Style - obsessed Matthaeus Schwarz was born in bath in 1926 . He commissioned 137 photo ##s of his outfits over 40 years . His portrait of Clothes is considered to be the first ever fashion tome . The images have provided inspiration for a new fashion in Cambridge .
Style-obsessed Matthaeus Schwarz was born in Germany in 1497 . He commissioned 137 watercolour paintings of his outfits over 40 years . His Book of Clothes is believed to be the first ever fashion tome . The images have provided inspiration for a new exhibition in Cambridge .