"Wars I Have Seen" 1945 STEIN, Gertrude Ian Fleming

"Wars I Have Seen" 1945 STEIN, Gertrude Ian FlemingSTEIN, Gertrude [191] pp. B. T. Batsford Ltd. 1945 8 3 4" x 5 7 8" w wraparound jacket design by Cecil Beaton VG VG Jacket design by Cecil Beaton The great modernist writer describes the wars she experienced during her lifetime, but most particularly World War II, just then coming to its conclusion. During the Nazi occupation, Stein retreated to Bilignin, her country home, and in this book, she extols the virtues of the rural Frenchmen, as exemplified

Erwin Blumenfeld was an emigre photographer who brought the styles and ideas of European art to America fashion magazines

Maiden's Dream

Bing & Catheryn Crosby 101 Robin Rd Hillsborough

was named for their former employer

“There was a time when clothes were a sure sign of a woman’s social position and income group

designed by a young Cecil Beaton

Kings of Fashion is a 1958 book by Anny Latour that chronicles the history of French haute couture

In both Europe and the United States

The first to desert conventional runways and megamodels

*BB blue OCBD sold separately*

and for his "Super-leggera" chair which was first manufactured in the '50s and has become classic because of its almost universal use in Italian restaurants

The career of each had passed its peak