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From the permanent collection of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City comes a new edition of the marvel entitled “Fashion Designers A-Z”.

From Azzedine Alaïa and Coco Chanel to Cristóbal Balenciaga, Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and Vivienne Westwood, the fashion greats’ glorious careers in the industry are showcased in this fresh edition, which was previously available as a Limited Collector’s Edition only. Photographs of over 500 garments are featured in this book for both their beauty and their representative value in embodying their designer’s philosophy and aesthetic vision.

The latter are accompanied by texts that explain why each designer is important in fashion history and what makes these creations special, while the introductory essay of Valerie Steele – director and chief curator – highlights the rise of the fashion museum and the emergence of the fashion exhibition as a popular and controversial phenomenon. With a foreword by journalist and fashion critic Suzy Menkes, this book also provides a history of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology in the world of fashion scholarship and museology.

Mirella Haddad