Diana Vreeland Empress of Fashion
As an editor, curator and wit, Diana Vreeland made a lasting mark and remains an icon for generations of fashion lovers. During her 50-year reign as the 'empress of fashion', she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie O and coined some of fashion's most eloquent proverbs, such as the 'b...
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| Language: | English |
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London
Thames & Hudson
2013
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Add Tag | Summary: | As an editor, curator and wit, Diana Vreeland made a lasting mark and remains an icon for generations of fashion lovers. During her 50-year reign as the 'empress of fashion', she launched Twiggy, advised Jackie O and coined some of fashion's most eloquent proverbs, such as the 'bikini is the biggest thing since the atom bomb'. She aimed to instruct where possible, to delight, to give pleasure, to bring to the reader what interests her. In this book Amanda Mackenzie Stuart portrays a visionary who reinvented the way we think about. |
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| Physical Description: | 419 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates illustrations (black and white, and color) 24 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index |
| ISBN: | 9780500516812 |
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