Lanvin

by Elisabeth Barillé and Elisabeth Barillé

Jeanne Lanvin, one of the great couturiers of the early twentieth century, gave up her careeer as a milliner when her clients began to demand copies of the dresses she had made for her younger sister and daughter. These youthful mother-and-daughter outfits made Lanvin famous. Her designs blurred the distinctions between women and young girls with fluid silhouette, flattering both a growing shape as well as one approaching middle age. Lanvin also created...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 2759401014
• ISBN13: 9782759401017
• Release Date: April 2007
• Publisher: Assouline
• Length: 79 Pages
• Weight: 0.86 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.5" x 8.7"