Description - Cycling Jersey by Oliver Knight
Aside from the bikes themselves, the jersey - maillot or maglia - has become the most iconic symbol of cycling's history, it's proud teams and preeminent riders and most recently its fashion. There is a booming collectors market for vintage jerseys, and the finest quality traditional and retro manufacturers including De Marchi, Castelli and Rapha and are registering huge increases in sales. Sir Paul Smith features jerseys in his collections and designs them for the Grand Tours. In this beautifully photographed, handsome new volume, Oliver Knight traces the development of the jersey from the days long before Lycra as function fused with sponsors' requirements to peddle their brands. He goes behind-the-scenes at the manufacturers and tells stories of the garments' design and slow evolution and the processes of manufacture. He celebrates the iconic tour jerseys and the magical rainbow stripes of the world champions. He interviews former and current pros and uncovers inspirations and obsessions of some of the world's greatest cycling collectors, riders, historians and key figures from the worlds of design and fashion. The book is complete with Oliver's superlative, original photography and includes contributions from writers and leading figures from the cycling world. AUTHOR: Oliver Knight has been a professional art and travel photographer for almost twenty years producing both commercial work and staging a number of international exhibitions. Oliver runs the reportage website denizenreport.com and in 2013 he launched the threebackpockets.com community to celebrate the art of vintage cycling jerseys. His commercial clients include TimeOut, Gordon Ramsay Holdings, RIBA and the Imperial War Museum. Oliver is a keen cyclist and lives in Paris. SELLING POINTS: The first volume to do full justice to the history, culture and fashion of the iconic cycling jersey Illustrated throughout with specially commissioned original photography and a wealth of ephemera With brand new contributions, essays and interviews from jersey afficionados, collectors, historians and celebrated former and current racers 120 colour and b/w
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