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Haute couture ateliers : the artisans of fashion /

By: Language: English Original language: French Publication details: New York : Vendome Press, 2014.Description: 287 p. : col. ill. ; 30 cmISBN:
  • 0865653178
  • 9780865653177
Uniform titles:
  • Métiers d'art de la mode. English
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • GT 1720 FAR
Contents:
Couture design: Oscar Carvallo -- Maurizio Galante -- Christophe Josse -- Stéphane Rolland -- Yiqing Yin.
Craft ateliers: Couture: Fanny Liautard (wedding dress and lingerie designer) -- Embroidery: Broderies Lanel - Régis Lièvre, Broderies Vermont - Léonard Cione -- Lace: Maison Sophie Hallette -- Weaving: Prelle, Manufacture des Soieries (silk factory) -- Textile design: Marion Chopineau (textile designer), Tzuri Guerta (textile and fashion accessories designer) -- Pleating: Gérard Lognon -- Feathers: Nelly Saunier -- Artificial flowers: Bruno Legeron -- Passementerie: Carlhian, Daniel & Thierry Gontard -- Leather: Serge Amoruso (leather craftsman, designer) -- Costume jewellery: Brigitte Bonnave (blown-glass jewellery and accessories), Michi Suzuki (blown-glass jewellery and accessories), Edgard Hamon (ornaments, jewellery, belts) -- Fans: Duvelleroy -- Perfume: Stéphanie de Bruijn (custom perfumes).
Summary: Behind the scenes at every great couture house is a skilled team of artisans who turn fashion dreams into reality. This illustrated book provides a tour of couture's backstage, inhabited by exceptional designers but also by lace makers, weavers, textile designers, pleaters, jewellers, fan makers, leather makers, embroiderers, passementerie makers, feather workers, and many other specialised craftspeople. Close-up photographs of the ateliers and fashion shows allow readers to follow the progress of work from sketchbook designs to the finished creations on the runway.
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Includes index.

Originally published in 2014 as Métiers d'art de la mode by Éditions du Chêne - Hachette Livre.

Couture design: Oscar Carvallo -- Maurizio Galante -- Christophe Josse -- Stéphane Rolland -- Yiqing Yin.

Craft ateliers: Couture: Fanny Liautard (wedding dress and lingerie designer) -- Embroidery: Broderies Lanel - Régis Lièvre, Broderies Vermont - Léonard Cione -- Lace: Maison Sophie Hallette -- Weaving: Prelle, Manufacture des Soieries (silk factory) -- Textile design: Marion Chopineau (textile designer), Tzuri Guerta (textile and fashion accessories designer) -- Pleating: Gérard Lognon -- Feathers: Nelly Saunier -- Artificial flowers: Bruno Legeron -- Passementerie: Carlhian, Daniel & Thierry Gontard -- Leather: Serge Amoruso (leather craftsman, designer) -- Costume jewellery: Brigitte Bonnave (blown-glass jewellery and accessories), Michi Suzuki (blown-glass jewellery and accessories), Edgard Hamon (ornaments, jewellery, belts) -- Fans: Duvelleroy -- Perfume: Stéphanie de Bruijn (custom perfumes).

Behind the scenes at every great couture house is a skilled team of artisans who turn fashion dreams into reality. This illustrated book provides a tour of couture's backstage, inhabited by exceptional designers but also by lace makers, weavers, textile designers, pleaters, jewellers, fan makers, leather makers, embroiderers, passementerie makers, feather workers, and many other specialised craftspeople. Close-up photographs of the ateliers and fashion shows allow readers to follow the progress of work from sketchbook designs to the finished creations on the runway.

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