The golden age of couture : Paris and London 1947-57 / edited by Claire Wilcox.
"The Golden Age of Couture celebrates a momentous decade in fashion history that began with the launch of Christian Dior's famous New Look in 1947 and ended with his death in 1957. It was Dior himself who christened this era fashion's 'golden age', a period when haute coutur...
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London :
V&A Publications,
2007.
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Table of Contents:
- 1. Introduction / Claire Wilcox
- 2. Dior's golden age : the renaissance of couture / Claire Wilcox
- The new look / Claire Wilcox
- 3. Inside Paris haute couture / Alexandra Palmer
- Jean Desses / Sonnet Stanfill
- Jacques Fath / Eleri Lynn
- 4. Material evidence : London couture 1947-57 / Amy de la Haye
- Miss Virginia Lachasse / Amy de la Haye
- John Cavanagh / Amy de la Haye
- 5. Perfect harmony : textile manufacturers and haute couture 1947-57 / Lesley Ellis Miller
- Embroidery / Claire Wilcox
- 6. Dior and Balenciaga : a different approach to the body / Catherine Join-Dieterle
- Balenciaga : master tailor / Lesley Ellis Miller
- 7. Cecil Beaton : and his anthology of fashion / Hugo Vickers
- Lady Alexandra / Eleri Lynn
- 8. Intoxicated on images : the visual culture of couture / Christopher Breward
- Richard Avedon / Abraham Thomas
- Erwin Blumenfeld / Abraham Thomas
- 9. The legacy of couture / Claire Wilcox.