Celebrated and hidden figures from First Lady Mary Todd Lincoln's seamstress to Elsa
Schiaparelli and Chromat revealed through their stories and most compelling works. Diane Von
Furstenberg Vivienne Westwood Sarah Burton Kate and Laura Mulleavy Donna Karan and Iris
van Herpen are among the great women designers to emerge in the last few decades. We now live
in an age when no one would dare call them that little seamstress as Paul Poiret disdainfully
referred to Gabrielle Coco Chanel more than a century ago. The Women Who Revolutionized Fashion
highlights early innovative and contemporary designers working in a variety of materials and
genres. This unique volume profiles widely-known early fashion vanguards such as Jeanne Lanvin
Callot Soeurs and Madeleine Vionnet as well as underrepresented women who revolutionized
fashion from the mid-1700s to the present. More than one hundred works--including street
fashion ready-to-wear traditional and haute couture--celebrate women designers' concepts of
dress and beauty. Through the work of more than fifty individual style makers The Women Who
Revolutionized Fashion illuminates issues of representation creativity and distinctiveness
as well as the labor challenges surrounding fashion today.
