The Golden Age of Couture
Author | : Claire Wilcox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Fashion design |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Claire Wilcox |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 224 |
Release | : 2008 |
Genre | : Fashion design |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Claire Wilcox |
Publisher | : Victoria & Albert Museum |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
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 | : Claire Wilcox |
Publisher | : Victoria & Albert Museum |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-09-01 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 9781851775200 |
Overzicht in woord en beeld van de "Gouden Eeuw" van de haute couture, de periode 1947-1957.
Author | : Claire Wilcox |
Publisher | : Victoria & Albert Museum |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2007-09-01 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 9781851775200 |
Author | : Julian Robinson |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 1976 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : |
Author | : April Calahan |
Publisher | : National Geographic Books |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2015-11-24 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 0500239398 |
A celebration of the painstaking hand-stenciling technique known as pochoir, as it was used in luxury fashion publications of the early twentieth century The 1910s and 1920s witnessed an outpouring of luxury fashion publications that used a hand-stenciling technique known as pochoir (French for stencil). This highly refined, painterly technique, which consists of applying layers of gouache paint or watercolor to achieve bold blocks of saturated color, produced works of visual artistry previously unrivaled in the history of fashion illustration. Fashion and the Art of Pochoir presents a carefully curated selection of 300 of the most exceptional illustrations from albums produced by the leading French couturiers, as well as from high-end fashion magazines. Artists from Paul Iribe, Georges Lepape, and George Barbier to Umberto Brunelleschi, Eduardo Garcia Benito, and André E. Marty, these artists inaugurated the alliance between fashion and art with highly stylized depictions of the work of cutting edge designers such as Paul Poiret, Jeanne Lanvin, and Madeleine Vionnet, among others. Complete with biographical descriptions of the featured illustrators and fashion designers, Fashion and the Art of Pochoir celebrates the rare—and rarely seen—images that defined a short but magnificent golden age of fashion illustration.
Author | : Claire Wilcox |
Publisher | : Victoria & Albert Museum |
Total Pages | : 232 |
Release | : 2007 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : |
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 | : Frist Center for the Visual Arts (Nashville, Tenn.) |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 74 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : Fashion design |
ISBN | : |
Author | : |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 80 |
Release | : 2010 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9782551238927 |
Author | : Anne Zazzo |
Publisher | : Rizzoli Publications |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2013-02-05 |
Genre | : Design |
ISBN | : 2080201387 |
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.