"Vionnet" 1998 KIRKE, Betty
$350
KIRKE, Betty
[243] pp.
Kyuryudo Art Publishing Co., Ltd.
1998
14 3/8" x 10 1/2"
Preface by Jacque Griffe. Issey Miyake wrote the Preface for the Japanese text and facilitated the later English edition in 1998. Lovely reproductions of photographs by Irving Penn, Robert Freson, Edward Steichen, Man Ray, Cecil Beaton, Andre Durst, and Horst P. Horst, among others. Modern detail photographs celebrate the clothes and bring you close to the garments. Vionnet is most famous for inventing the bias cut and transforming women's fashion in the 1920s. The text also explores her enigmatic biography.
[243] pp.
Kyuryudo Art Publishing Co., Ltd.
1998
14 3/8" x 10 1/2"
Preface by Jacque Griffe. Issey Miyake wrote the Preface for the Japanese text and facilitated the later English edition in 1998. Lovely reproductions of photographs by Irving Penn, Robert Freson, Edward Steichen, Man Ray, Cecil Beaton, Andre Durst, and Horst P. Horst, among others. Modern detail photographs celebrate the clothes and bring you close to the garments. Vionnet is most famous for inventing the bias cut and transforming women's fashion in the 1920s. The text also explores her enigmatic biography.