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020 $a9781849495530 (hbk.) :$cNT$700
040 $aTWTNM$beng$dTWTNM
050 4$aTT505.V4$bS56 2015
082 04$a746.92092$222
100 1 $aSinclair, Charlotte,$eauthor.
245 10$aVogue on Gianni Versace /$cCharlotte Sinclair.
246 30$aGianni Versace.
260 $aLondon :$bQuadrille Publishing,$c[2015].
300 $a158 p. :$bill. (chiefly color), portraits ;$c22 cm.
490 1 $aVogue on.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (page 158) and index.
520 $aGianni Versace created a fashion house that, as Vogue declared, defined late twentieth-century glamour, invented the supermodel and sanctioned in the public consciousness a supremely self-assured feminine sexuality.' His debut line in 1978 was instantly successful; in the Eighties, his extravagant designs and his vision of powerful women defined the era, and culminated in the Nineties with the supermodel phenomenon - his designs worn by those glamazons who featured onevery Vogue cover. Vogue on Gianni Versace explores how his childhood spent in his mother's dressmaker's shops, his Italian hometown of Reggio Calabria, and his family, particularly his younger sister, Donatella, influenced not only the designer he became - the insistent sensuality, vivid colours, classical motifs, clashing prints and daring cuts - but also the way he constructed his business: family first. The book reveals how the more brazen elements of his design - the jewelled embroidery, the bondage straps, the safety-pin gowns - were predicated on supremely skilled tailoring, deft use of materials and innovative techniques. Alongside are Vogue's eye-witness accounts of the Versace lifestyle - the palazzos and parties, the art, the celebrity friends. Vogue on Gianni Versace is a celebration of a designer and a house that, in only 19 years, came to dominate the catwalk and the red carpet.
600 10$aVersace, Gianni.
650 0$aFashion designers$zItaly$vBiography.
830 0$aVogue on.