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Hailed as 'the most influential female designer of the twentieth century', Coco Chanel pioneered classic easy-to-wear fashion for the modern woman.She arrived on the fashion scene …
"I like looking at things from a different angle and questioning what is expected." – Jean Paul Gaultier This book tracks the stellar career of maverick designer Jean Paul Gaultier …
In 1947, Christian Dior stunned the fashion world with his first collection; his 'New Look' featured designs that transformed the way women dressed.Dior continued to send …
Armani's style is elegance and sensual simplicity incarnate. 'Few names in fashion conjure so distinctive a look,' said British Vogue. For Armani, design has always been about an …
Gianni Versace created a fashion house that, as British Vogue declared, defined late twentieth-century glamour, invented the supermodel and sanctioned in the public consciousness a …
The handsome, aristocratic Hubert de Givenchy blended the hallowed traditions of haute couture with a modern sensibility. For 40 years he focused always on purity of line, but …
A Vogue insiders’ view of the world of Elsa Schiaparelli.Shocking, witty and eccentric, the designs of Elsa Schiaparelli are among the most innovative and influential in the …
A Vogue insiders’ view of the world of Cristobal Balenciaga.This essential companion to the world of Cristobal Balenciaga takes you through two decades of designs; from …
This book reveals how Calvin Klein created a fashion brand that made understated, all-American glamour his own – at the same time as building a vast billion-dollar empire that …
A provocateur, radical thinker and instigator of the most important sartorial statements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Vivienne Westwood is a fearless nonconformist …