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1913D7495Paris 1913-1918. Hardcover. Very Good. Morocco backed original cloth; oblong 380 x 305 mm; contains over 100 drawings of dresses hats jackets and more done primarily in pen and ink and colored in pencil or gouache; and highlighted by 5 mounted photographs of a woman modeling different gowns. From the Parisian fashion house Detrois et Cie. Women's garments shown from the front and back and professionally presented -- drawings are polished and nicely detailed and colored. Scuffing along spine and edges of boards; binding a bit shaken. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1848229448Paris 1848. First editions. Engraved fashion plates 677 of which are hand-colored. Many entitled "Modes de Paris". 16 vols. 4to. Bound in marbled boards with paper spine labels. First editions. Engraved fashion plates 677 of which are hand-colored. Many entitled "Modes de Paris". 16 vols. 4to. Periodical issued bi-weekly then weekly. Volumes for 1832-1836 have 24 issues 1837 has 26 and 1838-1848 have 52 issues each. unknown books
192325810New York 1923. Pencil ink and gouache on paper signed lower left. 1 vols. Image 13 x 9-1/2 inches matted and framed to 20 x 16 inches overall. Matted and framed. Fine. Pencil ink and gouache on paper signed lower left. 1 vols. Image 13 x 9-1/2 inches matted and framed to 20 x 16 inches overall. Original Fashion Art by Reynaldo Luza. Reynaldo Luza 1893-1978 pre-eminent fashion artist was born in Lima Peru. He began training as an architect at the University of Louvain Belgium but returned to Peru at the outbreak of World War I where he changed his studies from architecture to art. In 1918 he came to the United States where he earned his living by contributing drawings to several fashion publications principally VOGUE HARPERS BAZAAR and VANITY FAIR. In 1921 he joined HARPERS BAZAAR as the principal fashion artist a position he was to hold for 27 years. He divided his time between New York Paris and London working closely with all of the leading fashion designers of the times - Poiret Patou Lelong Paquin Douillet Doucet Cheruit Worth Drecoll Callot Soeurs Redfern Martial et Amand Premet Reboux Chanel Vionnet Molyneaux Schiaparelli Hartnell Steibel and Balenciaga among others.<br/>In 1940 Luza made New York his principal base where over the next few years he continued his activities at Harpers as well as creating fabric and furniture designs and the costumes for the movie "The Bridge of San Luis Rey." Among other distinctions he received several honorary appointments from the government of Peru including that of Artistic Director of the Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York World's Fair of 1939-40; he also did the interior design of the new Lima airport.<br/>In 1950 Luza returned to Peru where he began a second career as a portrait painter exhibiting his work over the next few years in Paris New York and Washington D.C. Literature: Harpers Bazaar October 1923 unknown books
195514112np New York ca. 1955. Very good. 18 large completed plus 6 smaller loose portraits executed in pen & ink with watercolor or guache on paper. Large works all approx. 19" x 12"; smaller 12.5" x 9". With a large 17" x 12" spiral-bound artist's notebook containing eight additional color studies plus one sketch. Also includes 18 other loose preliminary works various sizes and media - including one brief series of Shakespearean costume design. Most SIGNED by the artist. Generally very good or better overall. <br/><br/>Lovely selection of original fashion art depicting various women's runway dresses all ca. 1955. We have been unable to discover much about the artist Mr. Leigh. But he was clearly an accomplished designer colorist and draftsman. We do know he was based in New York City and assume given the professional skill with which these works were executed that he likely worked in the industry either for a designer or a fashion magazine. The portraits themselves are quintessentially post-war in their style and taste clearly indebted to VOGUE and their artists. A beautiful primary collection of 1950s high fashion. unknown books
1950147039Various cities: Various 1950. Collection of 140 vintage photographs of department store window displays 9 of which are double weight. Eight photographs dated 1948 four dated 1949 with the rest being circa 1950s. Nearly two thirds with stamps on the verso or other identifying information for the photographers or photography studios. <br/><br/>Roughly half of the photographs feature window displays from Peck & Peck a New York based chain that at its peak had 78 stores across the United States including images from its flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York. Also included are 26 photographs of displays at the nearby Stern's as well as 19 photographs from photography studios in Southern California including Los Angeles Long Beach and Pasadena 8 of which are identified as being from Buffum's stores. <br/><br/>The window displays in this collection predominantly feature mannequins showcasing women's clothing and accessories with a smaller number featuring children and teens and occasional ones focused on furniture or household decorations. The displays are arranged in such a way that they create abstract aspirational narratives around travel parties and leisure activities in retrospect giving historical context not to mention a surreal frozen-in-time quality to the Mid-century modern design and fashion. Taken as a whole a fairly comprehensive look at the focus and psychology of women's advertising and fashion in the American mid-century. <br/><br/>10 x 8 inches. Generally Very Good plus to Near Fine with slight curling. Various unknown books
195742918Paris: Societe Paritys / Lebotys 1957. Post binder with 3 brass posts decorative screw tops. Publisher's color pictorial glazed boards blue spine and joints. Board edges rubbed and worn; short split to rear outer joint; inner joints tender paper splitting though cloth reinforcement beneath is intact. Page block foxed occasional foxing/spotting throughout; light offsetting from fabric samples to some pages. Fabric sample generally clean and bright with occasional creasing/fraying. Overall Gd. 97 pp. 16 color fashion drawings; ~ 740 pasted or tipped-in fabric samples. 16-1/8" x 12-1/8" <br/><br/>A mid-century salesman's sample catalogue from the winter collection of Parisian firm Société Paritys a haberdashery and fabric supplier established in 1946 and still in operation today. The fabric samples have been supplied by Lebotys a couture design firm in its own right and highly regarded for the quality of its textiles. As we find record of Lebotys having issued catalogues of its own collections in both the 1930s and 1960s we speculate that the two firms collaborated for a limited time possibly due to continuing post-war shortages and the need to adapt to the rapidly changing clothing market of the 1950s. The late 1950s saw a revolution in French fashion — and by extension Western fashion in general — due in no small part to the influence of material factors underlying the purely aesthetic side of the industry: availability of fabric continuing technological advances in synthetics and the surging post-war economies of America and Europe. The reluctant expansion of haute couture into the ready-to-wear market during the latter half of the century and the increasing reliance on synthetic fabrics to meet the demand would ultimately spell a major shift in the industry one that would impact fashion trends for decades to come. Some fashion houses like Dior whose “New Look” revitalized fashion at the beginning of the decade successfully managed to adapt by issuing couture ready-to-wear lines. Some however even long-established houses survived the war only to be undone by the prosperity that followed. The collaboration here of Société Paritys and Lebotys as well as the fabrics offered and styles displayed leads us to infer that the two firms were likely targeting the growing ready-to-wear market. The fabrics include a variety of silks cottons wools mohair etc. as well as nylon fibranne rayon Rhodia tergal crylor acetate and other “Matieres Synthètiques” often in blends and advertising their washable and/or antiwrinkling qualities. The styles in the illustrations still heavily influenced by the “New Look” emphasize wasp-waisted dresses hourglass silhouettes etc. No copies located on OCLC nor the major French institutions as searched on KVK. Societe Paritys / Lebotys hardcover books
195842919Paris: Societe Paritys / Lebotys 1958. Post binder with 3 brass posts. Publisher's pictorial glazed boards red cloth joints. Light extremity wear to boards; bumping to upper corner of front board; short split to front and rear joints. Page block lightly foxed foxing/spotting scattered throughout. Few white nylon fabric samples discolored by paste beneath. Fabric samples otherwise clean and bright with only minor occasional creasing/fraying. Overall VG. 80 pp. 12 color fashion drawings; ~590 pasted and tipped-in fabric samples 16-1/8" x 12-1/8" <br/><br/>A mid-century salesman's sample catalogue from the winter collection of Parisian firm Société Paritys a haberdashery and fabric supplier established in 1946 and still in operation today. The fabric samples have been supplied by Lebotys a couture design firm in its own right and highly regarded for the quality of its textiles. As we find record of Lebotys having issued catalogues of its own collections in both the 1930s and 1960s we speculate that the two firms collaborated for a limited time possibly due to continuing post-war shortages and the need to adapt to the rapidly changing clothing market of the 1950s. The late 1950s saw a revolution in French fashion — and by extension Western fashion in general — due in no small part to the influence of material factors underlying the purely aesthetic side of the industry: availability of fabric continuing technological advances in synthetics and the surging post-war economies of America and Europe. The reluctant expansion of haute couture into the ready-to-wear market during the latter half of the century and the increasing reliance on synthetic fabrics to meet the demand would ultimately spell a major shift in the industry one that would impact fashion trends for decades to come. Some fashion houses like Dior whose “New Look” revitalized fashion at the beginning of the decade successfully managed to adapt by issuing couture ready-to-wear lines. Some however even long-established houses survived the war only to be undone by the prosperity that followed. The collaboration here of Société Paritys and Lebotys as well as the fabrics offered and styles displayed leads us to infer that the two firms were likely targeting the growing ready-to-wear market. The fabrics include a variety of silks cottons wools mohair etc. as well as nylon fibranne rayon Rhodia tergal crylor lurex viscose imitation fur and other “Matieres Synthètiques” often in blends and advertising their washable and/or antiwrinkling qualities. The styles in the illustrations still heavily influenced by the “New Look” emphasize wasp-waisted dresses hourglass silhouettes etc. No copies located on OCLC nor the major French institutions as searched on KVK. Societe Paritys / Lebotys hardcover books
195942920Paris: Societe Paritys / Lebotys 1959. Post binder with 3 brass posts. Publisher's pictorial glazed boards white cloth joints. Light extremity wear to boards; short split to rear joint. Page block lightly foxed occasional foxing/spotting to margins throughout. Few white nylon fabric samples discolored by paste beneath. Fabric samples otherwise clean and bright with only minor occasional creasing/fraying. Overall VG. 108 pp. 16 color fashion drawings; ~800 pasted and tipped-in fabric samples. 16-1/4" x 12" <br/><br/>A mid-century salesman's sample catalogue from the summer collection of Parisian firm Société Paritys a haberdashery and fabric supplier established in 1946 and still in operation today. The fabric samples have been supplied by Lebotys a couture design firm in its own right and highly regarded for the quality of its textiles. As we find record of Lebotys having issued catalogues of its own collections in both the 1930s and 1960s we speculate that the two firms collaborated for a limited time possibly due to continuing post-war shortages and the need to adapt to the rapidly changing clothing market of the 1950s. The late 1950s saw a revolution in French fashion — and by extension Western fashion in general — due in no small part to the influence of material factors underlying the purely aesthetic side of the industry: availability of fabric continuing technological advances in synthetics and the surging post-war economies of America and Europe. The reluctant expansion of haute couture into the ready-to-wear market during the latter half of the century and the increasing reliance on synthetic fabrics to meet the demand would ultimately spell a major shift in the industry one that would impact fashion trends for decades to come. Some fashion houses like Dior whose “New Look” revitalized fashion at the beginning of the decade successfully managed to adapt by issuing couture ready-to-wear lines. Some however even long-established houses survived the war only to be undone by the prosperity that followed. The collaboration here of Société Paritys and Lebotys as well as the fabrics offered and styles displayed leads us to infer that the two firms were likely targeting the growing ready-to-wear market. The fabrics include a variety of silks cottons wools mohair muslin cashmere and others as well as nylon fibranne rayon Rhodia tergal crylor acetate Albène and other “Matieres Synthètiques” often in blends and advertising their washable and/or antiwrinkling qualities. The styles in the illustrations although still influenced by the “New Look” also show the influence of Dior's successor the young Yves St. Laurent who debuted his "trapeze line" in 1958. No copies located on OCLC nor the major French institutions as searched on KVK. Societe Paritys / Lebotys hardcover books
195741355Paris: Societe Paritys 1957. 1st printing thus. Publisher's color pictorial glazed boards post binder; 3 brass posts decorative screw tops. Red cloth joints. Some general extremity wear to binder with slightly bumped corners. Occasional dust soiling. Minor foxing. Overall VG with cloth samples generally VG to Nr Fine with the occasional crease to the odd sample or two. 104 pp printed in red on stiff-stock paper. 16 color fashion drawings; 897 of 898 tipped-in fabric samples. Folio. 16-1/4" x 12-1/8" <br/><br/>A mid-century salesman's sample catalogue from the summer collection of Parisian firm Société Paritys a haberdashery and fabric supplier established in 1946 and still in operation today. The fabric samples have been supplied by Lebotys a couture design firm in its own right and highly regarded for the quality of its textiles. As we find record of Lebotys having issued catalogues of its own collections in both the 1930s and 1960s we speculate that the two firms collaborated for a limited time possibly due to continuing post-war shortages and the need to adapt to the rapidly changing clothing market of the 1950s. The late 1950s saw a revolution in French fashion — and by extension Western fashion in general — due in no small part to the influence of material factors underlying the purely aesthetic side of the industry: availability of fabric continuing technological advances in synthetics and the surging post-war economies of America and Europe. The reluctant expansion of haute couture into the ready-to-wear market during the latter half of the century and the increasing reliance on synthetic fabrics to meet the demand would ultimately spell a major shift in the industry one that would impact fashion trends for decades to come. Some fashion houses like Dior whose “New Look” revitalized fashion at the beginning of the decade successfully managed to adapt by issuing couture ready-to-wear lines. Some however even long-established houses survived the war only to be undone by the prosperity that followed. The collaboration here of Société Paritys and Lebotys as well as the fabrics offered and styles displayed leads us to infer that the two firms were likely targeting the growing ready-to-wear market. The fabrics include a variety of silks cottons wools mohair etc. as well as nylon fibranne rayon Rhodia tergal crylor acetate and other “Matieres Synthètiques” often in blends and advertising their washable and/or antiwrinkling qualities. The styles in the illustrations still heavily influenced by the “New Look” emphasize wasp-waisted dresses hourglass silhouettes etc. Of particular note are the designs and fabrics for wedding dresses. No copies located on OCLC nor the major French institutions as searched on KVK. Societe Paritys hardcover books
1888217891Leipzig Berlin Vienna etc. 1888. 66 colored plates many folding 10 black and white plates. 1 vols. Folio. Later red cloth. A few short tears and minor traces of old soiling. Generally Very Good. 66 colored plates many folding 10 black and white plates. 1 vols. Folio. Chiefly ladies fashion with among others two interesting plates of sporting fashions: a coaching scene of two young ladies with a long whip and an angling scene of two ladies with rod and net landing a fish. unknown books
1970D6222Istanbul c. 1970s. Very Good. Red card wrappers with "Gunal Erkose" stamped in gilt on front cover; two volumes 4to; unpaginated with b/w photographs 27 in one 23 in the other tipped-onto black leaves with printed frames and handwritten prices below e.g. Fob Istanbul US $34. Covers a bit scuffed; slight wave to text block. A fun time capsule of early 1970s Turkish leather fashions for men and primarily women modelling outer wear and jackets dresses and pant suits. <br/><br/> hardcover books
1930D4922likely America c. 1930s. Fine. Group of 10 original costume studies on heavy cardstock mounts ranging in size from about 9.5-by-10.5 inches to 13-by-18 inches in pen-and-ink or grey wash heightened in white. Circa 1930s America. Presumably created by S. C. Cavanagh Ltd. with the firm's name in pencil along the bottom edge of many of the studies. Expertly carried out illustrations of elegant women in long coats or evening jackets pinky fingers held delicately aloft. All cards a little rubbed and smudged along the edges but overall nice and bright suitable for display. A wonderful collection for the classic or vintage stylist. <br/><br/> unknown books
1847865311847. FASHION - WOMEN'S - PERIODICAL LE PETIT MESSAGER DES MODES ET LE CONFIDENT REUNIS: TOME VII NOS. 1-17 22-24; TOME IX NOS. 1-13 15-17. Paris: Imprim. Schneider et Langrand 1847 and 1849. Thirty-six issues illustrated with 72 lovely hand-colored engraved plates of which 33 are by Heloise Leloir and 12 by Laure Colin Noel. Quarto. Text: 27-136169-192; 104113-128121-128 pp. 10 1/4 by 7 in. Nineteenth-century binding: quarter black morocco marbled boards gilt title on spine marbled endpapers. The binding is shelfworn with top joint is starting and lower joint tender. The first issue is missing four text pages; otherwise despite some misleading errors in pagination all text is present. Most issues have a timbre royal mark a French duty stamp on one text page but not on the plates. The plates are generally clean and fresh; however there are a few exceptions: 1. - Both plates in Vol. VII no. 1 have old paper repairs on the inner margin and the top fore-corner of one has been clipped; 2. - The two plates in Vol. VII no. 2 have been trimmed 1/4" shy of the fore-edge of the bookblock; 3. - One plate in Vol. IX no. 15 which is the only horizontal image in the entire volume has been trimmed to the top-edge of the image at the fore-edge. LE PETIT MESSAGER DES MODES was a bi-weekly publication appearing on the 1st and 16th of each month comprised of eight pages of text that was to include 22 engraved plates and 3 large patterns in each six-month period. This volume is bound without any of the large patterns and instead an additional plate has been inserted wherever a pattern is called for. These `extra' plates have been supplied from issues that are not included in this volume. Although most issues are complete with text and appropriate plates together there are twelve instances in this volume including the plates-for-patterns substitutions of plates being misbound or of a plate from another issue replacing the expected plate. And so while the plates are lovely and in very good condition it is for these reasons that the volume is offered as is. unknown books
1940D12397America c. 1940s. Group of approximately 30 costume and fashion designs for women; on a variety of papers or board ranging in size from about 8x10 to 15x21 inches; using chalk crayon watercolor ink and even a bit of collage. Includes dresses hats and gowns -- many possibly for Advance Patterns Fashions and Fabrics. Some dated all signed by the artist. Some a little worn along the edges but condition is VG or better overall suitable for display. <br/><br/>Much of Teed's original artwork is now in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. This diverse group shows glamorous fashion in a variety of illustrative styles from spare line drawings on black paper to gowns trimmed in paper doily to finished and highly detailed watercolors. unknown books
178842077London: Fores 1788. Framed and glazed. Fores unknown books
195025923n.p. 1950. Sold individually. Please inquire for images of each. Image approximately 12 x 10 inches plus margins. Sold individually. Please inquire for images of each. Image approximately 12 x 10 inches plus margins. Original Fabric Designs by Fashion Artist Reynaldo Luza. Reynaldo Luza 1893-1978 pre-eminent fashion artist was born in Lima Peru. He began training as an architect at the University of Louvain Belgium but returned to Peru at the outbreak of World War I where he changed his studies from architecture to art. In 1918 he came to the United States where he earned his living by contributing drawings to several fashion publications principally VOGUE HARPERS BAZAAR and VANITY FAIR. In 1921 he joined HARPERS BAZAAR as the principal fashion artist a position he was to hold for 27 years. He divided his time between New York Paris and London working closely with all of the leading fashion designers of the times--Poiret Patou Lelong Paquin Douillet Doucet Cheruit Worth Drecoll Callot Soeurs Redfern Martial et Amand Premet Reboux Chanel Vionnet Molyneaux Schiaparelli Hartnell Steibel and Balenciaga among others.<br/><br/>In 1940 Luza made New York his principal base where over the next few years he continued his activities at Harpers as well as creating fabric and furniture designs and the costumes for the movie "The Bridge of San Luis Rey". Among other distinctions he received several honorary appointments from the government of Peru including that of Artistic Director of the Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York World's Fair of 1939-40; he also did the interior design of the new Lima airport.<br/><br/>In 1950 Luza returned to Peru where he began a second career as a portrait painter exhibiting his work over the next few years in Paris New York and Washington D.C. unknown books
2413Paris Editions Nilsson c.1920. Four little volumes containing 80 pochoir color cards 20 in each volume of women's fashions from 1900-1920. Small 16mo. 9.4 x 7.25cm. Each volume In original hand colored printed wrappers with women in costume on the front of each volume. Housed in the original patterned paper covered card slipcase with rose design on inside covers with printed paper spine label. Box is shaken. Interior volumes are fine. Ties are perfect. unknown books
1877List323Chicago: J.B. Westendorf 1877. Folio 10 ½ x 14 inches 6 pp. Very Good. J.B. Westendorf unknown books
1929108242Folio. Barcelona: Central de Corte Marti April 1929-December 1929. Folio 24 pp. Original wrappers printed in brown with illustrations to every page and terminal fold-out sewing patterns. Stapled paper wrappers with title and date printed to the upper wrapper. Some minor foxing to outer margins; very good. § First edition. Ten issues of Ediciones Marti created for disciples of the “Method of Cut†system with all the best creations of haute couture. Each edition contains a selection of models drawn to exhibit new designs accompanied by sewing patterns. Central de Corte Marti unknown books
199322810Rotterdam: Self-Published 1993. First Edition. 8vo. stapled color pictorial wraps; 8.25" x 6". Very good or better wit touches of wear. Old small blacked-out label to front wrapper. Else sound and clean. Order form and price list loosely laid-in. With eleven 6" x 4" original color Fuki photographs mounted within. 24pp.including covers. <br/><br/>Rare catalogue of custom latex fetish masks with typed descriptions of ten different masks each generally available in three or four variations and illustrated by at least one original Fuji photograph. "In the first place I Like to congratulate you on the choice of this catalogue in which you will find a wealth of splendid pictures of our collections sic all." We've never seen anything quite like this in a trade catalogue: an essentially bespoke catalogue for bespoke kink fashion. Rare and unusual. [Self-Published] paperback books
193717397New York: Amos Parrish and Company 1937. First Edition. Wraps. Very good. 9" x 12" approx. brad-bound in wraps. 154 leaves printed in black and green primarily recto only. Many with additional fold-outs. 108 fabric samples glue-mounted throughout. Some creasing chipping and mild soil to wraps. Interior generally fresh and bright. Some adhesive residue or other wear to samples with two perished. Very good overall. <br/><br/>A handbook for the Amos Parrish Fashion Selling Clinic a seminar for department store executives and other retailers. Amos Parrish retail sales and advertising manager founded his consulting firm providing statistical retail merchandising analysis and holding clinics like the one represented here from the 1920s to 1955. Amos Parrish and Company Inc. also published pamphlets charts books and other fashion forecasting materials. An extremely well-crafted handbook it includes the two-day seminar schedule and profusely illustrated sections outlining the seasonal trends in apparel accessories and undergarments with sections on selling suits coats millinery sportswear etc. These are accompanied by statistical information on the various styles defined. A note paper-clipped to the first page by the book's creator S. T. Neidlinger indicates that this was used as a sample of his work. A handsome and minutely detailed item with fascinating insights into fashion trends and retail operations of the era. OCLC locates only one similar item for the final 1955 event. Amos Parrish and Company paperback books
194414444Cincinnati OH: The Melville Co. ca. 1944. Folio card folder. Containing more than a dozen pieces of sales and business forms as well as 50 different paper advertisement sheets each measuring approximately 11 1/2" x 8 1/2". All full-color with lithographed illustrations and mounted fabric samples of apparel from the Melville Company's line of women's clothing. Folder exterior with moderate wear some damping. Contents well preserved ad sheets generally near fine; scrap about very good. <br/><br/>The Melville Company of Cincinatti OH operated during the 1940s and 50s recruiting women to sell dresses and other items of apparel children's clothes socks lingerie men's shirts to their friends and family. As the marketing materials enclosed make clear it was pitched at housewives looking to make extra money and apparently operated much like Tupperware would a decade later. The Melville Co. hardcover books
195025924n.p. 1950. Sold individually. Please inquire for images of each. Approximately 11 x 10 inches. Sold individually. Please inquire for images of each. Approximately 11 x 10 inches. Original Fabric Designs by Fashion Artist Reynaldo Luza. Reynaldo Luza 1893-1978 pre-eminent fashion artist was born in Lima Peru. He began training as an architect at the University of Louvain Belgium but returned to Peru at the outbreak of World War I where he changed his studies from architecture to art. In 1918 he came to the United States where he earned his living by contributing drawings to several fashion publications principally VOGUE HARPERS BAZAAR and VANITY FAIR. In 1921 he joined HARPERS BAZAAR as the principal fashion artist a position he was to hold for 27 years. He divided his time between New York Paris and London working closely with all of the leading fashion designers of the times--Poiret Patou Lelong Paquin Douillet Doucet Cheruit Worth Drecoll Callot Soeurs Redfern Martial et Amand Premet Reboux Chanel Vionnet Molyneaux Schiaparelli Hartnell Steibel and Balenciaga among others.<br/><br/>In 1940 Luza made New York his principal base where over the next few years he continued his activities at Harpers as well as creating fabric and furniture designs and the costumes for the movie "The Bridge of San Luis Rey". Among other distinctions he received several honorary appointments from the government of Peru including that of Artistic Director of the Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York World's Fair of 1939-40; he also did the interior design of the new Lima airport.<br/><br/>In 1950 Luza returned to Peru where he began a second career as a portrait painter exhibiting his work over the next few years in Paris New York and Washington D.C. unknown books
1950245213n.p. 1950. 1 vols. Image approximately 6 x 4-1/2 inches matted to 12 x 10-1/2 inches. Creased across upper left corner light spotting. 1 vols. Image approximately 6 x 4-1/2 inches matted to 12 x 10-1/2 inches. Reynaldo Luza 1893-1978 pre-eminent fashion artist was born in Lima Peru. He began training as an architect at the University of Louvain Belgium but returned to Peru at the outbreak of World War I where he changed his studies from architecture to art. In 1918 he came to the United States where he earned his living by contributing drawings to several fashion publications principally VOGUE HARPERS BAZAAR and VANITY FAIR. In 1921 he joined HARPERS BAZAAR as the principal fashion artist a position he was to hold for 27 years. He divided his time between New York Paris and London working closely with all of the leading fashion designers of the times--Poiret Patou Lelong Paquin Douillet Doucet Cheruit Worth Drecoll Callot Soeurs Redfern Martial et Amand Premet Reboux Chanel Vionnet Molyneaux Schiaparelli Hartnell Steibel and Balenciaga among others. In 1940 Luza made New York his principal base where over the next few years he continued his activities at Harpers as well as creating fabric and furniture designs and the costumes for the movie "The Bridge of San Luis Rey". Among other distinctions he received several honorary appointments from the government of Peru including that of Artistic Director of the Paris Exposition of 1938 and the New York World's Fair of 1939-40; he also did the interior design of the new Lima airport. In 1950 Luza returned to Peru where he began a second career as a portrait painter exhibiting his work over the next few years in Paris New York and Washington D.C. unknown books
1913218820London: Sampson Low Marston & Company Ldt 1913. First edition. 155 colored plates several in black and white which are printed on both sides. 1 vols. 4to. Green morocco-backed boards. Very good. First edition. 155 colored plates several in black and white which are printed on both sides. 1 vols. 4to. An excellent survey of French and English mode of dress between 1786 and 1912. Colas 2426; Hiler & Hiller p. 722 placing date as 1912 Sampson Low, Marston & Company Ldt unknown books
