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Document Type: | Book |
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All Authors / Contributors: |
Alexandra Palmer |
ISBN: | 0774808268 9780774808262 0774808276 9780774808279 |
OCLC Number: | 937117564 |
Awards: | Winner of Clio Award (Ontario), Canadian Historical Association 2002 (Canada) Winner of Tom Fairley Award, Editor's Association of Canada 2002 (Canada) Runner-up for Alcuin Citation for excellence in book design in Canada, Alcuin Society 2001 (Canada) Short-listed for Raymond Klibansky Prize, Canadian Federation for the Humanities and Social Science 2002 (Canada) Short-listed for Millia Davenport Award, Costume Society of America 2002 (United States) |
Description: | 351 s |
Contents: | AcknowledgmentsIntroduction1 The Paris Couture Structure2 The Purchase of Haute Couture by Private Clients3 Buying and Merchandising European Couture in Toronto4 Couture, Fashion Shows, and Marketing5 Alternative Sources of Imported Couture 6. The Value of Couture7 The Couture Society Wardrobe As a Model of TasteAppendicesA. Toronto Boutiques Selling Couture, Copies, and High-Priced Ready-to-Wear, 1945-63B. Toronto Retail Prices of Second-Hand Couture, 1951-60C. Toronto Retail Prices of European Couture and Boutique Imports, 1950, 1955, 1960D. Toronto Retail Prices of Couture Copies and Adaptations, 1950, 1955, 1960E. Canadian Client Records from the London Couture House of Lachasse, 1951-66F. Biographies of People Discussed or InterviewedNotesSelected BibliographyCreditsIndex |
Other Titles: | Couture and commerce. |
Responsibility: | Alexandra Palmer. |
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