Gruau

Edited by Joelle Chariau. Essay by Ulf Poschardt. Rene Gruau.

Schirmer/Mosel Munich. 1999. German and French language edition, with English translation loosely inserted. Hardback, large quarto; black cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 176 pages. Over 100 colour plates. German and French, with English translation. 360 x 275mm. 1.85kg. 9783888149429. Very good, in very good dust jacket; light pushing and wear to forecorners, slight yellowing to jacket, no inscriptions.

The best of Rene Gruau's fashion illustrations. Gruau's drawings of the New Look designs of Dior perfectly captured the chicness and lines of fifties fashion. Collected here are over 100 drawings from Gruau's fashion spreads for Vogue and Harpers Bazaar, and from his advertising campaigns for Dior and other designers.