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03696aam a2200457Ii 4500 001 3C4167C4E2CC11E69BF6F981DAD10320 003 SILO 005 20170125010103 008 150429t20162015nyuaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1250062322 020 $a 9781250062321 035 $a (OCoLC)908176012 040 $a YDXCP $b eng $e rda $c YDXCP $d BTCTA $d BDX $d OCLCQ $d JQM $d OCLCO $d PX0 $d OCLCF $d SILO 043 $a n-us--- $a n-us--- 050 4 $a TT502 $b .G585 2016 082 04 $a 746.9/209443663 $2 23 100 1 $a Givhan, Robin, $e author. 245 14 $a The Battle of Versailles : $b the night American fashion stumbled into the spotlight and made history / $c Robin Givhan. 250 $a First edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Flatiron Books, $c [2016] 300 $a 310 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 23 cm 520 $a "Conceived as a fund raiser for the restoration of King Louis XIV's palace, the world's elite gathered in Versailles' grand theater to view a fashion extravaganza of the best that French and American designers had to offer, while being entertained by Liza Minnelli and Josephine Baker. What they saw would forever alter the history of fashion. At the Battle of Versailles five Americans--Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Anne Klein, Halston, and Stephen Burrows--faced off against the five French designers considered the best in the world--Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert de Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, Emanuel Ungaro, and Marc Bohan of Christian Dior. Against all odds, the American energy and the domination by their fearless models (ten of whom, in a ground-breaking move, were African-American) sent the audience reeling. By the end of the evening, the Americans had transformed their place on the world stage and sowed the seeds for changing the way race, gender, sexuality, and economics would be treated in fashion for decades to come. The in-fighting between ego-inflated designers, the unforeseen obstacles in staging the show on a shoestring, the triumphant win, the vastly different fates of the designers post-show--Robin Givhan's meticulous research brings the event alive and places it firmly in the history of fashion, offering an intimate examination of a single moment that teaches us how the culture of fashion as we now know it came to be"-- $c Provided by publisher. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-294) and index. 505 0 $a In the wings -- French rules -- Copycats and salami -- Four gentlemen and a powerhouse -- Cities in flames -- Apostasy -- Disco balls and divas -- Stephen Burrows's world -- Insecurity and egos -- Muses, marijuana, and mayhem -- Waiting -- One night at Versailles -- Success stories and cautionary tales -- In our own way. 650 0 $a Fashion shows $z Versailles $z Versailles $x History. 650 0 $a Fashion merchandising $z United States $x History. 650 0 $a Fashion merchandising $x Social aspects. 650 0 $a Social change. 610 20 $a Ch©Ãteau de Versailles (Versailles, France) 610 27 $a Ch©Ãteau de Versailles (Versailles, France) $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00631543 650 7 $a Fashion merchandising. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00921644 650 7 $a Fashion merchandising $x Social aspects. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00921649 650 7 $a Fashion shows. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst00921658 650 7 $a Social change. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01122310 651 7 $a France $z Versailles. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204688 651 7 $a United States. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01204155 655 7 $a History. $2 fast $0 (OCoLC)fst01411628 941 $a 1 952 $l UNUX074 $d 20170125011051.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3C4167C4E2CC11E69BF6F981DAD10320 994 $a Z0 $b NIUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search