Research Catalog
Balenciaga : shaping fashion
- Title
- Balenciaga : shaping fashion / Lesley Ellis Miller.
- Author
- Miller, Lesley Ellis
- Publication
- London: V&A Publishing, 2017.
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Victoria and Albert Museum, host institution.
- Description
- 191 pages : illustrations (some colour), portraits; 28 cm
- Summary
- Revered by his contemporaries and subsequent fashion designers, Christóbal Balenciaga (1895-1972) represented the pinnacle of haute couture in the 1950s and 60s. His exquisite craftsmanship and pioneering use of fabrics and cutting set the tone for the modernity of the late twentieth century. Known for his exceptional tailoring and glamourous clientele, including Grace Kelly, Jackie Kennedy, Pauline de Rothschild, Ava Gardner and Marlene Dietrich. Cristóbel Balenciaga remains one of the most celebrated yet enigmatic designers of all time. This fully revised and expanded edition offers a thorough examination of the couturier's designs and business practice, placing him firmly in the context of the time, and concludes with a new chapter and case studies exploring his legacy in detail. Lesley Ellis Miller is Senior Curator of Textiles in the Furniture, Textiles and Fashion Department at the V&A. She oversaw the new Europe 1600-1815 galleries at the Museum, and has published widely on the eighteen-century French silk industry.
- Alternative Title
- Shaping fashion
- Subjects
- Fashion design
- Fashion designers
- Fashion and art
- 1900-1999
- Fashion and art > Exhibitions
- Spain
- Biography
- Fashion designers > Spain > Exhibitions
- Exhibition catalogs
- Balenciaga, Cristobal, 1895-1972
- France
- Fashion designers > Spain > Biography
- History
- Fashion design > France > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Fashion design > Spain > History > 20th century > Exhibitions
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Exhibition catalogs.
- History.
- Note
- First published by V&A Publishing in 2007. This revised and expanded edition is published to accompany the exhibition "Balenciaga : shaping fashion" held 27 May 2017 - 18 February 2018, at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181) and index.
- Call Number
- JQF 17-1342
- ISBN
- 9781851779031
- 1851779035
- LCCN
- 2016960602
- OCLC
- 987269574
- Author
- Miller, Lesley Ellis, author.
- Title
- Balenciaga : shaping fashion / Lesley Ellis Miller.
- Publisher
- London: V&A Publishing, 2017.
- Edition
- Revised and expanded edition.
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-181) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Added Author
- Victoria and Albert Museum, host institution.
- Research Call Number
- JQF 17-1342