Madeleine Vionnet

[Madeleine Vionnet]

A tribute to the life and dress-making skills of the designer Madeleine Vionnet. Betty Kirke examines through words and images the innovative techniques that Vionnet developed, especially her bias-cut designs. Thirty-eight patterns from Vionnet originals are reproduced making this an invaluable resource. Issey Miyake provides the foreword.



Betty Kirke. Foreword by Issey Miyake. Chronicle Books. San Francisco. 1998. English language edition, second printing. First published in Japanese in 1991. Hardback, large quarto; brown cloth-bound boards, dust jacket. 244 pages. 400 colour and b&w illustrations, plus dress-making patterns. English. 360 x 265mm. 3kg. 9780811819978. Near fine, in near fine dust jacket; an excellent copy.