Madeleine Vionnet

Jacqueline Demornex. Preface by Madeleine Chapsal. Photographs by Patricia Canino.

Thames and Hudson. London. 1991. English language edition. First published in French in 1990. Hardback, quarto; black cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 307 pages. With 350 illustrations, including 100 in colour. English. 330 x 255mm. 2.4kg. 9780500236246. Good, in very good dust jacket; light wear to boards, light knock to base of spine, light foxing to edges, some spotting to first and last few pages, previous owner's name to first page; slight surface wear to jacket.

A key work on the life and designs of the French designer Madeleine Vionnet. The book covers the whole of Vionnet's life and career. It discusses her development as a designer and her use of the bias cut and other forward-looking techniques to create the finest modern couture garments. She dressed and influenced many. All this is discussed through the text and many images.