Three hundred black-and-white photographs and little-known documents--including posters, newspaper articles, and leaflets--accompany a vivid, close-up look at life in France during the German occupation during World War II, along with commentaries from eight distinguished French historians. History Bk Club.

Collaboration and Resistance: Images of Life in Vichy France 1940-1944

Arts & Photography

Frank,Robert

Veillon, Dominique

PESCHANSKI, Denis

Azéma, Jean-Pierre

DURAND, Yves

ORY, Pascal

Eichart, Jacqueline

Marechal, Denis

Photography & Video

Harry N. Abrams

On January 21, 1971, couturier Yves Saint Laurent presented his Spring-Summer haute couture collection. Inspired by the garments of the war years, the collection included short dresses, platform shoes, square shoulders, and exaggerated makeup. The show caused an outrage among the public, the critics, and the press alike, earning it the title of “Paris’s ugliest collection.” Nevertheless, the haute couture designs of the runway made their way to the boulevards, giving full sway to the “retro” trend that quickly conquered the streets. Yves Saint Laurent: The Scandal Collection, 1971 offers a behind-the-scenes look at the influential collection that “drew fire in the fashion world”—from the collection’s inspiration to the press coverage that followed. Beautifully illustrated and documented with well-researched essays, this book is enriched with personal interviews and archival photographs of the show, the models, the designs, and the textile and print samples, as well as sketches and international press clippings.

Yves Saint Laurent: The Scandal Collection, 1971

SAILLARD, Olivier

Graphic Design

Abrams Books

Before the outbreak of WWII, French fashion represented the very pinnacle of style, and French women the epitome of chic. At home and abroad, couturiers wealthy clients eagerly awaited the latest collections, and design houses throughout the world looked to Paris for inspiration. Unparalleled for glamour and elegance, all things French were noted and emulated - and especially French fashion.One morning in September 1939, into this idyllic world of haute couture and Caf society came the shattering experience of war, followed by the German Occupation. French women, determined not to give way to the inevitable austerities, sought innovation: hats made from blotting paper or newspapers - the latter signalling political allegiances - and blouses made out of parachute silk, often obtained through dubious means. Not only did life go on, but creativity flourished - culottes, which enabled stylish bicycle journeys, became the vogue, and couturiers capitalized on deprivation with wit - dubbing designs Coal and Black Coffee, or naming an entire collection after Mtro stops.Fashion under the Occupation provides the only in-depth history of these blackest years in French history, long overlooked by fashion history because of the impoverished industry and deprivations that affected design. Widely acknowledged as the authoritative work on fashion during this period, it is available in English for the first time and will be essential reading for anyone interested in fashion, French cultural history, and particularly the German Occupation of France.

Fashion Under the Occupation

Berg Publishers

1940 : tétanisés par la défaite et l’Occupation, les Français commencent à manquer de tout. Des marchandises aussi usuelles que le fil disparaissent, et acheter un vêtement devient vite illusoire. Les femmes rivalisent d’ingéniosité et tirent parti de tout ce qui est récupérable. La haute couture, quant à elle, se maintient et se montre brillante, tandis que de nouvelles venues fréquentent ses collections : épouses de dignitaires allemands, femmes de collaborateurs et de profiteurs du marché noir. Coninuant d’éclairer certaines attitudes compromettantes, Dominique Veillon tire parti pour cette édition de poche des archives récemment ouvertes (par exemple celles de la préfecture de police) concernant les maisons de couture et s’appuie sur les travaux les plus neufs sur le sort des Juifs, qui étaient nombreux dans les petits ateliers de confection ou dans le secteur du cuir ou de la fourrure.

LA MODE SOUS L'OCCUPATION - PBP N°988 (PETITE BIBLIOTHEQUE PAYOT)

Fashion

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Jean Moulin: Artiste, préfet, résistant

Levisse-Touzé, Christine

TALLANDIER

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