Haute Couture [Hardcover]

Richard; Koda, Harold Martin (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 118 pages
• Publisher: Harry N. Abrams , Incorporated (1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0810964961
• ISBN-13: 978-0810964969
• Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 8.6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,244,885 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Contains excellent photographs- from Dior to present day., July 27, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Haute Couture (Hardcover)

It contains beautiful color photos of the couture garments design by the following houses: Balenciaga, Chanell, Dior, Jacques Fath, Gianfranco Fere, Hubert de Givenchy, Aliz Gres, Jacques Griffe, Christian Lacroix, Carl Lagerfeld, Jeanne Lanvin, Patou, Poiret, Saint Laurent, Schiaparelli, Ungaro, Versace, Madeleine Vionnet & the House of Worth.

The table of contents lists "History, Atelier, Dressmaking, Tailoring, Technique, Embroidery, Lace and Tulle and Featherwork.

I strongly recommend this book because it contains the works of many designers, and the photos of these beautiful creations are taken "up close".

22 of 25 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Enjoy the pictures; skip the text, June 29, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Haute Couture (Hardcover)

The clothes are superb and are very nicely photographed. In many cases, there are photos of fascinating details as well as a shot of the entire dress. But the prose is just as awful as the gowns are lovely. Not since Rex Reed got laughed off the pages of American periodicals have I encountered such pretentious and ignorant use of my native language. I would think that a major museum could afford a real writer.

13 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Beautiful pictures, abysmal text, May 25, 2002

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Kate Cole (London) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Haute Couture (Hardcover)

I could not agree more with the review by "Reader from Spain". I buy a LOT of costume/fashion books and hardly ever review them, but felt moved to do so for this book because the text is so dreadful. The photographs are stunning, as are the garments pictured, but the words are really quite atrocious (to steal a line from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!). The text is utterly pretentious and so badly written that I (an editor) checked several times to see whether it had been translated from a language other than English - it is that stilted. Obviously a book like this is bought mostly for the pictures, but the text is so disappointing.