Couture reading lists

General

Blum, D. & Haugland, K.H. Best Dressed: Fashion From the Birth of Couture to Today Philadelphia, 1997
Charles-Roux, E., Lottman, H.R. & Garfinkel, S. Théâtre de la Mode: Fashion Dolls: The Survival of Haute Couture (Revised second edition) Oregon, 2002
Coleman, E.A. An Opulent Era: Fashions of Worth, Doucet and Pingat London, 1980
Dars, C. A Fashion Parade: The Seeberger Collection London, 1979
Edwards, A. The Queen's Clothes London, 1977
Golbin, P. Fashion Designers New York, 2002
Koda, H. & Martin, R. Haute Couture New York, 1995
Lynam, R. Couture: An Illustrated History of the Great Paris Designers and Their Creations London, 1972
Milbank, C.R. Couture: The Great Designers London, 1985
Musee du Costume de la Ville de Paris. Grand Couturiers Parisiens 1910-1929 Paris, 1970
Nurzzi, C. Fashion in Paris From the Journal des Dames et des Modes 1912-1913 London, 1980
Palmer, A. Couture and Commerce: The Transatlantic Fashion Trade in the 1950s British Columbia, 2001
Penn, I. & Vreeland, D. Inventive Paris Clothes, 1900-1939 London, 1977
Skrebneski, V. The Art of Haute Couture 1995
Steele, V. Women of Fashion: Twentieth Century Designers New York, 1991
Troy, N. Couture Culture: A Study in Modern Art and Fashion Massachusetts, 2003
Utz, L.L. The Great Paris Designers Texas 1992
Wilcox, C. & Mendes, V. Modern Fashion in Detail London, 1991

Specific designers

Cristobal Balenciaga

Healey, R. Balenciaga: Masterpieces of Fashion Design Victoria, 1994

Jouve, M-A. & Demornex, J. Balenciaga Paris, New York, 1989
Miller, L. Cristobal Balenciaga New Jersey, 1994
Metropolitan Musem of Art, New York. The World of Balenciaga New York, 1973
Musee Historique des Tissus. Hommage a Balenciaga Lyon, 1985
Walker, M. Balenciaga and His Legacy London, 2006

Pierre Balmain

Balmain, P. My Years and Seasons London, 1964
Musee de la Mode et du Costume. Pierre Balmain, 40 Annees de Creation Paris, 1985
Salvy, G-J. Balmain Paris, 1996

Pierre Cardin

Längle, E. Pierre Cardin: Fifty Years of Fashion and Design London, 2005
Mendes, V. Pierre Cardin: Past, Present, Future London, 1990
Morais, R. Cardin: The Man Who Sold His Name London, 1991

Madame Carven

Musée de la Mode de la Ville de Paris. Madame Carven, Grand Couturier Paris, 2002

Coco Chanel

Baillen, C. Chanel Solitaire London, 1973
Charles-Roux, E. Chanel and Her World London, 1981
de la Haye, A. & Tobin, S. Chanel The Couturiere at Work London, 1994
Galante, P. Mademoiselle Chanel Washington, 1973
Haedrich, M. Coco Chanel. Her Life, Her Secrets London, 1972
Koda, H. and Bolton, A. Chanel London, 2005
Leymarie, J. Chanel New York, 1989
Mackrell, A. Coco Chanel London, 1992
Madsen, A. Coco Chanel, A Biography London,1990
Marquand, L. Chanel M'a Dit Paris, 1990
Morand, P. L'Allure de Chanel Paris, 1976

Christian Dior

Cawthorne, N. The New Look: the Dior Revolution London, 1990
De Marly, D. Christian Dior London, 1990
Dior, C. Talking About Fashion to Elie Rabourdin and Alice Chavanne London, 1954
Dior, C. Dior by Dior London, 1957
Dior, C. Christian Dior and I New York, 1957
Giroud, F. Dior London, 1987
Giroud, F. Dior: Christian Dior 1905-1957 New York, 1987
Keenan, B. Dior in Vogue Ottawa, 1981
Martin, R. & Koda, H. Christian Dior New York, 1996
Measham, T. Christian Dior: The Magic of Fashion New South Wales, 2000
Musee des Arts de la Mode. Hommage a Christian Dior 1947-1957 Paris, 1986
Pochna, M-F. Dior London, 2005
Pochna, M-F. Christian Dior: The Man Who Made the World Look New London, 1996
Rethy, E. Christian Dior: The Glory Years 1947-1957 New York, 2002
Rethy, E. & Perreau, J-L. Christian Dior. The Founding of His Fashion House London, 2001

Jacques Fath

Guillaume, V. Jacques Fath Paris, 1993

John Galliano

McDowell, C. Galliano. London, 2001

Hubert de Givenchy

Join-Diéterle, C. Givenchy, 40 Years of Creation Paris
Liaut, J-N.  Hubert de Givenchy, Entre vies lés legends Paris, 2000
Morht, F. The Givenchy Style London, 1998
Teleorder. Givenchy: 40 years of Creation Paris, 1991

Madame Gres (Alix)

Benaim, L. Gres London, 2003

Norman Hartnell

Bath Museum of Costume and Brighton Museum. Norman Hartnell Bath, 1985
Edwards, A. The Queen's Clothes London, 1977
Hartnell, N. Silver and Gold London, 1955

Charles James

Coleman, E A. The Genius of Charles James California, 1982
De La Haye, A., Taylor, L. & Thompson, E. A Family of Fashion: The Messels: Six Generations of Dress London, 2005
Martin, R. Charles James (A Fashion Memoir) London, 2004

Christian Lacroix

Baudot, F. Mémoire de la Mode: Christian Lacroix London, 1996
Lacroix, C. Pieces of Pattern: Lacroix London, 1992
Mauriès, P. Christian Lacroix: The Diary of a Collection London, 1996
Sabourin, Y. Christian Lacroix Dialogues! Bangkok, 2005

Karl Lagerfeld

Piaggi, A. Karl Lagerfeld: A Fashion Journal London, 1986

Lesage

Palmer-White, H. The Master Touch of Lesage:Fashion Embroidery, Paris Paris, 1987

Lucile

Etherington-Smith, M. & Pilcher, J. The It Girls Canada, 1987
Gordon, Lady Duff. Discretions and Indiscretions London, 1932

Mainbocher

Tomerlin, S.L. American Fashion New York, 1975

Madame Paquin

Musée Historique des Tissus. Paquin: Une rétrospective de 60 ans de haute couture 1989

Jean Patou

Etherington-Smith, M. Patou London, 1983

Paul Poiret

Deslandres, Y. Paul Poiret London, 1987
Iribe, P. Les robes de Paul Poiret racontees par Paul Iribe. Printed for Poiret by the Societe Generale d'Impression Paris, 1908
Lepape, G. Les choses de Paul Poiret vues par Georges Lepape Printed for Poiret by Maquet. Paris, 1911
MacKrell, A. Paul Poiret (Fashion Designers) New Jersey, 1990
Musee des Arts de la Mode. Poiret et Nicole Groult Paris, 1986
Musee Jacqemart-Andre. Poiret le magnifique Paris, 1974
Poiret, P. My First Fifty Years London, 1931
Troy, N. Couture Culture: A Study in Modern Art and Fashion Massachusetts, 2003

Marcel Rochas

Rochas, M. 1925-1950, Vingt-cinq ans d'elegance a Paris Paris, 1951

Yves St Laurent

Benaïm, L. Debut: Yves Saint Laurent 1962 New York, 2002
Bergé, P. Yves Saint Laurent London, 1997
Duras, M. Yves Saint Laurent and Fashion Photography Paris, 1999
Madsen, Axel. Living for Design: the Yves St Laurent Story New York, 1979
Meek, J.(ed.) Yves Saint Laurent Retrospective New South Wales, 1987
The Metropolitan Museum. Yves St Laurent New York, 1983
Musee des Arts de la Mode. Yves St Laurent. Paris, 1986
Rawsthorn, A. Yves Saint Laurent. New York, 1996
Teboul, D. Yves Saint Laurent: 5 Avenue Marceau, 75116 Paris, France New York, 2002

Elsa Schiaparelli

Baudot, F. Elsa Schiaparelli New York, 1997
Blum, D. Shocking! The Art and Fashion of Elsa Schiaparelli London, 2003
Gibson-Quick, R. In a Surreal Fashion: The Creative Collaboration Between Schiaparelli & Dali London
Palmer-White, H. Elsa Schiaparelli London, 1986
Schiaparelli, E. Shocking Life London, 1954
Musee de la Mode et du Costume. Hommage a Schiaparelli Paris, 1984

Madeleine Vionnet

Demornex, J. Madeleine Vionnet London, 1991
Musée des Tissus, Lyon. Madeleine Vionnet - Les Années d'Innovation 1919-1939 Lyon, 1995
Kirke, B. Madeleine Vionnet California, 1997

Catherine Walker

De la Haye, A. Catherine Walker: Twenty Five Years of British Couture, 1977-2002 London, 2002

House of Worth

Coleman, E.A. Opulent Era: Fashions of Worth, Doucet and Pingat London, 1980
De Marly, D. Worth: Father of Haute Couture New York, 1980