Maison Lesage: Haute Couture Embroidery

ISBN: 0500021538

Author: Mauriès, Patrick

Condition: New

The definitive monograph on the most luxurious and illustrious Haute Couture embroidery house in the world, featuring specially commissioned photography of Maison Lesages historic creations.The most prestigious Parisian Haute Couture artisans, Maison Lesage has collaborated with the biggest names in fashion, from Chanel, Schiaparelli, and Yves Saint Laurent, to Cristobal Balenciaga, Valentino, and Alexander McQueen. Founded in 1924, when the Lesage family bought the eminent firm of Michonet (then a supplier to such fashion legends as the House of Worth), Maison Lesage has created exceptional embroidery motifsoften requiring hundreds, if not thousands, of hours of precise beadworkfor star fashion designers for decades.Perhaps best known today for the masterpieces it creates for Karl Lagerfelds Chanel collections, the house was bought by Chanel in 2002 as part of its Paraffection group to ensure the survival of the houses unique history and extraordinary skills.Illustrated with specially commissioned photography of the houses historic creations and illuminated with texts by Patrick Mauries, who has written extensively on Chanel, Maison Lesage is both a tribute to exceptional craftsmanship and a journey through more than one hundred years of fashion at its most sumptuous and inventive. This book will be coveted by anyone interested in luxury fashion. 200 illustrations in color