The book deals with silk and other textile ribbons in fashion. Ingrid Loschek, the well known specialist and author of many books on fashion, gives a survey of the development of the ribbon in fashion. Margret Ribbert, historian and curator of the Historic Museum of Basle writes about the use of ribbons in the fashion of hats. Irmgard Peter, former curator of the Basle Museum very closely looks at the pattern and motives in the ribbon production. With more than 100 pages and with very good photographs, this part of the book shows excellent examples of the Basle silk ribbon industry. Wiebke Koch-Mertens gives an outlook into the 21st century, with her students she developped several projects on where to use ribbons in the future.
Also the special history of the region of Basle in Switzerland is dealt with. Barbara Alder, Therese Schaltenbrand Felber, Nathalie Unternährer, three young historians, living and working around Basle give a survey of this textile industry in the north west of Switzerland. Sabine Strebel, her too historian, shows a collection of early photographs, which were not made for fashion parades. They point to the everyday use of this accessory.
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