Théâtre de la Mode: Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture - Tapa blanda

Harnessing the romance of the world of fashion and high art, this fascinating story of a collection of miniature mannequins describes the birth of Theatre de la Mode, the Theater of Fashion. Full of stars such as Robert Ricci (Nina Ricci's son), filmmaker Jean Cocteau, and other members of the 1944 haute couture industry, the story follows 237 miniature fashion dolls through their epic tour of Europe and North America, bringing fashion, elegance, and beauty into a war-torn world. Also included are new colour photographs of the mannequins, the reconstructed sets, and close-up details of clothing so sewers, designers, and fashion mavens can appreciate the creativity of Paris designers at the end of World War II.

Edmonde Charles-Roux, nee le 17 avril 1920 a Neuilly-sur-Seine, est une femme de lettres francaise. Elle a egalement ete la conjointe de Gaston Defferre ancien maire de Marseille. Elle recoit le prix Goncourt en 1966 pour le roman Oublier Palerme.

David Seidner's photographs have been featured in" Vanity Fair," French "Vogue," Italian "Vogue," and the "New York Times Magazine." He wrote extensively on art for French "Vogue" and was a contributing editor to the art magazine "BOMB." In 1999, he won the Eisenstaedt Award for Portrait Photography awarded by "Life" magazine and Columbia University. Over the last twenty years, Seidner had a dozen solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His recent untimely death from AIDS has generated a tremendous amount of media attention for his body of work. La Maison Europeenne de la Photographie in Paris, which has 150 of his photographs in their permanent collection, will hold a retrospective of his work in 2000.
Herbert R. Lottman is the author of numerous books, including biographies of Camus, Flaubert and Jules Verne. He lives in Paris.

David Seidner's photographs have been featured in" Vanity Fair," French "Vogue," Italian "Vogue," and the "New York Times Magazine." He wrote extensively on art for French "Vogue" and was a contributing editor to the art magazine "BOMB." In 1999, he won the Eisenstaedt Award for Portrait Photography awarded by "Life" magazine and Columbia University. Over the last twenty years, Seidner had a dozen solo exhibitions and participated in group exhibitions at the Whitney Museum and the Centre Pompidou in Paris. His recent untimely death from AIDS has generated a tremendous amount of media attention for his body of work. La Maison Europeenne de la Photographie in Paris, which has 150 of his photographs in their permanent collection, will hold a retrospective of his work in 2000.