Talking about Fashion by Christian Dior
DIOR, Christian. Talking about Fashion to Elie Ravourdin and Alice Chavane. London: Hutchinson, 1954.
First British Edition. A rare, beautiful and interesting book from the founder of one of the world's top fashion houses. Christian Dior tells the story of his rise to fame, and the labour of love behind his creations. With chapters including ‘The Collection is Born’, ‘The Show Begins’, ‘The Client’, ‘Strictly Business’ and ‘New Look at the Future’ this is a fascinating insider's account of the twentieth-century Parisian fashion world. The text is enhanced by plates of Dior fashion drawings.
100 pp, 8 plates on blue paper, reproducing Dior fashion drawings. 8vo (190x130mm), original cloth. Very good, in very attractive dust jacket; light shelf wear to jacket, light wear to fore-corners and spine, light fading to spine, short 1cm tear to lower edge of rear panel, price-clipped; light lean to spine, some small marks to spine and top edge.