Ginette Spanier discovered her talent for ‘selling very expensive things to very rich people’ at Fortnum and Mason in the 1930s. This uninhibited and amusing account takes her from hiding in occupied France to the world of haute couture, as Directrice of the House of Balmain from 1947 to 1976 and friend to stars of stage and screen including Laurence Olivier, Marlene Dietrich and Vivien Leigh.
First published in 1959, this book is part of the V&A Fashion Perspectives Series. Selected by V&A publishing in consultation with our world-leading fashion curators, the Fashion Perspectives series offers an access all areas pass to the glamorous world of fashion. Models, magazine editors and the designers themselves take readers behind the scenes at the likes of Balenciaga, Balmain, Chanel, Dior, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue in the golden age of couture.
First published in 1959, this book is part of the V&A Fashion Perspectives Series. Selected by V&A publishing in consultation with our world-leading fashion curators, the Fashion Perspectives series offers an access all areas pass to the glamorous world of fashion. Models, magazine editors and the designers themselves take readers behind the scenes at the likes of Balenciaga, Balmain, Chanel, Dior, Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue in the golden age of couture.
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Table des matières
Foreword by Noel Coward
How I came to write this book
1. Paris
2. London
3. Shop Girl
Book Two – Life on the Run
4. French Doctor’s Wife
5. The Unlovely Riviera
6. Notre-Dame de Bellecombe – a New Life
7. Better thank Chambery
8. With the German Army
9. The Ride Through German Lines
Book Three – Liberation
10. I Join the American Army
11. Leave in England
12. The Nuremberg Trial
Book Four – Out of War and into Couture
13. Pierre Balmain
14. Mannequins and Madness
15. To Sell or Not to Sell…
16. Customers and Criminals
17. Madame La Directrice
A propos de l’auteur
Ginette Spanier was Directrice of the House of Balmain from 1947 to 1976
Langue Anglais ● Format EPUB ● Pages 251 ● ISBN 9781851779208 ● Taille du fichier 1.8 MB ● Maison d’édition V&A Publishing ● Lieu London ● Publié 2017 ● Édition 1 ● Téléchargeable 24 mois ● Devise EUR ● ID 5393971 ● Protection contre la copie Adobe DRM
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