The hidden history of American fashion : rediscovering twentieth-century women designers / edited by Nancy Deihl.
This book is the first in-depth exploration of the revolutionary designers who defined American fashion in its emerging years and helped build an industry with global impact, yet who have been largely forgotten. While names such as Charles James, Oscar de la Renta, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein are...
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| Language: | English |
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London :
Bloomsbury Academic, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc,
2018.
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| Physical Description: | xvii, 251 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Hidden history of American fashion : rediscovering 20th-century women designers |
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Contents:
- Part one: Design innovators. Jessie Franklin Turner : an intimate affair / Jan Glier Reeder
- Virginia Woods Bellamy : the poet as knitter / Ann W. Braaten and Susan M. Strawn
- Tina Leser : global vision / April Calahan
- Sandra Garratt and modular clothing / Daniel James Cole
- Part two: Developing an industry. Marion McCoy and Pauline Fracchia : mid-twentieth-century originators / Jean L. Parsons and Sara B. Marcketti
- Fira Benenson : the people's countess / Michael Mamp
- Helen Lee and Suzanne Godart : chic for children / Jennifer Farley Gordon and Sara B. Marcketti
- Nicki "Catherine Scott" Ladany : Chicago's empress of fashion / Adam MacPharlain
- Jean Wright : the "real" Lilli Ann / Hannah Schiff
- Mollie Parnis : tastemaker / Annette Becker
- Elizabeth "Libby" Payne : designing for Mrs. Main Street America / Caroline A. Surrarrer and Catherine Amoroso Leslie
- Ruth Finley's "fashion calendar" / Natalie Nudell
- Part three: Hollywood, Broadway, and Seventh Avenue. Viola Dimmitt : Los Angeles entrepreneur / Shelly Foote
- Kiviette : star performer / Dilia Lopez-Gydosh
- Zelda Wynn Valdes : uptown modiste / Nancy Deihl
- Vicky Tiel : a couturière in Paris / Lourdes Font.