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Title: Haute Couture by Richard Martin ISBN: 0-300-08625-3 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 1995 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.25 (4 reviews)
Rating: 3
Summary: Beautiful pictures, abysmal text
Comment: I could not agree more with the review by "Reader from Spain". I buy a LOT of costume/fashion books and hardly ever review them, but felt moved to do so for this book because the text is so dreadful. The photographs are stunning, as are the garments pictured, but the words are really quite atrocious (to steal a line from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!). The text is utterly pretentious and so badly written that I (an editor) checked several times to see whether it had been translated from a language other than English - it is that stilted. Obviously a book like this is bought mostly for the pictures, but the text is so disappointing.
Rating: 5
Summary: Another winner from the Met, Martin and Koda!
Comment: Another gorgeous book--I love the photography and the details you are shown. I love the fact that they cover the era from the 1890's right up to today and don't favor one era over another. An equally fabulous book by Richard Martin and Harold Koda is "Dior". They are both among my favorites.
Rating: 5
Summary: Contains excellent photographs- from Dior to present day.
Comment: It contains beautiful color photos of the couture garments design by the following houses: Balenciaga, Chanell, Dior, Jacques Fath, Gianfranco Fere, Hubert de Givenchy, Aliz Gres, Jacques Griffe, Christian Lacroix, Carl Lagerfeld, Jeanne Lanvin, Patou, Poiret, Saint Laurent, Schiaparelli, Ungaro, Versace, Madeleine Vionnet & the House of Worth.
The table of contents lists "History, Atelier, Dressmaking, Tailoring, Technique, Embroidery, Lace and Tulle and Featherwork.
I strongly recommend this book because it contains the works of many designers, and the photos of these beautiful creations are taken "up close".
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Title: Christian Dior by Richard Martin ISBN: 0300085850 Publisher: Yale University Press Pub. Date: 1996 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Chanel: The Couturiere at Work by Amy De LA Haye, Shelley Tobin ISBN: 0879516399 Publisher: Overlook Press Pub. Date: 02 October, 2001 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
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Title: Couture Sewing Techniques by Claire B. Shaeffer ISBN: 1561584975 Publisher: Taunton Press Pub. Date: 31 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli by Dilys E. Blum ISBN: 0300100663 Publisher: Yale Univ Pr Pub. Date: October, 2003 List Price(USD): $65.00 |
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Title: 20000 Years of Fashion by Francois Leon Louis Boucher, Yvonne Deslandres ISBN: 0810916932 Publisher: Harry N Abrams Pub. Date: 01 September, 1987 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
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