Lanvin | 
| Author: Dean L. Merceron
Creators: Alber Elbaz, Harold Koda
Publisher: Rizzoli
Category: Book
List Price: $85.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 46876
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 370
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.4
Dimensions (in): 12.2 x 9.4 x 1.5
ISBN: 0847829537
Dewey Decimal Number: 746
EAN: 9780847829538
ASIN: 0847829537
Publication Date: October 23, 2007
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Condition: BRAND NEW
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Product Description
The House of Lanvin evolved from the creative force and remarkable energy of an extraordinary woman, Jeanne Lanvin. Her design career survived fifty-six successful and productive years. Lanvin is the oldest surviving couture house, in near-continuous existence from 1909 through the present day. Her body of work includes millinery, children’s wear, haute couture, fragrances, furs, lingerie, menswear, and interior design among others. The continuous public appeal and the youthful image of these couture creations are lasting aspects of Madame Lanvin’s career. At the heart of this book are key collections from 1909 through 1946, the year of Lanvin’s death. Original fashion illustrations, beading and embroidery swatches play a crucial role in demonstrating her intricate, creative, and innovative techniques. The house of Lanvin is currently experiencing a period of great acclaim, emerging as a darling of the press, Hollywood, and the larger fashion community. With the most modern of efforts, Alber Elbaz, the current design director, is drawing from the rich Lanvin tradition to create an award-winning collection that at once evokes, reveres, and reinvents the intentions of its founder.
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 GORGEOUSLY PRETTY April 10, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
PRETTY can have a negative connotation....but NOT here. Truly PRETTY PRETTY illustrations and clothes. Lanvin clearly very different from the other greats. Her clothes are,well, dare I say PRETTY in the very best sense. Lots of pics and a real delight to see her work in depth. I can't speak to the text because I buy books for the pics. Also, very little on the current designer. Almost all the book on the original Lanvin...which is to my liking. I must say some of the 'new guys' stuff is fun too though.
Don't Miss This Masterpiece February 6, 2008
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
This book makes the hair on the nape of my neck stand up. The research, the photographs, the interviews, the sketches - it's a masterpiece. If you don't have this book, run out and buy it.
 LANVIN January 7, 2008
4 out of 12 found this review helpful
THIS BOOK IS WELL RESEARCHED HOWEVER COMPARED TO SOME OF THE OTHER SIMULAR BOOKS I WAS A BIT DISAPOINTED IN IT. IT NEVER TOLD OF CASTILLO AND MYRL LANVIN ETC.
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