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Marc Jacobs is a globally acclaimed American designer and was the creative director of Louis Vuitton from 1997 to 2014. Grace Coddington, contributing editor at Vogue, is the author of the bestselling Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue (2002/2015), Grace: A Memoir (2012), Grace: The American Vogue ...Show more
Category: Fashion | Reading Level: 6 Craft/Fashion
In 1947 Christian Dior rocked the fashion world with his New Look, which dominated postwar fashion and firmly secured the name of his house in the minds of the public and the fashion industry. He drew on historical models of femininity, the unique skills of Parisian haute couture, and a myriad of suppli ...Show more
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Drawing from Susan Sontag's seminal essay, this striking volume explores the meaning of camp and its expression in fashion from its origins to today Although an elusive concept, "camp" can be found in most forms of artistic expression, revealing itself through an aesthetic of deliberate stylization. Fas ...Show more
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The New York Times bestseller "[An] obscenely enjoyable romp . . . [Fashion Climbing] leaves the readers gasping for more." --The New York Times Book Review The untold story of a New York City legend's education in creativity and style For Bill Cunningham, New York City was the land of freed ...Show more
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'Fascinating . . . The history of the world through the eye of a needle . . . I recommend this book to anyone' THE SPECTATOR 'A charming, absorbing and history that takes us on a journey from the silk roads to sportswear, from ruffs to spacesuits . . . I devoured this quietly feminist book' SUNDAY TIME ...Show more
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The perfect gift or coffee table book for fashion and underwear lovers! A beautiful illustrated guide to lingerie from, intimates expert Cora Harrington, founder of The Lingerie Addict, the internet's top lingerie blog. In this gorgeous aspirational book, lingerie expert and founder of TheLingerieAddict ...Show more
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Paul Morand's last book, one of the most appealing of his oeuvre, brings together around the figure of Chanel, portraits of Misia Sert, Erik Satie, Serge Lifar, Georges Auric, Raymond Radiguet, Jean Cocteau, Picasso and Churchill, among others. Based on a series of intimate conversations between Morand ...Show more
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World-famous nail artist and author of the must-have textbook for nail technicians, Marian Newman reveals the stories behind some of her most iconic nails created for fashion shows and magazines, as well as the secrets and techniques to creating her incredible nails. Featuring images of Marian's stunnin ...Show more
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This program is read by Isaac Mizrahi."Isaac Mizrahi is a true Renaissance man. He can do it all He's managed to live several lives in one lifetime." --RuPaul Isaac Mizrahi is sui generis: designer, cabaret performer, talk-show host, a TV celebrity. Yet ever since he shot to fame in the late 1980s, the ...Show more
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Dior and His Decorators is the first work on the two interior designers most closely associated with Christian Dior. Like the unabashedly luxurious fashions of Dior's New Look, which debuted in 1947, the interior designs of Victor Grandpierre and Georges Geffroy infused a war-weary world with a sumptuou ...Show more
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Capturing the highlights of a major V&A exhibition, this stunning volume celebrates the House of Dior from its foundation in 1947 to the present day. Haute-couture gowns by Christian Dior and the illustrious creative directors who followed him--Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferr , John ...Show more
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Italian tailoring is a tradition of excellence in our country. In fact, clothes, especially men_s tailoring, are veritable works of art, which conceal within the secrets and history of the city in which they are made. They are the product of a long tailoring tradition created from elegance and taste, wh ...Show more
