Every big name in fashion has their emblematic pieces, savoir-faire, design techniques, and sources of inspiration analyzed. With its original organization, this fashion encyclopedia invites you to discover not just history but also iconography through more than 300 illustrations. Full of surprises, this book seeks to bring you even more intensely into the thirty original portrayals by adding facsimiles, including the fabrication notes from Christian Dior’s very first collection, sketches by Jeanne Lanvin, a letter written by Coco Chanel, or an invitation to a Chloé runway show, giving you the sensation of possessing intimate and precious objects, a piece of history.
Prefaced by Ines de la Fressange, fashion of the 20th century is decrypted all while touching on more current creations as well. Relive fashion’s past in times forgotten and discover the anecdotes behind some of the greatest success through these 127 pages. An ode to the design of yesterday and today, Catherine Örmen delivers a beautiful performance within “Un siècle de mode”, not to mention a dazzling one.
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