Scarce copy of this autobiography by Bettina Ballard, the fashion editor at Vogue, who began as the Paris editor of Vogue in the 1930’s. Published by David McKay Company, New York, 1960. First Edition. Black cloth hardcover with deep pink lettered spine with pictorial dust jacket. 312 pages.
Chapters include ‘On Being in Vogue’, ‘The Sorceress-Coco Chanel’, ‘Schiaparelli, Mainbocher and other Designers', ‘The Secret world of Cristobal Balenciaga’, ‘Living in Fashion in New York’, ‘Editing at Vogue’ and more. Fascinating stories with many designers she met including Mainbocher, Christian Dior, Christian Berard, Bouet-Willaumez, Charles James, Hattie Carnegie, Claire McCardell, Cecil Beaton and more. Dust jacket has wear on the edges with small loss at spine ends and light soiling to back cover, now protected in a Mylar cover. A nice clean copy of this book.
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