In My Fashion: An Intimate Memoir About the People, Places, and Events That Make Up the World of High Fashion
by Ballard, Bettina
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- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Ladysmith, British Columbia, Canada
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About This Item
New York: David McKay Company Inc., 1960. Book. Illus. by Gruau. Good. Hardcover. Third Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 312 pages. "In an entertaining, personal manner, Ballard re-creates the world she moved into as Vogue's editor in Paris in the 1930's. With her, the reader learns about the lives of the women who set the pace for elegance that the great couturiers matched with their creations. Here are the first-hand, behind-the-scenes descriptions of the fascinating ways in which the creations of famous design houses are presented to the public, stories of the adventures involved in fashion editing, the personal histories of famous artists, photographers, mannequins, and best-dressed women on two continents." - from dust jacket (not included). Contents clean and unmarked. Stamp-sized beige mark on front free endpaper where sticker removed. Minor moisture exposure to bottom edge of last few leaves and back fixed endpaper. Includes replica dust jacket preserved in archival-grade Brodart. A sound third printing copy of this fascinating historical fashion memoir..
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 464H1790
- Title
- In My Fashion: An Intimate Memoir About the People, Places, and Events That Make Up the World of High Fashion
- Author
- Ballard, Bettina
- Illustrator
- Gruau
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Third Printing
- Publisher
- David McKay Company Inc.
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1960
- Keywords
- Ballard, Bettina Fashion United States Biography Coco Chanel Vogue Magazine Editor Paris Schiaparelli Mainbocher Cristobal Balenciaga Red Cross Christian Dior Designers Christian Berard Cecil Beaton Scaasi Galanos
- Bookseller catalogs
- Biography;
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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