The killer detail
Subtitle: defining moments in fashion : sartorial icons from Cary Grant to Kate Moss
By: Francʹois Armanet, Elisabeth Quin ; foreword by Azzedine Alaia ; [translated from the French by Philippa Hurd]
Contributors: Quin, Elisabeth, author; Alaia, Azzedine, author of foreword; Hurd, Philippa, translator
Edition: English-language edition.
Publisher: Flammarion
Published: 2013
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9782080201539
Subjects: Clothing and dress; Fashion; Celebrities; Clothing; History
Description: Striking photographs of 120 influential 20th-century figures highlight a single sartorial detail that the stars wore first and subsequently redefined period fashion, from Marlene Dietrich's pantsuit and Kate Moss's skinny jeans to Liz Taylor's leopard-print swimsuit and Jimi Hendrix's military jacket. --Publisher's description.
Notes: Simultaneously published in France as: Le detail qui tue : petit precis de style, de Marcel Proust a Kate Moss.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-262) and index.
Table of contents: title: Headgear; title: The coat; title: The suit; title: The jacket; title: The dress; title: Sweaters and outerwear; title: Shirts and ties; title: Polos and t-shirts; title: Accessories; title: Skirts and pants; title: Undergarments; title: Footwear.