Jess Berry is Senior Lecturer Design History Theory at Monash University, Australia.

The sections pertaining to the history of the couture houses and individuals are clearly written and well researched, and the illustrations throughout are well chosen. The wide–ranging use of sources show an impressive amount of research on a range of disciplines, all of which is well referenced and well indexed, which makes this book a good research resource ... Thorough and interesting.

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction1. Fashion, Modernity and the Interior2. Setting the Stage: Salons of Seduction 3. Private Settings, Public Lives: Defining Artistic Identity through the Home4. Architects of Dress Reform5. Framing the Modern Woman: Performing Fashionable Lifestyles 6. Behind the Curtain: Staging Craft in the Atelier in the Golden Age of Couture7. Decadent Decors: Designing Desire through Boutique Display8. Beyond Modern: An Overview of the Relationship Between Fashion and the Interior from 1960 to the Present BibliographyIndex

Jess Berry is Senior Lecturer Design History Theory at Monash University, Australia.

The sections pertaining to the history of the couture houses and individuals are clearly written and well researched, and the illustrations throughout are well chosen. The wide–ranging use of sources show an impressive amount of research on a range of disciplines, all of which is well referenced and well indexed, which makes this book a good research resource ... Thorough and interesting.

• List of IllustrationsIntroduction1. Fashion, Modernity and the Interior2. Setting the Stage: Salons of Seduction 3. Private Settings, Public Lives: Defining Artistic Identity through the Home4. Architects of Dress Reform5. Framing the Modern Woman: Performing Fashionable Lifestyles 6. Behind the Curtain: Staging Craft in the Atelier in the Golden Age of Couture7. Decadent Decors: Designing Desire through Boutique Display8. Beyond Modern: An Overview of the Relationship Between Fashion and the Interior from 1960 to the Present BibliographyIndex