Vintage fashion & couture : from Poiret to McQueen
Taylor, Kerry2013
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From Fortuny and Worth at the start of the century, Lanvin and Chanel in the 1920s, Balmain and Balenciaga in the 1950s, Bill Blass, and Courrèges in the 1960s, Yves St Laurent, Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell in the 1970s, Versace and Valentino in the 1980s, Azzedine Alaïa and Martin Margiela in the 1990s to Alexander McQueen at the beginning of a new century, all the fashion stars are here. For each designer Kerry explores their career through a dazzling range of clothes and accessories, explaining what makes each item so desirable to the collector or wearer of vintage fashion.
Main title:
Vintage fashion & couture : from Poiret to McQueen / Kerry Taylor ; foreword by Hubert de Givenchy ; prologue by Christopher Kane.
Author:
Taylor, Kerry, author
Imprint:
London : Mitchell Beazley, 2013.
Collation:
223 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
18453379569781845337957 (hbk)
Dewey class:
746.9'2'0904746.9209/OV746.92
Local class:
746.9209
Language:
English
BRN:
1604934