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Iconic Dresses : 25 Moments in Twentieth Century Fashion by William Banks-Blaney (2015, Hardcover)

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Through his selection of 25 iconic vintage dresses, William Banks-Blaney tells the history of twentieth-century couture, the fashion designers who created the dresses and the women who wore them. Each dress is examined for its design and construction, its cut and embellishments, in order to evaluate the artistry of the couturier. With exquisite photography of arguably the finest examples of each of these landmark designers, and bolstered by fashion plates contemporary to the selected pieces, Iconic Dresses is the distillation of the knowledge and skill that William employs every day when fitting the worlds most beautiful dresses to todays women.

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PublisherQUADRILLE Publishing, The Limited

ISBN-101849496706

ISBN-139781849496704

eBay Product ID (ePID)210309752

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Book TitleIconic Dresses : 25 Moments in Twentieth Century Fashion

Number of Pages192 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicFashion & Accessories

Publication Year2015

GenreDesign

AuthorWilliam Banks-Blaney

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.9 in

Item Weight42.7 Oz

Item Length11.2 in

Item Width8.8 in

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Reviews"The great couturiers of yore-Fortuny, Chanel, Lanvin, Vionnet, and Balenciaga, to name a few-are best known for their groundbreaking dress designs. Many of these designs still exist in the rarefied world of vintage couture. Banks-Blaney is an expert in this milieu, and the owner of a London store that houses some of these treasures. This book is a celebration of the 25 dresses that the author considers the most important ever made, as well as those contemporary designers most stylistically influenced by them. The photographs are breathtaking, with the frocks elegantly modeled by celebrities and mannequins. Each chapter covers both the garment and its designer, which for the most part works as an organizing principle until some designers are revisited later in their careers. The two chapters on Yves Saint Laurent, for example, are redundant. Still, Banks-Blaney's knowledge and enthusiasm are contagious, and anyone with an appreciation for couture will relish the sight of Chanel's "Ribbon Dress" from 1924, a black silk georgette confection that "sways rather than floats... and has within it an intense body-skimming eroticism and sense of imminent reveal." Color photos. (Oct.)" - Publishers Weekly -- -, "The great couturiers of yore-Fortuny, Chanel, Lanvin, Vionnet, and Balenciaga, to name a few-are best known for their groundbreaking dress designs. Many of these designs still exist in the rarefied world of vintage couture. Banks-Blaney is an expert in this milieu, and the owner of a London store that houses some of these treasures. This book is a celebration of the 25 dresses that the author considers the most important ever made, as well as those contemporary designers most stylistically influenced by them. The photographs are breathtaking, with the frocks elegantly modeled by celebrities and mannequins. Each chapter covers both the garment and its designer, which for the most part works as an organizing principle until some designers are revisited later in their careers. The two chapters on Yves Saint Laurent, for example, are redundant. Still, Banks-Blaney's knowledge and enthusiasm are contagious, and anyone with an appreciation for couture will relish the sight of Chanel's "Ribbon Dress" from 1924, a black silk georgette confection that "sways rather than floats... and has within it an intense body-skimming eroticism and sense of imminent reveal." Color photos. (Oct.)" - Publishers Weekly

SynopsisThrough his selection of 25 iconic vintage dresses, William Banks-Blaney tells the history of twentieth-century couture, the fashion designers who created the dresses and the women who wore them. Each dress is examined for its design and construction, its cut and embellishments, in order to evaluate the artistry of the couturier. With exquisite photography of arguably the finest examples of each of these landmark designers, and bolstered by fashion plates contemporary to the selected pieces, Iconic Dresses is the distillation of the knowledge and skill that William employs every day when fitting the world's most beautiful dresses to today's women.