MADAME GRES: Sphinx of Fashion
by Mears, Patricia
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- Fine
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0300136927
- ISBN 13
- 9780300136920
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Rougemont, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2007. 1st edition. Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. 1st edition, 2007. Near Fine. 4to., 171 pp., with full color and black & white illustrations. Bound in publishers blue cloth with illustrated dust jacket. Small dent near spine on front dust jacket cover, slight edge wear, interior is clean and unmarked. Dust jacket now protected in mylar sleeve. Madame Grès (30 November 1903- 24 November 1993) born Germaine Émilie Krebs, also known as Alix Barton, was a leading French couturier of her generation and costume designer. She founded the former haute couture fashion house "Grès" as well as the associated perfume house "Parfums Grès" which still exists today in Switzerland. Remembered as the "Sphinx of Fashion", Grès was notoriously secretive about her personal life and was seen as a workaholic with a furious attention to detail, therefore she preferred to let her work do the talking. Called the "master of the wrapped and draped dress" and "queen of drapery",[2] Grès is best known for her floor-length draped Grecian goddess gowns. - Wiki.
Synopsis
"In association with the Fashion Institute of Technology New York." Includes bibliographical references (p. 170-172).
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- Bookseller
- Frey Fine Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 26289
- Title
- MADAME GRES: Sphinx of Fashion
- Author
- Mears, Patricia
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0300136927
- ISBN 13
- 9780300136920
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Place of Publication
- New Haven and London
- Date Published
- 2007
- LCCN
- 2007031687
- Keywords
- couture, fashion, evening gowns, caftan
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