Tiffany in Fashion. - Tapa dura

Fashion experts credit Coco Chanel and her "little black dress" of 1924 with bringing fashion into modern times. A mere three years later came the advent of fashion photography, led by photographers such as Edward Steichen, Horst, and Cecil Beaton, and fashion editors like Carmel Snow and Diana Vreeland. Jewelry, long a symbol of wealth, took on an added role as the ultimate fashion accessory, with Tiffany designer Jean Schlumberger leading the way. This fascinating, lavishly illustrated book surveys the parallel growth of fashion photography, from Steichen to Avedon, and fashion jewelry, begun by Schlumberger and continued by his successors at Tiffany, including Elsa Peretti and Paloma Picasso, to become the celebrity-studded industry it is today.

John Loring, design director of Tiffany & Co. since 1979, is the author of Abrams' Tiffany Flora & Fauna, Louis Comfort Tiffany at Tiffany & Co., Tiffany Jewels, Tiffany's 20th Century, and nine other books on Tiffany style and entertaining. Prior to joining Tiffany, Loring served as the New York bureau chief of Architectural Digest. He is on the acquisitions committee of the Department of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art, New York. He lives in New York City. Renowned fashion publicist Eleanor Lambert was the first to represent American art and its artists as personalities. Her belief in fashion as an art form led to the recognition of many now-famous designers, including Claire McCardell, Adrian, Norman Norell, Bill Blass, Oscar de la Renta, Yves Saint Laurent, Pierre Cardin, and Valentino. She organized the semi-annual Fashion Press Week, forerunner of the centralized showings in Milan, Paris and New York. She also founded the Coty Awards (1943-1979) and The Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and received its Lifetime Achievement award in 1987 and 1993. American fashion designer James Galanos began showing his collections in New York in 1953. He is the recipient of the Coty and Neiman-Marcus design awards, among other honors.