{"product_id":"vintage-fashion-and-couture-from-poiret-to-mcqueen","title":"Vintage Fashion and Couture: From Poiret to McQueen","description":"\u003cp\u003eA 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 dazzling range of clothes and accessories  and explains what makes each item so desirable and why it was so important for the fashion world. It describes the designers role among their contemporaries  and their influence on the world of fashion. The author  a world-renowned expert in vintage fashion  organizes the book by decade with each chapter focusing on a number of important designers and the most influential style icons. Fashion pieces are shown in color photographs with descriptive captions that include the current vintage price range  making it a practical resource for vintage shoppers. The designers and style icons in the book are: 1910s: Poiret  Lucille  Fortuny  Gallenga  Paquin  Liberty \u0026amp; Co. Style icon: Lillie Langtry 1920s: Patou  Lanvin  early Chanel. Style icon: Baba dErlanger 1930s: Schiaparelli  Molyneux  Mainbocher  Vionnet. Style icon: Duchess of Windsor 1940s: War \u0026amp; Fashion in Europe  the emergence of American designers  Diors New Look. Style icon: Lauren Bacall 1950s: Balmain  Balenciaga  the death of Dior and the emergence of Yves Saint Laurent  Chanels post-war look. Style icon: Grace Kelly 1960s: Mary Quant  the Boutique Movement  the Space Age comes to fashion  Pop and Op Art influences  Givenchy  Design in America. Style icons: Twiggy  Audrey Hepburn 1970s: Biba  Ossie Clark \u0026amp; Celia Birtwell  Yves Saint Laurent  the birth of Rive Gauche. Style icon: Bianca Jagger 1980s: Valentino  Body Map  Roberto Capucci  Azzedine Alaa  John Galliano  Mugler  Vivienne Westwood  Comme des Garons. Style icon: Princess Diana 1990s: Jean Paul Gaultier  Versace  Martin Margiela  Junya Watanabe  Bodycon  Antony Price. Style icon: Kate Moss The New Century: Alexander McQueen  Christopher Kane. Style icon: Daphne Guinness.  The final section  Buying Vintage  is an inside look in which the author  a world leader in vintage fashion  reveals how and where to buy the best vintage pieces  as well as how to spot fakes and forgeries.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44968067956789,"sku":"ByrdShop_177085262X","price":159.29,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781770852624.jpg?v=1770645712","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/vintage-fashion-and-couture-from-poiret-to-mcqueen","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}