Fashion Designers at the Opera - Hardcover

Matheopoulos, Helena

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 050051576X ISBN 13: 9780500515761

Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd, 2011

Synopsis

Fashion and opera are natural arenas for collaboration. In 2009–2010 alone, Viktor & Rolf, Miuccia Prada, Emmanuel Ungaro and Christian Lacroix made successful sorties as costumers for operas in New York, Baden-Baden, Naples and Berlin. This partnership is a fruitful one: the most theatrical of arts inspires the most visionary fashion designers to create extraordinary costumes for extraordinary productions. This book profiles ten leading figures in the world of fashion, together with illustrations of their costume designs. Guaranteed to appeal to opera fans as well as fashionistas, this glorious book applauds the awe-inspiring achievements of couturiers-turned-costume designers

Table of Contents

Introduction · Giorgio Armani · Marc Bohan · Christian Lacroix · Karl Lagerfeld · Ottavio and Rosita Missoni · Miuccia Prada · Zandra Rhodes Emanuel Ungaro · Gianni Versace · Viktor & Rolf

About this title

Review:

Presents more than 200 images, including a trove of sketches.

The images are fantastic. . . . you get the feeling some of the designers would prefer this work to their real jobs.

[This book] is a tome bursting with inspired costumes designed for the world's best stages by fashion bigwigs. It is illustrated with scores of luscious original sketches...and dazzling performance photos.

About the Author:

Helena Matheopoulos is a former fashion editor of Tatler and a regular contributor to The Times, Gramophone and Opera Now. She is the author of several books on opera, including Maestro: Encounters with Conductors of Today, Diva: The New Generation and Placido Domingo: My Roles in Opera.

About this edition

• Publisher: Thames and Hudson Ltd
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 050051576X
• ISBN 13: 9780500515761
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192