David Downton portraits of the world's most stylish women

193 Pages·2015·25.961 MB·English

by  Downton, David;Lacroix, Christian;Von Teese, Dita

DAVID
DOWNTON
Portraits of the World’s
Most Stylish Women

DAVID
DOWNTON
Portraits of the World’s
Most Stylish Women
FOREWORD BY CHRISTIAN LACROIX
AFTERWORD BY DITA VON TEESE
WITH PHOTOGRAPHY BY TIM PETERSEN & JACOBUS SNYMAN
LAURENCE KING PUBLISHING
Published in 2015
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A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library
ISBN: 978-1-78067-618-0
Design: Karen Morgan
Senior Editor: Melissa Danny
Commissioning Editor: Helen Rochester
Printed in China
This book is dedicated to Carl Erickson,
René Bouché, Marcel Vertès, René Gruau and
Antonio Lopez. The masters.

Contents
FOREWORD
A letter from Christian Lacroix.....................................8
THE VARNISHED TRUTH
A conversation with David Downton.............................13
PORTRAITS.............................................................22
SKETCHES
Working drawings.....................................................168
AFTERWORD
Written by Dita Von Teese.........................................188
Acknowledgements.....................................................192
Foreword
A letter from Christian Lacroix
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