Madeleine Vionnet, 3rd edition - Hardcover

Kirke, Betty

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1452110697 ISBN 13: 9781452110691

Publisher: Chronicle Books, 2012

Synopsis

Unusual book

About this title

Review:

"The book comprises 400 photographs, 38 original dress patterns and interviews with the designer herself. Colorful visuals showcase Vionnet's preference for Grecian-style dresses and the bias cut, the latter on display in one of her black silk, satin-backed crepe dresses, which she fitted with ripples at the hems and matched with a high neckline. Vionnet loved flow in dresses -- so did her famous clients like Marlene Dietrich and Joan Crawford -- and she was famously opposed to corsets. 'I have never been able to tolerate corsets myself, so why should I inflict them on other women, ' she has been quoted as saying." --New York Times T Style Blog

From the Author:

Issey Miyake is a world-renowned fashion designer. Betty Kirke is a lecturer and instructor in costume conservation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Chronicle Books
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1452110697
• ISBN 13: 9781452110691
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 244