Explores the inspiration behind some of this internationally known fashion designer's most famous creations, from his skirt for men, to Madonna's cone-shaped bustier

Product Description: The exclusive French periodical Gazette du Bon Ton was published in Paris to showcase the latest women's fashions. A selection of the original pochoir print illustrations made for this magazine between 1920 and 1922 are presented in this book...read more

Product Description: Designer Elsa Schiaparelli remains one of the most extraordinary figures of the fashion world between the wars. Her eccentricity and wit, and the surrealist and baroque influences in her work, have often placed her in opposition to Chanel, her great rival...read more

Product Description: Women's fashions of the 1920s continue to fascinate artists, couturiers, and students of fashion, who will welcome this treasury of French designs from that dazzling era. Carefully selected from rare issues of the famed French periodical La Vie Parisienne, over 630 royalty-free illustrations comprise a pictorial display of sophisticated couture embodying the seductive chic of the liberated woman...read more