Rare collectible book celebrating 'Society In Vogue: The International Set between the Wars'. Published 1992, this is a first edition hardback by Josephine Ross.
Great for reference and collectors of fashion and Vogue magazine as inside are colour plates of Vogue magazine covers. 192 pages, semi-glossy, many colour as well as black and white photos and illustrations.
Beautiful illustrated dust jacket by Rene Bouet-Willaumez.
Vogue covers include photographic covers by Cecil Beaton, Horst, Rawlings, Louise Dahl-Wolfe, Edward Steichen, and illustrated covers by Marcel Vertes etc.
There are photographs of - Josephine Baker (in a gold paper dress by Antoine), Lee Miller (in her modelling days, before she became a photographer) Fred Astaire 1927, Noel Coward (who writes an article titled 'In Venice'), Tallulah Bankhead, Douglas Fairbanks Jr 1937, Mrs David Niven, The Duchess of Windsor / Mrs Simpson 1937 - all photographed for Vogue.
Illustrations by - Christian Berard, Pierre Mourgue, Benito, Ann Fish, Eric (Carl Erickson), Enos, René Bouét-Willaumez, Francis Marshall, Harriett Meserole and others.
Fashion by - Hermes, Jean Patou, Norman Hartnell, Antione and many others.
The blurb from the inside jacket reads:
"The years 1918-1945 were momentous for the world: the 20s, a decade stunned by war, evolved into the most glamorous and exciting of the century; 30s, a decade which exemplified high style and good design, was played out against a backdrop of depression and political extremism; 40's dawned amidst the destruction of WW11. when good living was superseded by good work. In the years between the wars Vogue magazine reflected a world of inimitable glamour and luxury.
Organised thematically, on topics from seasons to travel, sport and society in wartime, it offers delightful reading; as well as tit bits from the regular column 'How one Lives from Day to Day', there are articles on topics from bringing out débutante to dealing with servants; from joys of travel to the discomforts of shooting parties, by such contributors as Nancy Mitford, Cecil Beaton & Noel Coward.
Illustrated throughout with the work of the greatest photographers-Beaton, Steichen, Horst, and Hoyningen-Heune- and artists from Christian Berard and Marcel Vertes to Eric and Willaumez, it also forms a stunning visual record. The work of these artists combined with the caricatures of Fish, Topolski and others, make a stylish counterpart to the formal society portraits, and evocative snaps of the famous on the Riviera, at the Embassy Club, playing polo on long island, or at a country house party. How the privileged few lived in the hard interwar years, and the conspicuous self indulgence which vogue then reflected, make startling reading today.
With such a rare cache of material to draw upon, using American, British and French sources, Society In vogue represents a glamorous amusing and also thought provoking book, beautiful to look at and entertaining to read.
Excellent condition as shown.
This book originally cost £25 in 1992.
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