Gabrielle Chanel: Fashion Manifesto
London, England: NGV / Thames & Hudson, 2021. Hardcover. cream, swiss-bound boards w/ bw illustration & black printing. 310j pgs w/ bw & color illustrations. VG (bumping to spine ends w/ creasing to upper spine edge. indentions to upper board edge. upper corners bumped & creased; blunt bumping to lower corners.). Item #190772
ISBN: 9780500025031
Remains a nice, bright copy. "Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel is an icon of fashion, and can lay claim to having invented the look of the 20th century. At the height of the Belle Époque, she stripped women of their corsets and feathers, bobbed their hair, put them in bathing suits and sent them out to get tanned in the sun. She introduced the little black dress; trousers for women; costume jewellery; the exquisitely comfortable suit that became her trademark. Early in the Roaring Twenties, Chanel made the first ever couture perfume - No. 5 - presenting it in the famous little square-cut flagon that, inspired by Picasso and Cubism, became the arch symbol of the Art Deco style. No. 5 remains the most popular scent ever created. This volume, published to accompany a major exhibition presented by the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in partnership with the Palais Galliera features specially commissioned photographs by Julien T. Hamon to showcase the clothing, while essays by fashion historians illuminate a period, an event or a theme."--WorldCat.
OCLC: 1294391416
Price: $65.00