Marcel Rochas : designing French glamour

Portrait du couturier par sa fille qui présente, à partir d'archives familiales et de ses souvenirs, la carrière de celui qui par ses créations de modèles, d'accessoires et de parfums a marqué le monde de la haute couture et du cinéma de 1925 à 1955.

About the author

Marcel Rochas was an architectural fashion designer whose legacy includes the wasp-waist silhouette, strong shoulder lines, and his signature Femme perfume. Sophie Rochas worked at Elle in the early 1960s, decorated the Élysée-Matignon, and was head costume designer in the film industry. Francis Hammond's photographs have been published in Martha Stewart Living, Elle Décor, and numerous books including Intimate Chanel (2011) and Jean Patou: A Fashionable Life (2013).

Report

"Marcel Rochas was without question ground-breaking as well as an innovator on many levels. Ms. Rochas offers an almost encyclopedic accounting of her father's professional and personal lives. . . . Not only are the photographs proof of the designer's prowess, but the text is equally compelling and informative . . . . Ms. Rochas delivers a gift of history to those of us who never seem to get enough background on the topic of fashion and the designers who made it great."
- NY JOURNAL OF BOOKS

"It's part family album, part archive, and full of French glamour.
- W MAGAZINE.COM

Product details

• Authors: Francis Hammond, Sophie Rochas, Sophie Hammond Rochas, ROCHAS SOPHIE, Olivier Saillard
• Assisted by: Francis Hammond (Photographs), Olivier Saillard (Foreword)
• Publisher: Flammarion
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 04.05.2015
• EAN: 9782080202079
• ISBN: 978-2-08-020207-9
• No. of pages: 280
• Dimensions: 240 mm x 310 mm x 20 mm
• Weight: 22100 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Interior design, design