Product Description: This beautifully illustrated book is the first to examine the relationship between innovation and aesthetics as expressed by American couturiers and fashion designers from the late 1910s to the present day. The book, which accompanies a major exhibition at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, reveals that great design and great style were consistent elements in the work of American’s best fashion designers...read more

Product Description: One of the most exciting fashion designers in the United States, Cuban-born Isabel Toledo has been honored with a National Design Award from the Cooper- Hewitt Museum and a Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion, given by The Museum at FIT...read more

Product Description: Working quietly and without much public attention for more than 20 years, American fashion designer Ralph Rucci suddenly became a headline topic in 2002, when he was invited to show his collection at the haute couture in Paris—the first American to receive such an invitation since Mainbocher in the 1930s...read more

Product Description: The first comprehensive examination of the many overlaps and visual and intellectual principles that unite fashion and architecture.In recent years, the boundaries between architecture and fashion have become increasingly blurred, and this beautifully illustrated new book explores the intersections and concepts that underlie the two disciplines...read more

Product Description: As the creator of Jackie Kennedy's signature pillbox hat, the designer of choice for Liza Minelli and other sequined celebrities in the 1970s, and the inventor of a deceptively simple yet glamorous approach to women's sportswear, Halston (1932-1990) is recognized as a significant figure in fashion around the world...read more