Allure

$55.00 CAD

pp. 208, b/w photographs, gilt lettering on red cloth, publisher’s advertisement laid-in, “From the legendary Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, Diana Vreeland, comes this collection of work by some of the century’s greatest photographers, among them Horst, De Meyer, Avedon, Beaton, Penn, and Steichen, as well as the work of the paparazzito give shape to the culture of an era, and some of the celebrated personalities who set their imprint on it. Garbo, Nureyev, Callas, Queen Mary, Duchess of Windsor, and Josephine Baker are just a few of the luminaries whose presences in this book help define Diana Vreeland’s concept of allure. As fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar, editor in chief of Vogue and creator of dozens of famous exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, Diana Vreeland energized and inspired the world of fashion for 50 years. She died in 1989.”

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Book Information

ISBN 0821227890
ISBN13 9780821227893
Number of pages 208
Original Title Allure
Published Date 2002
Book Condition Very Good
Jacket Condition No Dj
Binding Hardcover
Size 4to
Place of Publication New York
Edition First Edition
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pp. 208, b/w photographs, gilt lettering on red cloth, publisher’s advertisement laid-in, “From the legendary Editor-in-Chief of Vogue, Diana Vreeland, comes this collection of work by some of the century’s greatest photographers, among them Horst, De Meyer, Avedon, Beaton, Penn, and Steichen, as well as the work of the paparazzito give shape to the culture of an era, and some of the celebrated personalities who set their imprint on it. Garbo, Nureyev, Callas, Queen Mary, Duchess of Windsor, and Josephine Baker are just a few of the luminaries whose presences in this book help define Diana Vreeland’s concept of allure. As fashion editor of Harper’s Bazaar, editor in chief of Vogue and creator of dozens of famous exhibits at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Costume Institute, Diana Vreeland energized and inspired the world of fashion for 50 years. She died in 1989.”

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Weight 2 kg