Paris Haute Couture

Author : Anne Zazzo,Olivier Sillard
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2013-02-05
Category : Design
ISBN : 9782080201386

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Paris Haute Couture by Anne Zazzo,Olivier Sillard Pdf

A comprehensive history of high fashion in Paris from Madame Grès and Balenciaga to Yves Saint Laurent and Yohji Yamamoto, spanning all aspects from clothing and accessories to perfume. Ever since Charles Frederick Worth dressed the Empress Eugénie in the 1860s, launching a "golden century" for dressmaking, Parisian haute couture has been a source of endless admiration and fascination. Its emphasis on exquisite design and meticulous craftsmanship propelled it to the forefront of the fashion industry. The position and practices of haute couture may have evolved over time, but the work of many contemporary couturiers reveals a strong sense of continuity, from the creations of Jeanne Lanvin and Christian Dior, through to their modern counterparts in Jean-Paul Gaultier or Viktor & Rolf. This chronological study traces the history of the esteemed couture houses of Paris, examining the role of the designer and the extraordinary craftsmanship behind the finished creations, the place of haute couture in Parisian culture, and its influence in the wider fashion industry. Particular attention is paid to the relationship between haute couture and the client, as well as the dualities in modern haute couture—its sense of exclusivity and quasi-mythical aura countered by an ever-increasing reach into popular consciousness and attainability. This volume is richly illustrated with images of the most superb pieces created by exceptional designers. Various incarnations of Chanel’s timeless quilted handbag, Fath’s charmingly patterned silk scarves, and Poiret’s elegant perfume bottles demonstrate that haute couture encompasses far more than just clothing.

Author : Valerie Steele
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2019-09-05
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781350102965

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Paris, Capital of Fashion by Valerie Steele Pdf

Paris, Capital of Fashion accompanies a major exhibition at The Museum at FIT, New York's only museum dedicated solely to the art of fashion. This lavishly-illustrated book is edited by MFIT's director and chief curator, Valerie Steele, also the author of the acclaimed Paris Fashion: A Cultural History. This new book opens with an important essay on how and why Paris became famous as the international “capital of fashion.” Steele traces how the mythic “aura” of Paris fashion was constructed over generations, as the splendour of the court at Versailles came to be echoed by the spectacle of the haute couture. Yet Paris has faced repeated challenges from other fashion capitals, especially London, Milan, and New York. Essays by Christopher Breward, David Gilbert, Grazia d'Annunzio, and Antonia Finnane place Paris within a broader global narrative, while Sophie Kurkdjian investigates the cultural value of the Parisian couture, and Agnès Rocomora explores the online imagery of the chic Parisienne. As The New Yorker recently put it, Paris is “the most glamorous and competitive of the world's fashion capitals.” No other city has been branded “Fashion” as Paris has. By opening the study of Paris fashion to new approaches, this book explains why Paris still retains its position as the world's undisputed fashion capital.

Author : Valerie Steele
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2017-09-21
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781474245494

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Paris Fashion by Valerie Steele Pdf

Paris has been the international capital of fashion for more than 300 years. Even before the rise of the haute couture, Parisians were notorious for their obsession with fashion, and foreigners eagerly followed their lead. From Charles Frederick Worth to Gabrielle "Coco†? Chanel, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent, fashion history is dominated by the names of Parisian couturiers. But Valerie Steele's Paris Fashion is much more than just a history of great designers. This fascinating book demonstrates that the success of Paris ultimately rests on the strength of its fashion culture – created by a host of fashion performers and spectators, including actresses, dandies, milliners, artists, and writers. First published in 1988 to great international acclaim, this pioneering book has now been completely revised and brought up to date, encompassing the rise of fashion's multiple world cities in the 21st century. Lavishly illustrated, deeply learned, and elegantly written, Valerie Steele's masterwork explores with brilliance and flair why Paris remains the capital of fashion.

Author : Pamela A. Parmal,Didier Grumbach,Susan Ward,Lauren D. Whitley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 234 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Design
ISBN : UCSD:31822035476373

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Fashion Show by Pamela A. Parmal,Didier Grumbach,Susan Ward,Lauren D. Whitley Pdf

Fashion Show ISBN 0-87846-707-6 / 978-0-87846-707-5 Clothbound, 8 x 11.5 in. / 192 pgs / 120 color. / U.S. $65.00 CDN $78.00 December / Fashion Valentino, Lacroix, Dior, Chanel, Azzedine Alaia, Viktor & Rolf, Rochas and Yohji Yamamoto are just the latest in a long family tree.

Author : Désirée Sadek
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2016-02-09
Category : Design
ISBN : 1419720201

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Inside Haute Couture by Désirée Sadek Pdf

From Maison Chanel on rue Cambon to Jean Paul Gaultier on rue Saint-Martin, the history of French fashion is often closely tied to those of Parisian addresses. With exclusive photographs by Guillaume de Laubier and text by Désirée Sadek, Inside Haute Couture offers a private tour of 10 meccas of French fashion. From the splendor of VIP reception rooms to the privacy of sewing ateliers, the daily lives of the most renowned figures in haute couture are show­cased alongside the skilled artisans and their stunning creations. This book is an unprecedented journey into a world often closed to the public, against a backdrop of an exceptional architectural heritage.

Author : Elyssa Dimant
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2016-11-08
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780062216007

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The New French Couture by Elyssa Dimant Pdf

A gorgeous, groundbreaking survey of the evolution of the world’s renowned French ateliers, from the vision of their founding designers to those today who both preserve the signature iconographies and bring their own interpretations to bear on modern couture fashion. The world awaits Paris’s flawless fashion presentations year after year, just as the evolutionary arc of French fashion grows richer with each season and each new talent. The New French Couture identifies those fashion leaders whose long-standing ateliers have persevered, and whose current creative pioneers continue to reinvent the signature iconographies upon which each house was founded. Saint Laurent, Dior, Chanel, Lanvin, Givenchy, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, and Balenciaga have all made undeniable contributions to fashion, both historically and today, through their distinct and potent visions. With more than two hundred images by fashion’s top photographers, this beautifully designed volume provides an exclusive tour through the evolutions of these eight ateliers, revealing each brand via an encapsulated history of definitive looks and fashion moments. Fashion icon and blogger Leandra Medine contributes to an exposition that highlights designers who have carved out new visions for French luxury in the contemporary era, including Christian Lacroix, Jean Paul Gaultier, Céline, Rick Owens, Alexander McQueen, Hussein Chalayan, Azzedine Alaïa, Comme des Garçons, and Yohji Yamamoto, among others. The New French Couture is a comprehensive survey of the revolutionary creative talents who are bringing their genius to bear on the City of Light today via the ateliers that have defined and defended fashion for nearly a century.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1419323559

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Paris À la Mode. Haute Couture by Anonim Pdf

Author : Lou Taylor,Marie McLoughlin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2020-01-09
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781350000285

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Paris Fashion and World War Two by Lou Taylor,Marie McLoughlin Pdf

In 1939, fashion became an economic and symbolic sphere of great importance in France. Invasive textile legislation, rationing and threats from German and American couturiers were pushing the design and trade of Parisian style to its limits. It is widely accepted that French fashion was severely curtailed as a result, isolated from former foreign clients and deposed of its crown as global queen of fashion. This pioneering book offers a different story. Arguing that Paris retained its hold on the international haute couture industry right throughout WWII, eminent dress historians and curators come together to show that, amid political, economic and cultural traumas, Paris fashion remained very much alive under the Nazi occupation – and on an international level. Bringing exciting perspectives to challenge a familiar story and introducing new overseas trade links out of occupied France, this book takes us from the salons of renowned couturiers such as Edward Molyneux and Robert Piguet, French Vogue and Le Jardin des Modes and luxury Lyon silk factories, to Rio de Janeiro, Denmark and Switzerland, and the great American department stores of New York. Also comparing extravagant Paris occupation styles to austerity fashions of the UK and USA, parallel industrial and design developments highlight the unresolvable tension between luxury fashion and the everyday realities of wartime life. Showing that Paris strove to maintain world dominance as leader of couture through fashion journalism, photography and exported fashion forecasting, Paris Fashion and World War Two makes a significant contribution to the cultural history of fashion.

Author : Richard Harrison Martin,Harold Koda,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
Publisher : Metropolitan Museum of Art
Page : 120 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Costume
ISBN : 9780870997624

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Haute Couture : [exhibition held at] The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, [December 7, 1995 - March 24, 1996] by Richard Harrison Martin,Harold Koda,Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.) Pdf

Published to accompany an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute, December 1995-March 1996. A lovely presentation of designs that exemplify the rise of haute couture--that is, fashion driven by the artistic expression of the designer rather than by the dictates of clients. The thoroughly captioned selections represent the history of haute couture from its beginings in mid-19th century Paris to the present-day creations of major designers. Tailoring and dressmaking techniques as well as the decoration produced by embroiderers, beaders, lace makers, feather workers, and other craftspeople are discussed in the explanatory text. No bibliography. Distributed by Abrams. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : Claire Wilcox
Publisher : Victoria & Albert Museum
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Art
ISBN : UOM:39015073885520

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The Golden Age of Couture by Claire Wilcox Pdf

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 couture thrived and Paris enjoyed renown worldwide for the luxurious creations of designers such as Cristobal Balenciaga, Pierre Balmain and Hubert de Givenchy. While never competing with Paris in terms of glamour, London also proved itself a burgeoning fashion capital, boasting Savile Row, the undisputed home of bespoke tailoring, and prominent couturiers such as Charles Creed, Hardy Amies and Norman Hartnell, who dressed debutantes, aristocrats and the royal family.

Author : Edmond Charles-Roux,Herbert R. Lottman,Stanley Garfinkel
Publisher : Palmer/Pletsch Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Art
ISBN : 0935278567

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Théâtre de la Mode by Edmond Charles-Roux,Herbert R. Lottman,Stanley Garfinkel Pdf

Harnessing the romance of the world of fashion and high art, this fascinating story of a collection of miniature mannequins describes the birth of Théâtre de la Mode, the Theater of Fashion. Full of stars such as Robert Ricci (Nina Ricci's son), filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and other members of the 1944 haute couture industry, the story follows 237 miniature fashion dolls through their epic tour of Europe and North America, bringing fashion, elegance, and beauty into a war-torn world. Also included are new colour photographs of the mannequins, the reconstructed sets, and close-up details of clothing so sewers, designers, and fashion mavens can appreciate the creativity of Paris designers at the end of World War II.

Author : Colleen Hill
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Art
ISBN : 0300226071

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Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968 by Colleen Hill Pdf

"Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968 highlighted one of the most groundbreaking time periods in fashion history. While many books and exhibitions about this era position London as the center of innovative, youth-oriented design, this limited perspective overlooks the significant role that Paris continued to play in the fashion industry. Paris Refashioned, 1957-1968 examined the combined influence of French haute couture, ready-to-wear, and popular culture during this era, with particular emphasis on how fashion was perceived and promoted by the American fashion press. All objects on view were selected from The Museum at FIT's permanent collection of more than 50,000 objects"--Museum at FIT web site

Author : Véronique Pouillard
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-05-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780674259461

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Paris to New York by Véronique Pouillard Pdf

An innovative history of the fashion industry, focusing on the connections between Paris and New York, art and finance, and design and manufacturing. Fashion is one of the most dynamic industries in the world, with an annual retail value of $3 trillion and globally recognized icons like Coco Chanel, Christian Dior, and Yves Saint Laurent. How did this industry generate such economic and symbolic capital? Focusing on the roles of entrepreneurs, designers, and institutions in fashion’s two most important twentieth-century centers, Paris to New York tells the history of the industry as a negotiation between art and commerce. In the late nineteenth century, Paris-based firms set the tone for a global fashion culture nurtured by artistic visionaries. In the burgeoning New York industry, however, the focus was on mass production. American buyers, trend scouts, and designers crossed the Atlantic to attend couture openings, where they were inspired by, and often accused of counterfeiting, designs made in Paris. For their part, Paris couturiers traveled to New York to understand what American consumers wanted and to make deals with local manufacturers for whom they designed exclusive garments and accessories. The cooperation and competition between the two continents transformed the fashion industry in the early and mid-twentieth century, producing a hybrid of art and commodity. Véronique Pouillard shows how the Paris–New York connection gave way in the 1960s to a network of widely distributed design and manufacturing centers. Since then, fashion has diversified. Tastes are no longer set by elites alone, but come from the street and from countercultures, and the business of fashion has transformed into a global enterprise.

Author : Myra Walker,Meadows Museum,Texas Fashion Collection
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 192 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2006-01-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9780300121537

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Balenciaga and His Legacy by Myra Walker,Meadows Museum,Texas Fashion Collection Pdf

Overzicht van de creaties uit de Texas fashion collectie van de Spaanse modeontwerper (1895-1972).

Author : Palmer White
Publisher : White Lion Publishing
Page : 222 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Costume designers
ISBN : CORNELL:31924073857777

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Elsa Schiaparelli by Palmer White Pdf

Focuses on Schiaparelli's life from her time as a child in Rome, failed marriage and subsequent rise to fame as an innovative and daring designer.