Jean Patou, A Fashionable Life 2013. Condition is good, rear of DJ, has a tear top of bottom, book would be very good if these weren't there, board covers very good,. Internally very clean, no writing, tears or creases. Sent Royal Mail Second Class

During the 1920s and 1930s the French couturier Jean Patou was Channels main rival day pyjamas, jersey sportswear, swimwear, and the little black dress were all among the innovative designs marking Patou's remarkable, yet tragically briel, career as the king of Parisian fashion. With his untimely death at forty-nine,  he had only fifteen years to make his mark on the history of couture, yet in that short time he amassed a colossal fortune, opened shops and studios in Paris, Deauville, Biarritz, and New York, and invented some of the world's legendary fragrances, including Joy and Que Sais-Je.

This book recounts the story of Patou's charmed life and career during the most glamorous years of the twentieth century. For the first time, the heirs of the Patou family have agreed to share their extensive private archives, and author Emmanuelle Polle spent more than two years reviewing thousands of unpublished documents:photographs, diaries, client lists, and original, hand-colored sketches. Signed by major names in fashion photography (Baron de Meyer,Laure Albin Guillot, or the Seeberger brothers), the vintage photographs presented alongside fashion designs,original fabric swatches, art deco furniture, perfume bottles, and garments photographed especially for this volume-retrace the universe of this extraordinary aesthete and adept of a certain minimalism. This book is an essential reference for anyone interested in the history of fashion andof the greatest years of Parisian style.

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