Couture An Illustrated History of the Great Paris Designers and Their Creations
Lynam, Ruth (editor).
Place Published: Garden City:
Publisher: Doubleday,
Date Published: 1972.
Description: STATED FIRST EDITION. 256 pages with index. The book is VERY GOOD with fading to blue cloth board edges, bumped bottom corners. The dust jacket is VERY GOOD with chipping/closed tearing, abrasion to front wrapper, front bottom wrapper is crimped, and price-clipped. Dust jacket notes read: COUTURE is the first, complete, illustrated history of the French couture houses. Written by a group of the most experience writers and journalists in the field, this book goes back to the beginnings of couture in the Napoleonic Empire of the late 19th century, when the House of Worth began to make silken crinolines for the ladies at Court. From the turn of the century, with the startling changes in clothes which Poiret, Patou, and Chanel originated, the couturiers of Paris have remained the supreme arbiters of fashions for well-dressed women the world over. The complete story of all these great Houses is fully documented and pictured, in colour and black-and-white illustrations, many previously unpublished. Now, couture is at a turning-point in its history, with the immense wealth and potential behind Ready-To-Wear beckoning its younger talents. At this significant moment, Couture sums up the achievements of the great couturiers; reveals the fascinating workings of those splendid French Houses, and delights the reader with the stories and anecdotes of the personalities who have created and worn French original designs for nearly an entire century." Table of Contents: Introduction by Nancy White; THE CLASSICAL TRADITION (Inside Couture) by Ginette Spanier: La Chambre Syndicale de La Couture Parisienne by Marjorie Dunton; THE BIRTH OF COUTURE 1900-1920 by Alison Settle; THE 'TWENTIES Sport and Art by Madge Garland; THE 'THIRTIES Artisty and Fantasy by Madeleine Ginsburg; 'COCO' by Iris Ashley; DIOR by Thelma Sweetinburgh; FATH Jacques Fath recalled by Andre Ostier; A PARIS MODEL The World of the Mannequins by Penelope Portrait; SPACE AGE FASHION Courreges and Ungaro by An Ryan; Cardin by Serena Sinclair; LEFT BANK COUTURE Yves Saint Laurent (YSL) by Felicity Green; CONCLUSION Pret-a-Porter v Couture by Hebe Dorsey; PICTURE SOURCES; INDEX
Edition: First editionBinding: Cloth
Condition: Very Good in Very Good (Price-Clipped) DJ
Book Id: 17454
Price: $52.00
