TY - BOOK AU - Wilcox Claire Ed. TI - Golden Age of Couture Paris and London 1947-57 SN - 9788511775217 U1 - 746.92 PY - 2008/// CY - London PB - V &A Publishing,London KW - Fashion History N2 - • List of Contributors • Acknowledgements • Foreword 1. INTRODUCTION ClaireWilcox 2. DIOR’S GOLDEN AGE The Renaissance of Couture ciaire wiicox The New Look Claire Wilcox 3. INSIDE PARIS HAUTE COUTURE Alexandra Palmer Jean Desses Sonnet Stanfill Jacques Fath Eleri Lynn 4. MATERIAL EVIDENCE London Couture 194 7—5 7 Amy de ia Haye Miss Viiyinia Lachasse Amy de la Haye John Cavanagh Amy de la Haye 5. PERFECT HARMONY Textile Manufacturers and Haute Couture 1947-57 Lesley EIHS Miner Embroidery ClaireWilcox 6. DIOR AND BALENCIAGA A Different Approach to the Body Catherine join-Di^terie Balenciaga: master tailor Lesley Ellis Miller 7. CECIL BEATON and his Anthology of Fashion Hugo Vickers Lady Alexandra Eleri Lynn 8. INTOXICATED ON IMAGES The Visual Culture of Couture Christopher Breward Richard Avedon Abraham Thomas Erwin Blumenfeld Abraham Thomas 9. THE LEGACY OF COUTURE ClaireWilcox ER -