Valerie Mendes
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"This glamorous and informative book celebrates that extraordinary and enduring fashion phenomenon, the little black dress. From the feather-light ple
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ats of Fortuny early this century, to the deconstructed 1980s creations of Comme des Garçons, black has inspired designers the world over to produce some of their most exotic and seminal works. The black dress is a fashion essential that comes in many guises: smart day wear, chic and understated; flamboyant evening confections of lace and feathers, tulle, velvet, and satin; "street style" outfits that signify rebellion and youth. This book features a variety of innovators from Dior, Balmain, and Balenciaga to Armani, Calvin Klein, and Vivienne Westwood. Dramatic, specially commissioned photographs add panache to this stylish book. Fashion enthusiasts will be fascinated by the evolution of the black dress, from the elegance of the early twentieth century through the ground breaking, image-changing ideas that brought us the New Look, the sack, the mini, and avant-garde designs of the present decade. The lively text explodes a number of myths and provides a chronicle of twentieth-century fashion as seen from a single and compelling perspective." --
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