num_pages: 512
description: From the turbulence of the 1930s emerged the Golden Age of Glamour. Framed by two world-changing events  the economic crash of 1929 and the outbreak of the Second World War  the 1930s saw new looks emerge and thrive despite economic and social uncertainty. This was the decade of the bias cut the statement shoulder the puff sleeve the tea dress the fur shrug and the floor-length evening gown. It was also the era that saw Hollywood challenge Paris's fashion crown and its stars become fashion icons signalling a new grown-up direction in womenswear design. Packed with over 500 original photographs illustrations and sketches from the decade this is an essential guide for any fashion historian student or vintage enthusiast. These classic images have been selected from popular fashion publications of the day mail-order catalogues and Hollywood studio press shots including material from Chic Parisien Harper's Bazaar Sears La Femme Chic and film studios Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Paramount. Authored and edited by renowned design historian Charlotte Fiell this volume also contains an authoritative introduction by fashion historian Emmanuelle Dirix as well as the biographies of the key designers and fashion houses of the period.
language: English
title: 1930s Fashion Sourcebook: The Definitive Sourcebook
publisher: Welbeck Publishing