Greta Garbo
Subtitle: the mystery of style
By: edited by Stefania Ricci ; translations Emily Ligniti
Contributors: Museo Salvatore Ferragamo (Florence, Italy)
Edition: 1st edition.
Publisher: Skira; Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Milano
Language: eng
Number of pages: 215
ISBN-13: 9788857205809; 9788857220529
Copyright date: 2010
Subjects: Exhibitions; Clothing; Motion picture actors and actresses; Clothing and dress; Kvinnliga filmskådespelare; Utställningskataloger; Kläder; Skådespelerskor; Kostymer
Description: The never-before-published wardrobe of a timeless star, for lovers of fashion, photography and film history. Greta Garbos influence over fashion has transcended time. Her dresses, suits, impeccably-tailored coats with a slightly masculine look and the indispensable accessories (shoes, bags, glasses, foulards) has created a style emulated, imitated, even occasionally reviled, but never fully examined. For the first time a catalogue of great glamour and a travelling exhibition detail this extraordinary wardrobe whose minimalism fits so well with current fashion trends. Edited by Stefania Ricci, the Director of Museo Salvatore Ferragamo in Florence, as the Divine Greta Garbo was a Ferragamo client from the 1920s until her death, and the founder of the Italian maison designed hundreds of original, classical, futuristic, hand-made shoes and sandals exclusively for her, most of them shown here for the first time. A stunning selection of black and white Garbo portraits by celebrated photographers completes the volume.
Notes: Originally published in Italy in 2010.

"Museo Salvatore Ferragamo."

Published on the occasion of an exhibition held within La Triennale di Milano, Milan, Italy, Feb. 28-Apr. 4, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (page 215).

Filmography: page 214.
Table of contents: title: A sense of style : moder, timeless and elegant / Gray Horan; title: Greta Garbo : the mystery of style / Stefania Ricci; title: Of flesh and of snow : Greta Garbo, cinema and films / Gianni Canova; title: Grega Garbo : the ethics of minimal / Giusi Ferré; title: The face of Garbo; title: The birth of a style; title: Everyday elegance; title: Catalogue : Greta's wardrobe; title: Biographical note.