Evening Dress

"Be a caterpillar by day and a butterfly by night." This quote proves that designer and style icon, Coco Chanel, understood what the well-dressed woman has always known: There is a beautiful transformation that can occur from day to evening. Whether you reward yourself or a fabulous fashion forward friend with Evening Dress, you will be delighted. A celebration of fashion’s highest art form, this lavish edition will engage, enchant, and inspire.

Evening Dress features photographs and sketches of hundreds of exquisite gowns from ancient times to the new millennium.

The hard cover is a black linen with silver emboss. Includes paper flap jacket. Black end papers.

Hardcover: 336 pages, oversized
Publisher: Rizzoli
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0847826481
ISBN-13: 978-084782483
Product Dimensions: 11.6 x 9.8 x 1.1 inches
Shipping Weight: 4.4 pounds

About the Author
Alexandra Black has written and edited numerous books on style and design. Her most recent was Rizzoli’s highly acclaimed The Party Dress. Black first became intrigued by fashion and cultural history on a journalistic assignment to interview Youhji Yamamoto in Tokyo over a decade ago. Since then she has continued to explore theme in her writing, contributing to publications around the world including Elle and Vogue.