The Fashionable Savages Hardback Book by John Fairchild 1st Ed 1965 Fashion

Description: Notable Features: This is a first edition hardcover book with its dust jacket. About the Book: The Fashionable Savages: an anatomy of the creators and the ladies who make fashion today "Fashion is just a touch of the marvelous," the late Christian Dior said, and women throughout the world continue to spend fortunes in search of that elusive touch. In this outspoken book, John Fairchild, who revolutionized Women's Wear Daily so that it has become The New Testament of fashion, gives us candid close-ups of the successful, beautiful women whose influence is all-pervasive and of the designers who both create for and cater to them. Mr. Fairchild writes from a unique and authoritative vantage point. After spending five years in Paris, where he learned the haute couture business at its source, he returned to the United States and continued his education among the American creators, manufacturers, and customers. Personal interviews, acute observations, and uninhibited opinions covering protagonists on both continents are all combined in his book as we meet a varied, colorful cast including Balenciaga, the secretive King of Fashion; the fabulous Dior and his successor Mare Bohan; the indestructible Chanel; the shy Yves St. Laurent; the controversial Courrèges and his boots; the brilliant Norell; the far-out Rudi Gernreich (and his topless bathing suit); Ben Zuckerman, the realist of that "primeval forest," Seventh Avenue; and many others whose labels have become passwords. But fashion, like love, is a two-way affair, and it is ultimately the ladies (including those of the Press) who dictate success or failure. One woman whom de- signers clamor to work for is Her Grace, the Duchess of Windsor, the "Impeccable No. One" who "reigns supremely at the head of the Best Dressed Court of inter- national society." Jacqueline Kennedy has become known as "Her Elegance," and Mrs. William Paley and Gloria Guinness are considered fashion "Goddesses." The Best Dressed List, the Locomotives (to- day's young trend setters), the movie stars (the non-chic as well as the fashion-conscious such as Audrey Hepburn and Jeanne Moreau) all come under the knowing, witty, irreverent scrutiny of the man who has been called both genius and devil and who scoops, scandalizes, and captivates the whole fashion world from Seventh Avenue to the Social Register. About the Author: John Fairchild, a graduate of Kent School and Princeton, is the third generation in his family's business, Fairchild Publications, which includes a number of other publications besides the notable Women's Wear Daily. From 1955 to 1960, Mr. Fairchild headed the firm's Paris office, and on his return to the U.S. took over WWD and transformed it into a paper whose star-studded subscribers live everywhere, including the White House. He and his wife and four children now live in New Canaan, Connecticut. ConditionThere are a few scuffs and discolorations on the dust cover. Shipping and Return InformationWe are happy to combine shipping.We ship daily for fast delivery.Books are wrapped in paper, bubble wrapped and most are mailed in a bubble mailer while others are mailed in boxes.Postcards and photographs are bagged and mailed in a rigid cardboard envelope.Magazines are bagged, boarded and mailed in a rigid flat lay cardboard envelope.Artwork is bagged and mailed flat between two pieces of cardboard.We offer free, no questions asked 60 day returns.

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