Description
The first illustrated monograph devoted to the historical past of the Area of Value, the arena’s pioneering high fashion label
Arriving in Paris in 1845, on the age of twenty and with just a few francs in his pocket, Charles Frederick Value could pass directly to construct essentially the most outstanding, cutting edge, and a hit model Area of the century. He was once impressed through a love of good artwork, sumptuous materials, and his imaginative and prescient of the feminine perfect, and was once the primary to got down to dictate new types and silhouettes to his elite clients― now not the wrong way round. He hosted them in his rue de los angeles Paix salons, which incorporated groundbreaking sports wear and maternity departments in addition to silk, velvet, and brocade rooms, and a distinct salon with closed shutters and fuel lights designed to permit shoppers to check out on ball robes in lights prerequisites exactly matched to these of the development at which they might be worn.
Organized chronologically and illustrated with hanging ensembles, {artwork work|paintings}, and files sourced from each non-public circle of relatives documents and the most efficient model collections from museums world wide, The Area of Worth is an inspiring tribute to the home that began all of it.
500+ illustrations in colour and black and white
