| <p> if you could have only one dress, wouldn't you make it a black one? </p><p> glamorous or modest, seductive or practical, chic versatile, elegant, powerful, modern, never out of style, the black dress has been the foundation of a woman's wardrobe for centuries. the allure of the black dress has captured the imagination of generations of couturiers artists served as the signature of society's most enviably dressed women. </p><p><i>the black dress</i> is a lush visual celebration of this fashion classic. with an essay images ed by dr. valerie steele, director chief curator of the museum at the fashion institute of technology in new york city, this volume features page after uniquely designed page of some of the most compelling dresses in the history of fashion. the diverse imagery includes fine art, runway shots design sketches, stills from classic films vintage fashion plates, , above all, gorgeous evocations of the black dress from the world's greatest designers, illustrators, photographers. these include paintings by peter paul rubens, pierre-auguste renoir, edouard manet, john signer sargent; illustrations by georges barbier ruben toledo; iconic images of movie goddesses such as audrey hepburn rita hayworth. </p><p> the world's foremost fashion designers, from coco chanel to christian dior, yohji yamamoto to boudicca, are featured in full color throughout, their designs accompanied by quotes on black from writers, artists fashion personalities. extended captions at the back of the book provide details one ach dress its place in fashion history. </p> |
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