Ward, Susan, Pamela A. Parmal, Didier Grumbach, Lauren Whitley — Fashion Show: Paris Style

Boston, MFA Publications, 2006. First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 4to 11" - 13" tall. A lavishly illustrated homage to Paris fashion shows, with essays by four theorists and historians about Parisian couture. Essays entitled "La Mode, Paris & the development of the French fashion industry"; "Haute couture & ready-to-wear, a recent history": "Fashion houses & designers." Considers the works of, among others, Azzedine Alaia, Hussein Chalayan, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, Martin Margiela, Rochas, Valentino, Vikotr & ROlf, and Yohji Yamamoto. A superior copy inside and out, being a sterling condition hardcover copy, with unbruised tips, tight binding, and clean internals, showing only very slight shelf- and edge-wear beyond a very slight forward cock to spine; not ex-library, with neither underlining nor highlighting anywhere. Bright and shiny dust jacket, paper-backed, illustrated, showing only very minor wear, protected by a plastic coat, dust jacket not being price-clipped. Gift-quality condition inside and out. [6], 7-221 pp.Member, I.O.B.A., C.B.A., and adherent to the highest ethical standards. . . . Fine/Fine,