Dimensions
259 x 322 x 34mm
Arriving in America in 1923 after several years spent on stage as a dancer and actress in Paris, Athens and various other European cities, Valentina Schlee (1899-1989) - known professionally as Valentina - earned a place among a select coterie of custom designers (including British-born couturier Charles James and the Paris-based, but American-born, Mainbocher) who achieved commercial success and maintained influential careers during the formative years of New York Couture. This book will provide a window not only into the biography and accomplishments of this important figure, but into the birth of American Couture in the second quarter of the twentieth century. This is the first book devoted to the life, career and legend of Valentina.
