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Paris Fashion and World War Two: Global Diffusion and Nazi Control
By Lou Taylor & Marie McLoughlin
- ISBN
- 9781350000261
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Visual Arts
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Reviewed on July 1, 2020 | Arts & Humanities
Written by an international group of fashion historians, this comprehensive book challenges the view that while the Germans occupied France during World War II, no fashion innovations or exports came out of Paris. In fact, designer Lucien Lelong, then president of the Chambre Syndicale de la Couture Parisienne, convinced the Germans to keep the Paris haute couture industry in place, where it continued to operate through the war. The wives of hi...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
