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Explore the powerful impact that female fashion designers have had on interior design, from Coco Chanel's radical luxury in the interwar years to Mary Quant's mid-century 'youthquake revolution'.
This richly illustrated book documents an array of interiors commissioned by approximately 30 important clothing creators who, it shows, were influential beyond the realm of fashion too: From Jeanne Paquin, who experimented with Belle Époque interiors in grand salons and private homes to Jeanne Lavin, who established a celebrated interiors department in the interwar period, and the Baroness de Rothschild whose interiors as well as garments garnered a global following. Through this extraordinary cast of women, Patricia Mears demonstrates how female designers regularly used interior decoration to enhance their brands and enrich their personal lives.
From luxe, professionally-crafted couture salons and apartments to modest, self-decorated ateliers and homes, the spaces showcased by this book express the passion these female fashion creators devoted to their magical interiors.
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Introduction
Chapter 1: Modern Pioneers Who Redefined the Art of Living, 1890-1920
1. Jeanne Paquin: Queen of Fashion
2. Callot Soeurs: The First Family of Fashion
3. Louise Chéruit: The Eighteenth-Century Woman
4. Lucile, Lady Duff Gordon: International “It” Girl
Chapter 2: Golden Age Couturières and their Interiors, 1914-1940
1. Jenny Sacerdote: A Chatelaine and her Castle
2. Jeanne Lanvin: Dean of Fashion
3. Madeleine Vionnet: The Euclid of Fashion and her Temple
4. Louiseboulanger: Modernist Dressmaker
5. Jeanne Tachard: Modernist Modiste
6. Juliette Matthieu Lévy: Louche Luxury
7. Agnes Rittener: Millinery in a Lacquered Jewel Box
8. Elsa Schiaparelli: Art and Opulence
9. Coco Chanel: Radical Luxury
Chapter 3: American Couturieres and their Custom Interiors: 1920-1945
1. Hattie Carnegie: French Style in America
2. Jessie Franklin Turner: America's First Couturière
3. Elizabeth Hawes: The Incorrigible Brat of American Design
4. Muriel King: America's Fashion Artist
5. Pauline Fairfax Potter: American Blue Blood
6. Valentina Schlee: Fashion's Great Performer
7. Lilly Daché: America's Reigning Milliner
Chapter 4: Mid-Century International Interiors and Fashion: 1945-1975
1. Madame Grès: Modern Classicism
2. Carven: A Petite Couturière's Grand Style
3. Mollie Parnis: Billy Baldwin and American Decor
4. Pauline Trigère: Self-Crafted Interiors
5. Bonnie Cashin: Form and Function
6. Sybil Connolly: Irish Couture
7. Mary Quant: Youthquake Revolution
8. Mila Schön: Futurism, Italian Style
9. Biba by Barbara Hulanicki: The Most Beautiful Store in the World
10. Lilly Pulitzer: Palm Beach Preppy
Final Words
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| Published | 18 Feb 2027 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 256 |
| ISBN | 9781350530935 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Visual Arts |
| Illustrations | 180 bw & colour illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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