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01614aam a2200265Ia 4500 001 57CFD70E6A8C11E689525693DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160825010506 008 100508s2010 nyua 000 0deng d 020 $a 2759404870 020 $a 9782759404872 035 $a (OCoLC)613433502 040 $a BTCTA $b eng $c BTCTA $d YDXCP $d UVV $d NYP $d IWA $d SILO 050 4 $a TT505 D5 B48x 2010 245 00 $a American Dior / $c introduction by Kate Betts. 260 $a New York : $b Assouline, $c c2010. 300 $a 167 p. : $b chiefly ill. (some col.) ; $c 34 cm. 520 $a "American Dior contains detailed drawings of the elaborate foundations, images of the New Look collection and more. With the introduction of the New look, Dior became American fashion's ultimate agent provocateur playing on the country's appetite for newness and for French savoir-faire. His collection revolutionized women's dress. His designs were more voluptuous with the use of fabrics lined with percale, bustier-style bodices, hip padding, wasp-waisted corsets and petticoats, giving his models a very curvaceous form. Dior used to say that his client would be "the most elegant woman in the world," which proved to be true, dressing an A-list of American icons such as Lauren Bacall, Grace Kelly, Marilyn Monroe and Elisabeth Taylor among them"--Publisher's web site. 600 10 $a Dior, Christian. 610 20 $a Christian Dior (Firm) 700 1 $a Betts, Kate, $d 1964- 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20190502022911.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=57CFD70E6A8C11E689525693DAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search