Catwalking : A History of the Fashion Model

Quick, Harriet

ISBN 10: 0785810935 / ISBN 13: 9780785810933

Published by Book Sales, Incorporated, 1999

About this Item

Former library copy. Pages intact with possible writing/highlighting. Binding strong with minor wear. Dust jackets/supplements may not be included. Includes library markings. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Catwalking : A History of the Fashion Model
• Publisher: Book Sales, Incorporated
• Publication Date: 1999
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0785810935
• ISBN 13: 9780785810933
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good
• Weight: 2.676 pounds

About this title

Synopsis

From mannequins to superbabes, in front of the camera and behind the scenes, a spectacular celebration of eight decades of the glittering, but not always glamorous, world of the fashion model. The author, Harriet Quick was honoured with the Vogue Writing Talent Award in 1992 after which she worked on Fashion Weekly before freelancing for the Face, I-D and Elle. She was fashion writer and stylist for The Guardian for two years, and now freelances for Arena, Elle and The Independent. This is a stunningly illustrated account of fashion modelling through the ages, CATWALKING – with a wealth of rare photographs and graphic material – looks at the changing role of the fashion model over nearly eighty years, from the days of the debutante mannequins to today’s supermodels and their successors.

Book Description

A stunningly illustrated account of fashion modeling through the ages, Catwalking -- with a wealth of rare photographs and graphic material -- looks at the changing roles of the fashion model over nearly eighty years, from the days of the debutante mannequins to today's supermodels and their successors.

This tribute to beauty and fashion includes:
-- Society ladies and couturiers
-- Fashion photographers Baron De Meyer, Louise Dahl Wolfe, Man Ray and more
-- The Golden Years of Haute Couture
-- Modeling stars of the sixties and seventies
-- Supermodels Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Yasmeen Ghauri and others

From mannequins to superbabes, in front of the camera and behind the scenes, here is a spectacular celebration of eight decades of the glittering, but not always glamorous, world of the fashion model.