The Master of Us All

The Master of Us All
Author: Mary Blume
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 230
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1466836067


Download The Master of Us All Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle

A sparkling life of the monumental fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga When Cristóbal Balenciaga died in 1972, the news hit the front page of The New York Times. One of the most innovative and admired figures in the history of haute couture, Balenciaga was, said Schiaparelli, “the only designer who dares do what he likes.” He was, said Christian Dior,“the master of us all.” But despite his extraordinary impact, Balenciaga was a man hidden from view. Unlike today’s celebrity designers, he saw to it that little was known about him, to the point that some French journalists wondered if he existed at all. Even his most notable and devoted clients—Marlene Dietrich, Barbara Hutton, a clutch of Rothschilds—never met him. But one woman knew Balenciaga very well indeed. The first person he hired when he opened his Paris house (then furnished with only a table and a stool) was Florette Chelot, who became his top vendeuse—as much an adviser as a saleswoman. She witnessed the spectacular success of his first collection, and they worked closely for more than thirty years, until 1968, when Balenciaga abruptly closed his house without telling any of his staff. Youth-oriented fashion was taking over, Paris was in upheaval, and the elder statesman wanted no part of it. In The Master of Us All , Mary Blume tells the remarkable story of the man and his house through the eyes of the woman who knew him best. Intimate and revealing, this is an unprecedented portrait of a designer whose vision transformed an industry but whose story has never been told until now.

The Master of Us All
Language: en
Pages: 230
Authors: Mary Blume
Categories: Biography & Autobiography
Type: BOOK - Published: 2013-02-05 - Publisher: Macmillan

GET EBOOK

A sparkling life of the monumental fashion designer Cristóbal Balenciaga When Cristóbal Balenciaga died in 1972, the news hit the front page of The New York T
Euler: The Master of Us All
Language: en
Pages: 185
Authors: William Dunham
Categories: Education
Type: BOOK - Published: 2020-07-29 - Publisher: American Mathematical Soc.

GET EBOOK

Recipient of the Mathematical Association of America's Beckenbach Book Prize in 2008! Leonhard Euler was one of the most prolific mathematicians that have ever
The Army and Navy Hymnal
Language: en
Pages: 168
Authors:
Categories: Hymns, English
Type: BOOK - Published: 1925 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK

Enslaved Women and the Art of Resistance in Antebellum America
Language: en
Pages: 295
Authors: R. Harrison
Categories: Religion
Type: BOOK - Published: 2009-09-28 - Publisher: Springer

GET EBOOK

Draws on mid-seventeenth to nineteenth-century slave narratives to describe oppression in the lives of enslaved African women. Investigates pre-colonial West an
The Expositor
Language: en
Pages: 492
Authors:
Categories:
Type: BOOK - Published: 1883 - Publisher:

GET EBOOK