Martine Sitbon
Subtitle: alternative vision
By: edited by Marc Ascoli & Martine Sitbon
Contributors: Ascoli, Marc, editor
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 301
ISBN-13: 9780847849383
Subjects: Criticism and interpretation; Biography; Fashion designers
Other titles: Alternative vision
Description: Martine Sitbon has become an icon among designers and fashionistas, earning her praise from Karl Lagerfeld as being "the only living French designer." Handpicked to breathe new life into Chloe in the mid-1980s, and the first woman to be named designer at the house, while simultaneously working on her own ready-to-wear label, Sitbon has been at the helm of high fashion for decades. Martine Sitbon, sumptuously designed by longtime collaborator Marc Ascoli, deftly illustrates the looks that have built Sitbon's reputation and shows how her style has made her not only a woman's designer, but a designer's designer, having spent years mentoring such respected tastemakers as Phoebe Philo and Isabel Marant. With never-before-seen sketches and photographs, this book allows readers to gain a better understanding of the designer's personal universe and inspirations that have until now been largely hidden from view.
Table of contents: title: Foreword / Marc Ascoli; title: Martine Sitbon, of dresses & dreams / Olivier Saillard; title: Martine & Moi, poetically punks / Angelo Flaccavento; title: A parallel universe / Frederic Sanchez; title: Independence days / Fabrice Paineau; title: The Rue de Mail episode / Fabrice Paineau.