Catherine Walker: Fit for a Princess - Softcover

Walker, Catherine

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0789301431 ISBN 13: 9780789301437

Publisher: Universe Publishing, 1998

Synopsis

The French-born fashion designer tells how she created the wardrobe of the late Diana, Princess of Wales, over the past two decades and traces her career before then, with the aid of more than two hundred illustrations. Simultaneous.

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From the Back Cover:

CATHERINE WALKER: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY BY THE PRIVATE COUTURIER TO DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES
Foreword Liz Tillers

When the late Diana, Princess of Wales, announced the auction of eighty of her evening gowns- most of them designed by Catherine Walker- the French-born, London-based designer was thrust into the spotlight she has long eschewed. In an elite industry considered a 'loss leader', Walker is one of the few profitable couture designers with an illustrious and devoted clientele. At the top of Walker's remarkably long list of clients stood the Princess, whose signature look was created by Walker.

Catherine Walker's career is a literal rags-to-riches tale that transcends fashion. In a poignant, distinctive voice, Walker shares her experiences of love and marriage, the grief of being widowed with two babies in a foreign land, her early days selling children's dresses door-to-door out of a basket, to a rule-breaking career among the stars and royalty, and her own battle against breast cancer.

The story runs parallel to the arrival of the young Diana, Princess of Wales, whose fifteen-year professional relationship with Catherine Walker saw her develop from a fairy-tale princess to a style icon of legendary proportions. This book is a chronicle of two remarkable women who remained true to themselves, even amidst the pressures of the glamorous worlds of fashion and royalty.

CATHERINE WALKER was born in northern France in 1945. After completing a Maitre-es-Lettres in philosophy at the University of Lille and Aix-en-Provence, she met and married a young lawyer and settled in England. Following a tragic accident in 1975, she was widowed with two baby daughters, Naomi and Marianne. These circumstances prompted her to start her business, both as a therapy to deal with her grief and as a matter of necessity.

In 1988, Catherine Walker celebrates twenty-one years of exemplary design work during which time she has won awards as Britain's leading couturier.

LIZ TILBERIS is editor-in-chief at 'Harper's Bazaar'

About the Author:

French-born, London-based Catherine Walker is one of the world’s most successful couture designers. She worked as a teacher in the Swinging Sixties, then moved into making clothes after the death of her first husband. From selling children’s clothes door-to-door, Catherine became the principle designer to the most famous woman in the world, Diana, Princess
of Wales.

About this edition

• Publisher: Universe Publishing
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 0789301431
• ISBN 13: 9780789301437
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 160