$450
[199] pp.
Paris Musees, Adam Biro
1993
w/ publisher's slipcase
12 3/8" x 9 3/4"
Fine
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A comprehensive book on the French fashion designer Jacques Fath (1912-1954). Fath's couture house in Paris was ranked alongside Dior, Balenciaga and Balmain during the 1940s and 50s. This study of his life and work is filled with archival images and fashion photographs and drawings. The book contains a look at Fath's early life, the founding and running of the Fath fashion house, a chapter on his marriage and social life, and finally an analysis of the development of his fashion style and designs. The preface is provided by Givenchy, whose first job in the fashion world was in Fath's studio.
Jacques Fath (6 September 1912 in Maisons-Laffitte, France – 13 November 1954 in Paris, France) was a French fashion designer who was considered one of the three dominant influences on postwar haute couture, the others being Christian Dior and Pierre Balmain.