Research Catalog

Title

Haute couture / Richard Martin & Harold Koda.

Author

Martin, Richard (Richard Harrison)

Publication

New York : Metropolitan Museum of Art : Distributed by H.N. Abrams, c1995.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Koda, Harold.
• Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)
• Radcliffe College. Library, former owner. sch

Description

118 p. : col. ill.; 28 cm.

Summary

Published to accompany an exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum's Costume Institute, this appealing book provides a lively survey of the history of haute couture from its beginnings with the formation of the House of Worth in mid-nineteenth-century Paris to the present-day creations of fashion's major designers. One section of the book features a survey of designs that exemplify the rise of haute couture - that is, fashion driven by the artistic expression of the designer rather than by the dictates of clients - including garments such as Poiret's "sorbet" lampshade gown, Chanel's "little black dress," Dior's New Look, and Balenciaga's sack dress. Among the contemporary couturiers featured are Gianni Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, and Christian Lacroix. Most of the designs are in the permanent collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art and were photographed especially for this book. The authors have given special prominence to the highly specialized skills that are the foundation of haute couture. Chapters examine tailoring and dressmaking techniques as well as the intricate decoration produced by embroiderers, beaders, lace makers, feather workers, and other craftspeople on whom couturiers rely for unique expression of their ideas.

Subject

• Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.) > Exhibitions
• 1800-1999
• Costume > History > Exhibitions. > 19th century
• Costume > History > Exhibitions. > 20th century
• Costume > New York (State) > New York > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs
• History

Note

• "Issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 7, 1995-March 24, 1996"--T.p. verso.
• Includes index.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes index of designers: p117-118.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Foreword / Philippe de Montebello -- History -- Atelier -- Dressmaking -- Tailoring -- Technique -- Embrodery -- Lace and Tulle -- Featherwork.

ISBN

• 0870997610 (HC)
• 0870997629 (pbk. )
• 0810964961 (Abrams)

LCCN

^^^95045361^//r962

OCLC

• 33357725
• SCSB-12303453

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library