THE WOMEN WHO REVOLUTIONIZED FASHION

Diane Von Furstenberg, Vivienne Westwood, Sarah Burton, Kate and Laura Mulleavy, Donna Karan, and Iris van Herpen are among the grea t women designers to emerge in the last few decades. We now live in an age when no one would dare call them that little seamstress, as Paul Poiret disdainfully referred to Gabrielle Coco Chanel more than a century ago. This book highlights early innovative and de signers working in a variety of materials and genres.