JULIAN ROBINSON is a graduate of the Royal College of Art and a
Fellow of the Royal Society of the Arts. He worked for fifteen
years as a professional fashion designer, with his own label and as
a consultant, working with Sir Norman Hartnell, Yves Saint Laurent,
Mary Quant and Zandra Rhodes. He worked as a lecturer at colleges
and universities in the UK and Australia and is the author of
numerous books including The Brilliance of Art Deco(1987), The Fine
Art of Fashion(1989) and The Golden Age of Style (1983).
GRACIE CALVEY has worked as a fashion illustrator, journalist and
artist. She lives in France.
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"one big, beautiful, and seriously stylish tome... Every
fashionable coffee table should have one.""Exquisitely rendered
colour palates convey the intricacies of the
16th-century Venetian robes, suitable headgear for
attending a concert in 19th-century Paris and the most flamboyant
creations of the Art Deco years. There's even some guidance on
flying gear for the modern woman."
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