Café Society: Socialites, Patrons, and Artists: 1920 to 1960: Thierry Coudert
CafĂ© Society: Socialites, Patrons, and Artists: 1920 to 1960: Thierry Coudert Aristocrats, millionaires, painters, fashion designers, choreographers, and musicians of the caf society fox-trot aboard…
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Café Society: Socialites, Patrons, and Artists: 1920 to 1960: Thierry Coudert
Aristocrats, millionaires, painters, fashion designers, choreographers, and musicians of the caf society fox-trot aboard cruise liners and mingle at dazzling parties in Paris. It was a whirlwind of sumptuously decorated villas and yachts, up-and-coming haute couture and jewelry designers, and elite evening parties, immortalized by fashion photographers like Cecil Beaton. Exclusive, extravagant, and beautiful, these cosmopolitan socialites were the patrons who galvanized the phenomenal success of the greatest creators of the early twentieth century.
Some of the century's most original talents--from Cole Porter to Yves Saint Laurent--stepped into the limelight via the caf society. Combining elegance and fantasy, the members of the caf society enjoyed a sophisticated, avant-garde lifestyle. Through archival photographs and period documents, this volume recounts in historical detail the