The Battle of Versailles : (Record no. 6844)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781250062321
043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE
Geographic area code e-fr---
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050 14 - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER
Classification number TT502
Item number .G585 2016
100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME
Personal name Givhan, Robin.
9 (RLIN) 21464
245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT
Title The Battle of Versailles :
Remainder of title the night American fashion stumbled into the spotlight and made history /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Robin Givhan..
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. New York :
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Flatiron Books,
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2016.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent 310 p., 16 unnumbered p. of plates :
Other physical details ill. ;
Dimensions 25 cm.
501 ## - WITH NOTE
With note K_B
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. "Conceived as a fundraiser for the restoration of King Louis XIV's palace, the world's elite gathered in Versailles' grand theater to view a fashion extravaganza of the best that French and American designers had to offer, while being entertained by Liza Minnelli and Josephine Baker. What they saw would forever alter the history of fashion. At the Battle of Versailles five Americans--Oscar de la Renta, Bill Blass, Anne Klein, Halston, and Stephen Burrows--faced off against the five French designers considered the best in the world--Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert de Givenchy, Pierre Cardin, Emanuel Ungaro, and Marc Bohan of Christian Dior. Against all odds, the American energy and the domination by their fearless models (ten of whom, in a ground-breaking move, were African-American) sent the audience reeling. By the end of the evening, the Americans had transformed their place on the world stage and sowed the seeds for changing the way race, gender, sexuality, and economics would be treated in fashion for decades to come. The in-fighting between ego-inflated designers, the unforeseen obstacles in staging the show on a shoestring, the triumphant win, the vastly different fates of the designers post-show--Robin Givhan's meticulous research brings the event alive and places it firmly in the history of fashion, offering an intimate examination of a single moment that teaches us how the culture of fashion as we now know it came to be"--
Assigning source Provided by publisher.
504 ## - BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Bibliography, etc. note Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-294) and index.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Fashion shows
Geographic subdivision France
-- Versailles
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 21465
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Fashion merchandising
Geographic subdivision United States
General subdivision History.
9 (RLIN) 21466
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Fashion merchandising
General subdivision Social aspects.
9 (RLIN) 21467
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Social change.
650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical term or geographic name entry element Ch�ateau de Versailles (Versailles, France)
9 (RLIN) 21468
999 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBERS (KOHA)
Koha biblionumber 6844
Koha biblioitemnumber 6844
Holdings
Date last seen Total Checkouts Full call number Barcode Price effective from Koha item type Lost status Source of classification or shelving scheme Damaged status Not for loan Withdrawn status Home library Current library Shelving location Date acquired
01/28/2025   TT502 .G585 2016 0004429 01/28/2025 Books   Library of Congress Classification   Available for loans   SPAA Library SPAA Library General Collection 01/28/2025