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Product Description: Christian Dior (1905–1957) rocketed to fame with his first collection in 1947 when the “New Look” took the world by storm. This charming autobiography gives fascinating and detailed insight into the workings of a great fashion house, while revealing the private man behind the high-profile establishment...read more

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9781851778690 | Deluxe edition (Victoria & Albert Pubns, October 13, 2015), cover price $22.95 | About this edition: Christian Dior (1905–1957) rocketed to fame with his first collection in 1947 when the “New Look” took the world by storm.

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9781851775170 | Victoria & Albert Pubns, November 1, 2007, cover price $15.95

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9781566569767 | Interlink Pub Group Inc, August 7, 2014, cover price $45.00

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9781566560764 | Interlink Pub Group Inc, May 31, 2016, cover price $29.95

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By Michael Krass (introduced by)

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9780486799247 | Dover Pubns, September 16, 2015, cover price $24.95

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9780318045719, titled "Real Estate Profit Power" | Regal Amer Marketing Co, June 1, 1981, cover price $9.95 | also contains Real Estate Profit Power

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By Susan Brown (editor), Matteo de Leeuw-de-Monti (contributor), Matilda McQuaid (editor) and Petra Timmer (contributor)

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9780910503846, titled "Color Moves: Art & Fashion by Sonia Delaunay" | Cooper-Hewitt Museum of, May 31, 2011, cover price $35.00

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Product Description: While the classically inspired “Grecian” gown designed by Madame Alix Grès is widely recognized and admired, little else of the brilliant couturier’s life or work has received close attention. This book, by far the most detailed study yet published on this influential fashion designer, carefully analyzes Madame Grès’ innovative construction techniques and connects her designs to the art styles and movements that inspired and informed her aesthetic...read more

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9780300136920 | Yale Univ Pr, March 28, 2008, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: While the classically inspired “Grecian” gown designed by Madame Alix Grès is widely recognized and admired, little else of the brilliant couturier’s life or work has received close attention.

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By Claire Wilcox (editor)

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9781851775200 | Victoria & Albert Pubns, September 1, 2007, cover price $55.00

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A richly illustrated study of the revolutionary influence of the legendary couturiere on the world of fashion explores Chanel's revolutionary style and fashion innovations, offering a compelling overview of Chanel's career, her style, her workroom, and her role in the fashion world. Reprint.

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9780879515706 | Overlook Pr, January 1, 1995, cover price $35.00

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9780879516390 | Reissue edition (Overlook Pr, December 28, 2006), cover price $35.00 | About this edition: A richly illustrated study of the revolutionary influence of the legendary couturiere on the world of fashion explores Chanel's revolutionary style and fashion innovations, offering a compelling overview of Chanel's career, her style, her workroom, and her role in the fashion world.
9780756783167 | Diane Pub Co, August 30, 1996, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: For almost a century, the name Chanel has been inextricably linked to elegance, modernity, and fashion innovation.

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Intended for gift giving, an elegant, profusely illustrated album captures the glamor and style of the designs--and of the life--of Coco Chanel, one of the most influential names in twentieth-century fashion, in black-and-white photographs and text. (view table of contents)

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9780385488723 | Doubleday, November 1, 1998, cover price $35.00 | About this edition: Chronicles the life and career of the French designer, highlighting her innovative approach to design based on her knowledge of women and their clothing needs

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9780500015544 | Thames & Hudson, September 1, 1992, cover price $65.00

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9780500279335 | Thames & Hudson, May 1, 1997, cover price $34.95

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A behind-the-scenes look at the life and times of one of the fashion world's brightest stars details Saint Laurent's innovative collections, his multi-million-dollar fashion empire, and his turbulent private world of celebrities, glamour, drugs, and sex.

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9780385476454 | Bantam Dell Pub Group, January 1, 1997, cover price $27.50 | About this edition: Explores the life and career of the prominent French designer

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Offers a behind-the-scenes look at the fashion designer and his work, profiling the making of a fashion show from start to finish

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9780684832593 | Simon & Schuster, November 1, 1996, cover price $50.00 | About this edition: Offers a behind-the-scenes look at the fashion designer and his work, profiling the making of a fashion show from start to finish

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Product Description: “Balenciaga is fashion’s Picasso.”—Cecil BeatonMore than three decades after his death, the Spanish couturier Cristobal Balenciaga (1895–1972) has become a legendary figure in the history of 20th-century fashion. His name is now synonymous with clothes made to the highest standards and characterized by their sculptural quality, deft manipulation of textiles, and dramatic use of color...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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9780841913448 | Holmes & Meier Pub, November 1, 1993, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: “Balenciaga is fashion’s Picasso.

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Recounts the life of the turn-of-the century French designer and describes how he applied art nouveau, fauvism, and the other artistic movements of his day to the design of women's clothing

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9780841912793 | Holmes & Meier Pub, August 1, 1990, cover price $39.95 | About this edition: Recounts the life of the turn-of-the century French designer and describes how he applied art nouveau, fauvism, and the other artistic movements of his day to the design of women's clothing

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9780841912809 | Holmes & Meier Pub, August 1, 1990, cover price $25.95 | About this edition: Recounts the life of the turn-of-the century French designer and describes how he applied art nouveau, fauvism, and the other artistic movements of his day to the design of women's clothing

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Gives examples, and a brief history, of French fashion, postwar to 1987

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9780847811397 | Rizzoli Intl Pubns, August 1, 1989, cover price $29.95 | About this edition: Gives examples, and a brief history, of French fashion, postwar to 1987

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Traces the life of the Paris fashion designer, shows examples of his costumes, dresses, coats, hats, and shoes, and discusses his work with perfumes, textiles, and wallpapers

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9780847808021 | Rizzoli Intl Pubns, August 1, 1987, cover price $95.00 | About this edition: Traces the life of the Paris fashion designer, shows examples of his costumes, dresses, coats, hats, and shoes, and discusses his work with perfumes, textiles, and wallpapers

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9780318045719 | Regal Amer Marketing Co, June 1, 1981, cover price $9.95 | also contains History of International Fashion

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