Costume jewelry for haute couture

Reference & Research Book News, Feb, 2008

Costume jewelry for haute couture.

Muller, Florence. Ed. by Patrick Sigal.

Vendome Press

2007

271 pages

$75.00

Hardcover

NK4890

In this English-language version of a catalog of an exhibition (Les Paruriers. Bijoux de la Haute Couture) held at the Grand- Hornu Images from October 15-February 18, 2007, a French fashion historian shows that costume jewelry goes stunningly beyond stereotypes of the five-and-dime variety. Muller traces how this long-neglected craft influenced the creations of famous designers/couture houses from Coco Channel to Lanvin. The well- illustrated volume includes a good bibliography of books, periodicals, documents, and interviews. Sigal is a collector/owner of a Brussels gallery. Originally published by Grand Hornu Images/ Mercatorfonds, Brussels, in 2006.

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