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Yves Saint Laurent + Halston : fashioning the 70s / Patricia Mears, Emma McClendon.

By: Mears, Patricia [author.]Contributor(s): McClendon, Emma [author.] | Fashion Institute of Technology (New York, N.Y.). Museum [associated with work.]Material type: TextTextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University Press, [2015]Copyright date: ©2015Description: 182 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 29 cmContent type: text | still image Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9780300211511 (hbk.) :Subject(s): Saint Laurent, Yves -- History | Halston, 1932-1990 -- History | Fashion design -- History -- 20th century | Nineteen seventies | Beauty and Fashion | Beauty and FashionDDC classification: 746.9'2'0922 Summary: This publication examines side-by-side the careers and work of two of the biggest names in 20th-century fashion, Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008) and Halston (1932-1990). Their designs, chic, sexy, and glamorous, came to exemplify the 1970s, a singular and dynamic era in fashion history. Inspired by menswear, foreign cultures, and wide-ranging historical periods, and employing new fabrics, YSL and Halston together crafted a new and distinctly modern way of dressing.
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Published in association with The Museum at The Fashion Institute of Technology.

Includes bibliographical references.

This publication examines side-by-side the careers and work of two of the biggest names in 20th-century fashion, Yves Saint Laurent (1936-2008) and Halston (1932-1990). Their designs, chic, sexy, and glamorous, came to exemplify the 1970s, a singular and dynamic era in fashion history. Inspired by menswear, foreign cultures, and wide-ranging historical periods, and employing new fabrics, YSL and Halston together crafted a new and distinctly modern way of dressing.

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