Overview

This is your invitation to the front row. Spanning over seven decades and 300 shows, this beautiful book tells the story of the high fashion catwalk. Through this inspirational collection of fashion show invites and tales from fashion week, curator and fashion writer Iain R Webb opens a window into the world's most exclusive fashion houses. Whether it's dreamy romance at Givenchy, cutting-edge modernity at Alexander McQueen, floral drama at Valentino, vintage-inspired fun at Kenzo or heartfelt emotion at Yves Saint Laurent's final haute couture show, the unique themes and styles that have graced the runway in the past 50 years are gloriously curated and described in The Fashion Show. From understated presentation to melodramatic performance, this stylish archive is your passport to the international fashion collections.

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Author:   Iain R Webb
Publisher:   Headline Publishing Group
Imprint:   Welbeck
Dimensions:   Width: 24.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 28.60cm
Weight:   1.780kg
ISBN:  

9781802790832

ISBN 10:   1802790837
Pages:   320
Publication Date:   17 March 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Table of Contents

Designers featured include: Calvin Klein - Valentino - Givenchy - Yves Saint Laurent - Sonia Rykiel - Alexander McQueen - Missoni - John Rocha - Chanel - Michael Kors - Christian Lacroix - Ashish - Jean Paul Gaultier - Miu Miu - Issey Miyake - Gareth Pugh - Maison Martin Margiela - Vivienne Westwood - Dior and Roksanda Ilincic.

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Iain R Webb is an award-winning writer, curator and academic. He is Professor of Fashion & Design at Kingston School of Art and an associate lecturer at Central Saint Martins and Bath Spa University. He has been fashion editor of BLITZ, the Evening Standard, Harpers & Queen, The Times, Elle and Vogue Russia, and has also written for the New York Times and New Musical Express. He is author of Bill Gibb: Fashion and Fantasy, Postcards from the Edge of the Catwalk, As Seen in BLITZ, Vogue Colouring Book, John Galliano for Dior and Rebel Stylist, among others.

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