House of fashion : haute couture and the modern interior / Jess Berry.

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"Taking us from the early years of haute couture to the luxury fashion flagship stores of the present day, House of Fashion provides a full historical account of the interplay between fashion and the modern interior. Berry explores how the salon, the atelier, and the boutique have allowed fashion to...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Berry, Jess (Author)
Language:	English
Published:	London ; New York : Bloomsbury Visual Arts, Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2018.
Subjects:	Interior decoration > Themes, motives. Fashion and architecture. DESIGN / Fashion. DESIGN / Interior Decorating. DESIGN / History & Criticism. Frau. Haute couture. Identität. Interieur. Mode. Modeschöpfer. England. Frankreich. Italien.
Physical Description:	xiii, 213 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 25 cm
Format:	Book

Contents:

Introduction: The house of fashion
Fashion, modernity, and the interior
Setting the stage : salons of seduction
Private settings, public lives : defining artistic identity through the home
Architects of dress reform
Framing the modern woman : performing fashionable lifestyles
Behind the curtain : staging craft in the atelier during the golden age of couture
Decadent decors : designing desire through boutique display
Beyond modern : an overview of the relationship between fashion and the interior from the 1960s to the present.