Balenciaga and His Legacy: Haute Couture from the Texas Fashion Collection
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| Издатель | | Yale University Press |
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Содержание:
Рождественское чудо, Небесный сахар, Любимая игрушка, Царский офицер, Глашина копилка, Крест в огне не горит
Описание:
Born in 1895 in a remote fishing village in Spain, CristA?bal Balenciaga learned sewing and tailoring at his mother’s knee. By 1937, the talented and persistent young man had opened his own design salon in Paris, and in the years following World War II he emerged as a designer to be reckoned with in the world of haute couture . The House of Balenciaga grew to serve an international clientele from locations in Paris, Madrid, and Barcelona, and from 1937 to its closing in 1968 created some of the most outstanding and innovative examples of French and Spanish haute couture of the era. This beautifully illustrated book presents nearly 70 Balenciaga creations for day and evening, along with 25 hats, from the extraordinary archives of the Texas Fashion Collection of the University of North Texas. The book also includes striking fashion photographs from Vogue magazine and Harper’s Bazaar by Richard Avedon and Louise Dahl-Wolfe. A series of essays...Похожие книги
