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About this product
Product Identifiers
PublisherAssouline
ISBN-102759401014
ISBN-139782759401017
eBay Product ID (ePID)59020641
Product Key Features
Book TitleLanvin
Number of Pages79 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication Year2007
TopicWomen, Fashion & Accessories, Social History, Women's Studies
IllustratorYes
GenreDesign, Social Science, Biography & Autobiography, History
AuthorElisabeth Barille
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height0.5 in
Item Weight13.2 Oz
Item Length8.8 in
Item Width6.5 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceTrade
SynopsisJeanne Lanvin, one of the great couturiers of the early twentieth century, gave up her careeer as a milliner when her clients began to demand copies of the dresses she had made for her younger sister and daughter. These youthful mother-and-daughter outfits made Lanvin famous. Her designs blurred the distinctions between women and young girls with fluid silhouette, flattering both a growing shape as well as one approaching middle age. Lanvin also created the very feminine and popular "robes de style" and romantic dresses. Her work is characterized by fine embroidery, superb craftsmanship, and harmonius colors-among them the "Lanvin blue," to which she gave her name.