The autobiography of Diana Vreeland, legendary editor of Harper's Bazaar and Vogue, tells all, with wit and charm, about the glitzy high-fashion world that was her element, and that she did so much to shape.
"Allure is something that exists," Diana Vreeland said, "It's something around you...like a perfume or a scent...It's like memory...it pervades." Diana Vreeland was not only Editor-in-Chief of "Vogue" for almost a decade, she was also the curator of the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Costume Institute. Her legacy continues to influence the fashion ...
The exciting, novel fashions of Sonia Delauney, a member of the avant-garde movement in Paris in the early twentieth century, heralded the advent of a radically new concept in clothing design. Like many champions of Modernism, Sonia Delauney believed that art should be used to redecorate modern life, and that design should be truly artistic. By ...
Description: Good. Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and may have some markings on the inside. Shipped to over one million happy customers. Your purchase benefits world literacy! read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1985
Description: Good. Light edge and corner wear. Light creases to cover. Pages still clean and tight. All U.S. orders shipped with tracking number and e-mail confirmation. read more
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Vintage
Date Published: 1985
Description: Good. Mass Market Paperback. General paperback wear, bends in spine, possible bends from reading on the cover, and may have a bookstore stamp inside cover. Quick response! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: The Metropolitan Museum Of Art, New York
Date Published: 1954
Description: VG. Description: this booklet describes the fashion of 1909-1939 specifically the dressmakers Poiret, Callot, Vionnet, Chanel, and Schiaparelli with photographs and illustrations. Defects: minor shelfwear, text block clean and complete binding tight.; B&W Illustrations; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 20 pages; Ephemera nnc vartcat, histcat. read more
Description: New York: Harmony. 1975. Ninteenth printing. Small slim folio. Illustrated wraps. Right hand edge and lower right hand corner have some light creasing else near fine. A nice copy of this uncommon poster format collection of early Vogue magazine covers. Introduction by Diana Vreeland. Posters are framable and measure 11 1/2" x 16". read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Date Published: 1974
Description: Very Good. No Jacket. Rare catalogue for an exhibition presented by the Metropolitan Museum of Art under the auspices of the Government of Spain, March 23-June 30, 1973. Octavo (6 7/8" x 9"), blue/white/brown wrapper, foreword by Thomas Hoving, b/w illustrations, essays by Diana Vreeland, Robert Pieplu, Gloria Guinness & Pauline de Rothschild, 77 pp. Libro en Espaņol y Ingles / Book in Spanish & English. read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: New York: Sotheby's, 1990
Description: First edition. 4to; unpaginated [approximately fifty]; illustrated from photographs. Fine in original pictorial wrappers. The catalogue from the auction of the furniture and art belonging to the late editor. With a beautiful illustration of her Vuitton luggage, among others. read more
Description: New York: Doubleday. 1980. First edition. Small folio. Gilt decorated cloth. Fine in fine dustjacket. Profusely illustrated with photography of the rich and famous by Richard Avedon, Beaton, Baron De Meyer, Horst, Irving Penn and Edward Steichen with text by renowned Vogue editor, Diana Vreeland. A spectacular copy of an elegant book. Scarce in this beautiful condition. read more
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