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AcknowledgementsForewordIntroductionPART 1 EARLY DAYSIntroduction, Charles Frederick Worth, Callot Soeurs, Jeanne Paquin, Paul Poiret, Mariano FortunyPART 2 1910s-1930sIntroduction, Jeanne Lanvin, Gabrielle 'Coco' Chanel, Jean Patou, Madeleine Vionnet, Elsa Schiaparelli, Mainbocher, Adrian, Salvatore Ferragamo, Madame Alix GrèsPART 3 1940-1950sIntroduction, Cristóbal Balenciaga, Christian Dior, Charles James, Claire McCardell, Hubert de Givenchy, Norman Norell, Pierre Cardin, Mary Quant, Rudi GernreichPART 4 1960s-1970sIntroduction, Yves Saint Laurent, André Courrèges, Valentino, Karl Lagerfeld, Halston, Kenzo, Ralph Lauren, Issey Miyake, Geoffrey Beene, Calvin Klein, Giorgio ArmaniPART 5 1980sIntroduction, Rei Kawakubo, Yohji Yamamoto, Vivienne Westwood, Paul Smith, Azzedine Alaïa, Gianni Versace, Jean Paul Gaultier, Dolce & Gabbana, John Galliano, Donna KaranPART 6 1990sIntroduction, Miuccia Prada, Martin Margiela, Marc Jacobs, Tom Ford, Alexander McQueen, Nicolas GhesquièrePART 7 2000s-2010sIntroduction, Raf Simons, Hedi Slimane, Phoebe Philo, Alessandro Michele, Demna GvasaliaBibliography
Brenda Polan is a fashion writer, editor, lecturer and academic. She was fashion editor and women's page editor of The Guardian in the 1980s and has written for all Britain's major newspapers and many magazines. She was formerly the programme director (Media) at London College of Fashion, University of the Arts London.
Roger Tredre is the course leader for the MA in fashion communication at Central Saint Martins, University of the Arts London. He worked in newspaper fashion journalism in the 1990s and was the first editor-in-chief of WGSN, the online fashion trends and research business.