Inside haute couture
Subtitle: behind the scenes at the Paris ateliers
By: Désirée Sadek ;  [photographer] Guillaume de Laubier ; translation from the French by Molly Stevens
Contributors: Laubier, Guillaume de, photographer; Stevens, Molly (Translator), translator
Edition: Abrams edition.
Publisher: Harry N. Abrams
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9781419720208
Subjects: Fashion design; Fashion; Pictorial works; Fashion designers
Work titles: Maisons de haute couture
Description: "From Maison Chanel on rue Cambon to Jean Paul Gaultier on rue Saint-Martin, the history of French fashion is often closely tied to those of Parisian addresses. With exclusive photographs by Guillaume de Laubier and text by Désirée Sadek, Inside haute couture offers a private tour of 10 meccas of French fashion. From the splendor of VIP reception rooms to the privacy of sewing ateliers, the daily lives of the most renowned figures in haute couture are showcased alongside the skilled artisans and their stunning creations. This book is an unprecedented journey into a world often closed to the public, against a backdrop of an exceptional architectural heritage."--
Notes: "Published simultaneously in French as Maisons de Haute Couture by Éditions de La Martinière."--Colophon.

Includes bibliographical references (page 206).

Text in English translated from the French.
Table of contents: title: Behind the scenes; title: Chanel; title: Christian Dior; title: Jean Paul Gaultier; title: Alexis Mabille; title: Ralph & Russo; title: Stéphane Rolland; title: Elie Saab; title: Yves Saint Laurent; title: Franck Sorbier; title: Alexandre Vauthier; title: Haute Couture : a French standard of excellence.