# The Impossible Collection of Fashion

- **Brand:** Assouline
- **Price:** $1,050.00
- **Catalog:** bloomingdales
- **Retailer:** bloomingdales
- **Product URL:** https://go.cosimo.shop/r/gAAAAABqr_x_ac95wzPzH8frMMwnmKubkeiD_RJT9JrVaTJ-t346Z0DHXxK4yREGdqbsVLaFCA7hOuebIPdyNswXmIuHG0OjmLbS-iPUkQF5yv8Q4RgSlcepwWYBfEJWjwusx3xOFyxGVbLNdh9fORRw-R2_Il1z6O3J1B_aeW8Yzt2u9_kO-QpFHgTUWbdePf3WfrgFlu9EmGCHm4_Z12jHDQge-OccnFJwuwnRFEZS9_kwWZ_wD5EmvGSjiz_3QbcDNVUauJf-3_B64QxpKh6qqIUuRvY0ahEULRgTP8bC0hZMKyFWqnQUplQxdp6H8EzCyiFdkoo4HP2grNvQ2toXwcbgX9PYHlJVXp0vAn7LHTRgynR-PG78VsEwfYMM1Tdrn5wcfKAZKpFXX9U5tVGT_9oWQYotQBrGtxbUFvB7UQobNqT_emG21towSsbLJwLhfsZdg1MZ0QnhYHm-uUZo7BSFaPWZh9poB3tFTGwh6A9DUgQpTWsAO2FCM1gDDeUtNf4DZwCHwU_F_uX897IlBjE5JOkuMg==
- **GTIN:** 882664301637
- **Availability:** In stock

## Summary

A luxury hardcover coffee table book titled 'The Impossible Collection of Fashion' featuring a vibrant pink cover with a white fashion illustration.

## Description

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## Appearance

- **Colors:** No Color
- **Materials:** Paper, Avoid prolonged exposure to direct sunlight and high temperatures. Avoid direct exposure to water, oils, and other liquids. Store upright with adequate room to breathe.
- **Fit:** ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Valerie Steele (PhD, Yale University) is director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT). 

## Variants

- **In stock:** 1 of 1
- **Available:** No Color

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## Categories

- **Categories:** Home

## Additional Attributes

- **bullet text:** In this limited edition, Ultimate Collection format linen clamshell and handmade oversized book, Valerie Steele flexes her curatorial muscle by showcasing the most iconic dresses of the twentieth century., From Poiret to Pucci, Doucet to Dior, Vionnet to Valentino, Steele selects one hundred dresses that caused a stir either on the runway or entering a room and ultimately inspired new directions in fashion., Steele's selections include Paul Poiret's figure-liberating 1907 gown, Madame Grès's sublimely draped goddess creation from 1938,, Jean Paul Gaultier's shockingly exaggerated cone-bust corset dress circa 1984, and Hussein Chalayan's awe-inspiring remote-control fiberglass Airplane dress from 2000., The compilation, while certainly subjective, is sure to receive nods of recognition along with a gasp or two of surprise., ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Valerie Steele (PhD, Yale University) is director and chief curator of the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology (MFIT)., Having curated more than twenty exhibitions in the past ten years, Dr. Steele also serves as editor in chief of Fashion Theory: The Journal of Dress, Body & Culture, which she founded in 1997., She has appeared on many television shows, including The Oprah Winfrey Show and Undressed., The Washington Post describes her as one of "fashion's brainiest women," and she was included in the New York Daily News list of "Fashion's 50 Most Powerful., Cloth over Board with Linen Clamshell Box, 144 pages, 100 illustrations, English language, Released in August 2011, Dimensions: 15.35"W x 18.5"L x 2.75"D, Product weight: 20 lbs., Imported
- **max quantity:** 36
- **number of colors:** 1
- **care instructions:** Paper, Avoid prolonged exposure to direct sunlight and high temperatures. Avoid direct exposure to water, oils, and other liquids. Store upright with adequate room to breathe.

## Enrichment

- **Type:** coffee table book
- **Type Synonyms:** art book, hardcover book, fashion book
- **Tags:** hardcover, illustrated, luxury edition
- **Styles:** modern, minimalist
- **Category Path:** Media > Books > Print Books
- **Book cover type:** Hardcover
- **Genre:** Arts, Design, Fashion & beauty
- **Language version:** ENG- English
- **Target audience:** Adults
- **Canonical Brand:** Assouline

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