball jersey continues in this major new book on the evolution of the iconic shirt as sportswear, streetwear, cultural icon, and fashion must-have.
The Iconic Jersey: Baseball x Fashion is an essential volume for baseball fans and fashion lovers alike, examining our obsession with the baseball jersey over more than 170 years. Jam-packed with striking photographs of baseball jerseys—both historic and contemporary—as well as baseball-inspired fashion, it explores the design and development of our iconic American-style shirt through both sport and fashion.
Price: $34.95
Pages: 192
Publisher: D Giles Limited
Imprint: GILES
Publication Date:
29 June 2021
Trim Size: 10.00 X 8.25 in
ISBN: 9781911282884
Format: Hardcover
BISACs:
SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / General, DESIGN / Fashion & Accessories, ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Baseball / History
“[Does] a marvelous job of...explaining the expansion of the jersey into a wider population of those who might not have any other connection with baseball.”—Ron Kaplan's Baseball Bookshelf
“All those variations can make a uniform purist scream, but they also show how everyone takes a piece of Americana and makes it their own.”—Stephen Wolgast, News Photographer Magazine
Director’s Forward by Matthias Waschek;
Acknowledgments;
Preface;
Main Essay by Erin Corrales-Diaz;
Main plate presentation of 40 jerseys:
1. The Modern Jersey;
2. Controversial Design;
3. Off the Field;
Selected Bibliography;
Photo Credits;
Index