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Immediate dispatch from Somerset. Nice book in great condition. Pages in excellent condition. Images are beautiful bright and vivid. Very very slight tan to page edges not affecting content. No notes or highlighting. See images. Fantastic book.

About the book >.>.> Having started designing for women he soon involved himself with men’s clothes (1959); children’s followed (1966). Not content as many couturiers to draw upon the skills of outside accessory designers he finishes Cardin ensembles with hats bags shoes gloves stockings jewellery watches and even spectacles by Cardin – nothing escapes his attention. With a fiercely loyal. protective and close-knit team Monsieur Cardin directs his activities from headquarters in the Faubourg Saint-Honor?. With his Artistic Director and right hand man. Andr? Oliver he uses the haute couture activities as a laboratory for ideas. A tailor by training Cardin has complete mastery over the traditional materials of high fashion- luxurious wools silks linens and embroideries but he likes nothing better than the challenge of a newly developed man-made fibre. An adven- turous and ceaselessly questioning spirit pervades his every move and is clearly apparent in the diversity of the many thousands of couture garments and acces sories he has designed since 1950. After working for short periods in the houses of Paquin and Schiaparelli. Cardin joined Christian Dior in time to make a contribution to the controversial New Look collection of Spring 1947. In 1950 he established his own company and was soon heralded as the new young star of Paris couture. Towards the end of the decade he consolidated his position by producing collections remarkable for their extreme elegance. Press cuttings documenting his 1950s output reveal the Cardin look-streamlined tailored clothes with distinctive details which perfectly match the cool ‘hauteur’ of 1950s mannequins. (MP)