French Art Deco Fashions: In Pochoir Prints from the 1920s (Schiffer Design Books) [Hardcover]

Alison Levie (Translator)

Book Description

Publication Date: July 2007 | Series: Schiffer Design Books

French pochoir prints from the glorious Art Deco era present women's fashion designs in their most original era. Chosen from the period 1924 to 1931, this clothing was revolutionary and has been the epitome of haute couture designers ever since. The most famous clothing designers of the time are represented abundantly, including Charles Worth, Jean Patou, Paul Poiret, Lucien Lelong, Joseph Paquin and many others. The hand printed illustrations are each little masterpieces, often admired and collected themselves for their fine details and originality.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 176 pages
• Publisher: Schiffer Publishing (July 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0764304747
• ISBN-13: 978-0764304743
• Product Dimensions: 12.1 x 8.7 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,261,542 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing book on Deco Fashion and prints, June 5, 2007

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This review is from: French Art Deco Fashions: In Pochoir Prints from the 1920s (Schiffer Design Books) (Hardcover)

I bought this book in the hope that it would have some good illustrations and information about Art Deco Pochoir fashion prints. However, the book seems to be an English translation of a period French fashion book illustrated with Deco fashion illustrations and period descriptions of what people should be wearing.

If you want to get a "feel" for the fashion descriptions of the period then this book is for you. If you want to know more about the Pochoir printing process, the introduction has a very good description, but the contents of the book itself adds no new information. It's a pretty to look at book, but shows neither the best of the fashions of the period nor provides any real useful information for people interested in either costume or graphic arts.