{"product_id":"9783836526708","title":"Fashion Designers A-Z","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFashion masterpieces: Defining designers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their most remarkable works\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cb\u003eAzzedine Alaïa\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eCristóbal Balenciaga\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eCoco Chanel\u003c\/b\u003e to \u003cb\u003eAlexander McQueen\u003c\/b\u003e, \u003cb\u003eYves Saint Laurent\u003c\/b\u003e, and \u003cb\u003eVivienne Westwood\u003c\/b\u003e, a century’s worth of fashion greats from the permanent collection of the \u003cb\u003eMuseum at the Fashion Institute of Technology\u003c\/b\u003e in New York City are celebrated in this fresh edition of \u003ci\u003eFashion Designers A–Z.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFormerly available as a limited Collector’s Edition only, this accessibly priced and updated new edition features photographs of \u003cb\u003eover 500 garments\u003c\/b\u003e selected from the Museum’s permanent collection. From an exquisitely embroidered velvet evening gown to Mondrian-style minimalist chic, each chosen piece is chosen not only for its beauty but for its representative value, distilling the \u003cb\u003eunique philosophy and aesthetics of each of the featured designers\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTexts by the museum’s curators explain why each designer is important in fashion history and what is special about the chosen garments. In her introductory essay, director and chief curator \u003cb\u003eValerie Steele\u003c\/b\u003e writes about \u003cb\u003ethe rise of the fashion museum, and the emergence of the fashion exhibition as a popular and controversial phenomenon\u003c\/b\u003e. Together with a foreword by Suzy Menkes, Steele’s writings also provide a history of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the world of fashion scholarship and museology.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eText in English, French, and German\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taschen America, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47037986406640,"sku":"9783836526708","price":70.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9783836526708_p0.jpg?v=1763759244","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9783836526708","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}