Screen LibraryMadame Grès : sculptural fashion /
Accompanies an exhibition at the MoMu Fashion Museum, Province of Antwerp from September - February 2013. A remarkable couturier, with a career spanning half a century, Madame Alix Grès (1903-1993) was known for using delicate pleats which turned ordinary fabric into Grecian-style. This is the first...
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Hannibal Publishing,
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| Publisher Address: | [Netherlands] : |
| Publication Dates: | [2011] |
| Literature type: | Book |
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English French Dutch |
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Accompanies an exhibition at the MoMu Fashion Museum, Province of Antwerp from September - February 2013. A remarkable couturier, with a career spanning half a century, Madame Alix Grès (1903-1993) was known for using delicate pleats which turned ordinary fabric into Grecian-style. This is the first monograph of her extraordinary work. Madame Grès launched her design house under the name Grès in Paris in 1942. Formally trained as a sculptress, she produced haute couture designs for an array of fashionable women ... |
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"MoMu welcomes and recomposes the retrospective of Madame Grès from Musée Galliera, Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris, which was presented in 2011 at the Musée Bourdelle in Paris"--Page facing t.p. "This exhibition has been organized by the Executive Board of the Council of the Provence of Antwerp"--P. 214. Texts by Didier Grumbach, Kaat Debo, Olivier Saillard, Laurent Cotta, and Alexandre Samson. |
| Carrier Form: | 216 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: |
9789491376276 : 9491376276 |
| Index Number: | TT505 |
| CLC: | TS941.745.65-09 |
| Call Number: | TS941.745.65-09/G831 |
| Contents: | Foreword / Didier Grumbach -- Introduction / Kaat Debo and Olivier Saillard -- Madame Grès : couture at work / Olivier Saillard -- Couture studio -- Photo studio -- The œuvre of Madame Grès : a story of sculpture / Laurent Cotta -- Drawings -- Biography 1903-1993 / Alexandre Samson |