Couture: The Great Designers

by Caroline Rennolds Milbank 

New York: Stewart Tabori & Chang, 1985.  Huge 430 page hardcover coffee-table book on fashion in the modern era.   A chapter for each of the following designers: Worth; Doucet; Paquin; Lanvin; Callot Soeurs; Lucille; Boue Soeurs; Poiret; Fortuny; Gallenga; Liberty & Co.; Mary McFadden; Zandra Rhodes; Chanel; Jean Patou; Molyneux; Madame Gres; Augustabernard; Louiseboulanger; Vionnet; Mainbocher; Valentina; Halston; Sonia Rykiel; Elsa Schiaparelli; Adrian; Maggy Rouff; Karl Lagerfeld; Marcel Rochas; Christian Dior; Nina Ricci; Pierre Balmain; Jacques Heim; Jacques Fath; Jacques Griffe; Jean Desses; Norman Hartnell; Valentino; Givenchy; Galanos; Oscar de la Renta; Bill Blass; Yves Saint Laurent; Balenciaga; Charles James; Roberto Capucci; Pierre Cardin; Courreges; Claire McCardell; Vera Maxwell; Bonnie Cashin; Norma Kamali; Norman Norell; Pauline Trigere; Hardy Amies; Geoffrey Beene; Perry Ellis; Ralph Lauren; Kenzo; Giorgio Armani; Issey Miyake.  Illustrated throughout in color.  Light handling wear.  430 pages .