First Edition. Hardback. Dust Jacket. 4to. pp 268. Original publisher's illustrated boards, lettered red on spine. Presentation from the author, Michael Pick on the title page, 'To Lady Grant, with good wishes, the author - 7th November 2007'. Copiously illustrated in colour and black and white throughout. ISBN: 0977787532 Fine in fine dust wrapper.

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Title: BE DAZZLED! NORMAN HARTNELL: SIXTY YEARS OF GLAMOUR AND FASHION. (SIGNED)
Publisher: Pointed Leaf Press,, New York,
Publication Date: 2007
Language: English
ISBN 10: 0977787532
ISBN 13: 9780977787531
Binding: Hardback
Edition: 1st Edition
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included
Signed: Signedes

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Norman Hartnell (1901-1979) was a uniquely British genius. For nearly sixty years he was a major personality in the world of fashion. By the mid 1930s, Hartnell's meteoric rise to fame resulted in London becoming a centre of style that closely rivalled Paris. Known for glamorous evening clothes, Hartnell augmented his early design successes by creating a series of stunning wedding dresses for his younger society clientele. His bridal extravaganzas culminated in the romantic 1947 wedding of Princess Elizabeth to Prince Philip. While Hartnell clients included members of the English upper class as well as the best-known stage and film actresses of the time, it was his royal patronage that assured him a place in history. The famous White Wardrobe created for Queen Elizabeth (and photographed by Cecil Beaton) in the late 1930s changed her image forever; the extraordinary coronation robes designed for Elizabeth II in 1953; and the sublimely simple wedding dress he made for Princess Margaret when she w

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Michael Pick is formerly an Exhibitioner in History, Gonville and Calus College, Cambridge.

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