Resultados da Pesquisa: in my fashion an intimate memoir por ballard bettina

1960 hardcover as pictured. Bettina Ballard's memoir of her time as Vogue's Paris editor during the years betwen the World Wars I and II and then later in New York. The glamorous tale includes anecdotes about a cast of characters including Coco Chanel, Schiaparelli, Balenciaga, Christian Dior and others.Binding is firm. Black cloth boards with purple stamping are faded at edges but show only light edge wear. Endpapers lightly tanned. Text appears clean and unmarked. Dust jacket is rubbed and scuffed with a number of small chips and tears. Your purchase helps support our small village library. s OE1

New York: David McKay Company Inc., 1960. Book. Illus. by Gruau. Good. Hardcover. Third Printing. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 312 pages. "In an entertaining, personal manner, Ballard re-creates the world she moved into as Vogue's editor in Paris in the 1930's. With her, the reader learns about the lives of the women who set the pace for elegance that the great couturiers matched with their creations. Here are the first-hand, behind-the-scenes descriptions of the fascinating ways in which the creations of famous design houses are presented to the public, stories of the adventures involved in fashion editing, the personal histories of famous artists, photographers, mannequins, and best-dressed women on two continents." - from dust jacket (not included). Contents clean and unmarked. Stamp-sized beige mark on front free endpaper where sticker removed. Minor moisture exposure to bottom edge of last few leaves and back fixed endpaper. Includes replica dust… Ler mais