This gorgeously illustrated, inside look at the creation and evolution of the House of Chanel provides a compelling view of its elegant founder--Coco Chanel--one of the indisputable geniuses of 20th-century fashion. "A classic read".--Elle. 120 illustrations, 40 in color.
This photographic survey features extraordinary clothes worn by members of subcultures as diverse as beatniks and skinheads, punks and New-Age travellers. It covers streetstyle from the 1940s through to the 1990s. These outfits, collected for the V&A's Streetstyle exhibition, are a visual record of subcultural expression over the last 60 years. ...
From the turn-of-the-century S-bend silhouette to the bumster and bustier of today, this comprehensive survey explores all the significant developments in fashion in a century that has witnessed a growing occupation with personal appearance and style. The book focuses on the key movements and innovations in clothing for both men and women and ...
This volume explores the elements which formed the key strengths of British fashion over the last 50 years: tailoring, bohemian styles, romantic- and special-occasion dress, country clothing and accessories. Each section features examples of the work of designers, such as Norman Hartnell and Hardy Amies, who dressed the Queen, to contemporary ...
De La Haye, an assistant curator in the Textiles and Dress Collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum, and Tobin, a curator of costume for the National Trust, chronicle the business and the art of couture at the House of Chanel.
"The Messel Dress Collection" is a unique collection of exceptional garments, embracing luxurious international haute couture, fancy dress, home-made and customised clothing worn by six generations of women from one extraordinary and creative family - Mary Anne Herapath, Marion Sambourne, Maud Messel, Anne, Countess of Rosse, Susan Viscountess de ...
This special issue traces the evolution of the classic fashion magazine "Vogue". Conekin and de la Haye have assembled a wide range of articles, from Vogue's debut and the Bloomsbury years through Lee Miller and World War II, to contemporary issues in the US, Italy, France, Britain, Japan and Russia."Fashion Theory" takes as its starting point a ...
Mrs Lucy Wallace, Lady Duff Gordon as she became, transformed her business from a modest home-based dressmakers into the leading international fashion enterprise, Lucile Limited, with salons in London, Paris, New York and Chicago and her work was ranked alongside Jacques Doucet and Paul Poiret by the fashion media. Her lavish and alluring fashions ...
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