London Couture and the Making of a Fashion Centre
By Michelle Jones
By Michelle Jones
Category: World History | Business | Design
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$30.00
Apr 12, 2022 | ISBN 9780262046572
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Table Of Contents
Introduction: London Couture–Design Collaboration, Networks and Narratives 1
1 London Launches a Mode: The Development of a Mayfair Couture 17
2 Made in England: Pre-War Collaboration and the Pursuit of the American Market 67
3 “Brisk Action on the Mayfair Front”: The War Years and the Creation of the Incorporated Society of London Fashion Designers 109
4 London Can Make It: The Post-War Reconstruction of a Fashion Centre 161
Conclusion: The “Top Ten”–The Most Exclusive Professional Body in Britain 221
Appendix 235
Archival Sources 239
Notes 247
Index 301
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