"A sumptuous survey of vintage fashion and couture from the 1910s to today. " "Vintage Fashion and Couture: From Poiret to McQueen" tells the story of fashion through the work of its key design talents and the memorable women who have worn their designs. It explores designers' careers through a daz[...]

Belgian artist and designer Isabelle de Borchgrave has created exquisite paper dresses evoking high fashions from the courts of the Medici in the Renaissance to the legendary Fortuny silks of the early twentieth century. Their historical authenticity, combined with their startling realism, caused an[...]

"Haute Couture Ateliers" takes the reader on a tour of fashion's backstage, inhabited not only by exceptional designers but also by lace makers, weavers, textile finishers, pleaters, jewelers, feather workers, leather makers, embroiderers, and many other special-ized craftspeople. With painstaking a[...]

The fashion aesthetic of handsome, aristocratic Hubert de Givenchy combined the traditions of haute couture creative, luxurious, and perfectionist with a modern entrepreneurial sensibility. In a career spanning 40 years, he created the most glamorous of evening dresses, developed the influential sac[...]

Capturing Audrey Hepburn's timeless style and enduring appeal, this lavishly produced chronicle of a unique and glamorous life includes many never-before-seen pictures, in a mini-edition reissueFrom her captivating "Roman Holiday" appearance in 1953, Audrey Hepburn redefined notions of Hollywood ele[...]