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Vintage fashion and couture : from Poiret to McQueen / Kerry Taylor ; foreword by Hubert de Givenchy ; prologue by Christopher Kane.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2013Description: 223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 29 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 177085262X
  • 9781770852624
Subject(s):
Contents:
1900s : Paul Poiret ; Lucile ; Mariano Fortuny ; Style icon: Baroness Curzon of Kedleston -- 1920s : Jean Patou ; Style icon: Baba D'Erlanger ; Jeanne Lanvin ; Chanel in the twenties -- 1930s : Elsa Schiaparelli ; Style icon: Wallis Simpson ; Madeleine Vionnet: the architecture of couture -- 1940s : The effect of war on fashions in Europe ; American fashion in the forties ; Style icon: Lauren Bacall ; Christian Dior: the saviour of French haute couture ; Madame Grès: the sculptress of fabric -- 1950s : Pierre Balmain ; Cristóbal Balenciaga: the master ; Style icon : Grace Kelly ; Dior in the fifties ; Postwar Chanel -- 1960s : Mary Quant ; The boutique movement ; Style icon: Twiggy ; The space age comes to fashion ; Pop and op art influences ; Hubert de Givenchy ; Style icon: Audrey Hepburn ; Design in America ; The decade's end -- 1970s : Biba ; Yves Saint Laurent in the seventies ; Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell ; Zandra Rhodes ; Later Madame Grès ; Jean Muir ; Style icon: Bianca Jagger ; Bill Gibb ; Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren -- 1980s : The new romantics ; BodyMap ; Thierry Mugler ; Italian masters ; Style icon: Diana, Princess of Wales ; Azzedine Alaïa ; John Galiano ; Westwood in the eighties ; Japanese innovation: the shock of the new -- 1990s : Gianni Versace ; Jean Paul Gaultier ; Style icon: Kate Moss ; Alexander McQueen ; Martin Margiela ; Conceptual fashion -- 2000s : Later McQueen ; Style icon: Daphne Guinness -- Collecting vintage ; Where to buy ; Vintage forgeries ; Taking care of your collection.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 391.009 T243 Available 33111007527258
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A sumptuous survey of vintage fashion and couture from the 1910s to today.

Vintage Fashion and Couture: From Poiret to McQueen tells the story of fashion through the work of its key design talents and the memorable women who have worn their designs. It explores designers' careers through a dazzling range of clothes and accessories, and explains what makes each item so desirable and why it was so important for the fashion world. It describes the designers' role among their contemporaries, and their influence on the world of fashion.

The author, a world-renowned expert in vintage fashion, organizes the book by decade with each chapter focusing on a number of important designers and the most influential style icons. Fashion pieces are shown in color photographs with descriptive captions that include the current vintage price range, making it a practical resource for vintage shoppers.

The designers and style icons in the book are:

1910s : Poiret, Lucille, Fortuny, Gallenga, Paquin, Liberty & Co. Style icon: Lillie Langtry 1920s : Patou, Lanvin, early Chanel. Style icon: Baba d'Erlanger 1930s : Schiaparelli, Molyneux, Mainbocher, Vionnet. Style icon: Duchess of Windsor 1940s : War & Fashion in Europe, the emergence of American designers, Dior's New Look. Style icon: Lauren Bacall 1950s : Balmain, Balenciaga, the death of Dior and the emergence of Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel's post-war look. Style icon: Grace Kelly 1960s : Mary Quant, the Boutique Movement, the Space Age comes to fashion, Pop and Op Art influences, Givenchy, Design in America. Style icons: Twiggy, Audrey Hepburn 1970s : Biba, Ossie Clark & Celia Birtwell, Yves Saint Laurent, the birth of Rive Gauche. Style icon: Bianca Jagger 1980s : Valentino, Body Map, Roberto Capucci, Azzedine Alaïa, John Galliano, Mugler, Vivienne Westwood, Comme des Garçons. Style icon: Princess Diana 1990s : Jean Paul Gaultier, Versace, Martin Margiela, Junya Watanabe, Bodycon, Antony Price. Style icon: Kate Moss The New Century : Alexander McQueen, Christopher Kane. Style icon: Daphne Guinness.

The final section, Buying Vintage, is an inside look in which the author, a world leader in vintage fashion, reveals how and where to buy the best vintage pieces, as well as how to spot fakes and forgeries.

"This title was developed by Mitchell Beazley, an imprint of Octopus Publishing Group, Ltd."--Copyright page.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 218-219) and index.

1900s : Paul Poiret ; Lucile ; Mariano Fortuny ; Style icon: Baroness Curzon of Kedleston -- 1920s : Jean Patou ; Style icon: Baba D'Erlanger ; Jeanne Lanvin ; Chanel in the twenties -- 1930s : Elsa Schiaparelli ; Style icon: Wallis Simpson ; Madeleine Vionnet: the architecture of couture -- 1940s : The effect of war on fashions in Europe ; American fashion in the forties ; Style icon: Lauren Bacall ; Christian Dior: the saviour of French haute couture ; Madame Grès: the sculptress of fabric -- 1950s : Pierre Balmain ; Cristóbal Balenciaga: the master ; Style icon : Grace Kelly ; Dior in the fifties ; Postwar Chanel -- 1960s : Mary Quant ; The boutique movement ; Style icon: Twiggy ; The space age comes to fashion ; Pop and op art influences ; Hubert de Givenchy ; Style icon: Audrey Hepburn ; Design in America ; The decade's end -- 1970s : Biba ; Yves Saint Laurent in the seventies ; Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell ; Zandra Rhodes ; Later Madame Grès ; Jean Muir ; Style icon: Bianca Jagger ; Bill Gibb ; Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren -- 1980s : The new romantics ; BodyMap ; Thierry Mugler ; Italian masters ; Style icon: Diana, Princess of Wales ; Azzedine Alaïa ; John Galiano ; Westwood in the eighties ; Japanese innovation: the shock of the new -- 1990s : Gianni Versace ; Jean Paul Gaultier ; Style icon: Kate Moss ; Alexander McQueen ; Martin Margiela ; Conceptual fashion -- 2000s : Later McQueen ; Style icon: Daphne Guinness -- Collecting vintage ; Where to buy ; Vintage forgeries ; Taking care of your collection.

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