Product Description: A celebration of the most glamorous era of the last century - the roaring twenties, proving that fashion in the jazz age went far beyond the flapper dress and the cloche hat. Published to coincide with the major Art Deco 1910-1939 exhibition at the V&A. The world of Hollywood and F. Scott Fitzgerald is conjured up by images from fashion magazines, posters and photographs, as well as pictures of stylish outfits for all occasions from the V&A's dress collection.
Amazon.com Review: Suzanne Lussier, an expert on French '20s and '30s fashion, is a curator in the Department of Textiles and Dress at the Victoria and Albert Museum. She lives in London.
A visually beautiful small book on Art Deco costume This book is not about Art Deco as an art movement, but rather instead concentrates on how the Art Deco ascetic impacted on fashion. The book gives you an overview of the background of Art Deco and then progresses through in sections with brief biographies of the better known fashion designers of the period including people such as: Poiret, Lanvin, Vionnet, Channel and the various Russian designers in Paris in the period. The emphasis is on Parisienne fashion rather than what was produced during the period in London or New York.
While only a small book this is nevertheless a lovely reference for fashion from c1912 to 1930. It is packed with images of costumes from various museums, reproductions of fashion plates and photos. If you love art deco fashion this book is a visual feast though it probably couldn't be used as a reference book because the depth of the designer biographies are only designed to give an introduction to the area.
Inspirational I don't like most of the clothes in stores these day so I make my own. I found this book inspirational in creating designs that flatter my "ultra-feminine" middle aged figure.
Cute little book This is a cute little book with excellent pictures, but it left me wanting more. Many chapters are only two facing pages, and I would have liked to have seen more examples of each of the subjects.
Art Deco Fashion I was very impressed with this publication. The illustrations were amazing. If you like art deco fashion and illustrations, then you will enjoy this book.
Art Deco Fashion This book would have been better titled Art Deco Fashion of the 1920s. If you are interested in the entire span of art deco fashion that includes the 1930s, this isn't the book for you. Although the inside jacket says it was written to coincide with a major exhibition Art Deco 1910-1939, the 30s are all but forgotten. If you are looking fr a book that covers fashion of the entire period, look elsewhere.
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