Haute couture / Richard Martin and Harold Koda.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Richard (Richard Harrison)

Contributor:

Koda, Harold.

Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.)

Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, N.Y.)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.)--Exhibitions.

Costume Institute (New York, N.Y.).

Costume--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Costume.

Costume--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Costume--New York (State)--New York--Exhibitions.

Fashion--History--19th century--Exhibitions.

Fashion.

Fashion--History--20th century--Exhibitions.

Fashion--New York (State)--New York--Exhibitions.

History.

Costume--History.

New York (State)--New York.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

New York : The Metropolitan Museum of Art : distributed by H.N. Abrams, [1995]

System Details:

Mode of Access: World Wide Web.

text file

Summary:

Published to accompany a major exhibition at The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, this appealing book provides a lively survey of the history of haute couture from the formation of the House of Worth in mid-19th-century Paris to the major designers of the present day.

Notes:

"This publication is issued in conjunction with an exhibition held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, December 7, 1995 - March 24, 1996"--T.p. verso.

"Unless otherwise indicated, the costumes illustrated in this publication are in the collection of the Costume Institute, the Metropolitan Museum of Art"--T.p. verso.

Includes index of designers (p. 117-118)

Exhibition title: Haute couture.

ISBN:

0870997610

0870997629

OCLC:

33357725