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Balenciaga : shaping fashion / Lesley Ellis Miller.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: London : V&A Publishing, 2017Edition: Revised and expanded editionDescription: 191 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits ; 28 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781851779031
  • 1851779035
Subject(s):
Contents:
A Spaniard in Paris -- Between art and reality : chaquetillas, mantones and mantillas -- From cloth to collections -- Crafting couture : materials, techniques and tools -- Commercial culture. Hidden assets : Vendeuses, fashion editors and mannequins -- Clients and clothes. Fashion leaders : socialite, bluestocking and actress -- Legacies. Heirs and followers : disciple, apprentice and successor
Summary: Revered by his contemporaries and subsequent fashion designers, Christóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972) represented the pinnacle of haute couture in the 1950s and 60s. His exquisite craftsmanship and pioneering use of fabrics and cutting set the tone for the modernity of the late twentieth century. Known for his exceptional tailoring and glamourous clientele, including Grace Kelly, Jackie Kennedy, Pauline de Rothschild, Ava Gardner and Marlene Dietrich. Cristóbel Balenciaga remains one of the most celebrated yet enigmatic designers of all time. This fully revised and expanded edition offers a thorough examination of the couturier's designs and business practice, placing him firmly in the context of the time, and concludes with a new chapter and case studies exploring his legacy in detail. Lesley Ellis Miller is Senior Curator of Textiles in the Furniture, Textiles and Fashion Department at the V & A. She oversaw the new Europe 1600-1815 galleries at the Museum, and has published widely on the eighteen-century French silk industry.
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Book Book CGLAS Library Blue 746.92092 BAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 09019

First published by V&A Publishing in 2007. This revised and expanded edition is published to accompany the exhibition "Balenciaga : shaping fashion" held 27 May 2017 - 18 February 2018, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181) and index.

A Spaniard in Paris -- Between art and reality : chaquetillas, mantones and mantillas -- From cloth to collections -- Crafting couture : materials, techniques and tools -- Commercial culture. Hidden assets : Vendeuses, fashion editors and mannequins -- Clients and clothes. Fashion leaders : socialite, bluestocking and actress -- Legacies. Heirs and followers : disciple, apprentice and successor

Revered by his contemporaries and subsequent fashion designers, Christóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972) represented the pinnacle of haute couture in the 1950s and 60s. His exquisite craftsmanship and pioneering use of fabrics and cutting set the tone for the modernity of the late twentieth century. Known for his exceptional tailoring and glamourous clientele, including Grace Kelly, Jackie Kennedy, Pauline de Rothschild, Ava Gardner and Marlene Dietrich. Cristóbel Balenciaga remains one of the most celebrated yet enigmatic designers of all time. This fully revised and expanded edition offers a thorough examination of the couturier's designs and business practice, placing him firmly in the context of the time, and concludes with a new chapter and case studies exploring his legacy in detail. Lesley Ellis Miller is Senior Curator of Textiles in the Furniture, Textiles and Fashion Department at the V & A. She oversaw the new Europe 1600-1815 galleries at the Museum, and has published widely on the eighteen-century French silk industry.