"In this lavishly illustrated book, Kerry tells the story of a century of fashion through the work of its key design talents and the memorable women who have worn their creations. All the fashion stars are here from Poiret to McQueen via Lanvin, Chanel, Schiaparelli, Madame Gres, Dior, Balenciaga, Mary Quant, Ossie Clark, Vivienne Westwood, Alaia, and Margiela. For each designer Kerry explores their career through a dazzling range of clothes and accessories, explaining what makes each item so desirable to the collector or wearer of vintage fashion. Each chapter includes at least one 'style icon' whose relationship with fashion has had a lasting impact, including Baba D'Erlanger, Lauren Bacall, Grace Kelly, Catherine Deneuve, Paloma Picasso and Kate Moss. Illustrated with a mix of gorgeous fashion photography plus images from Kerry's own astonishing archive, this book is set to become an invaluable guide for collectors of vintage (whatever their budget) and all those who love fashion."--Publisher's description

• 1900s : Paul Poiret
• Lucile
• Mariano Fortuny
• Style icon: Baroness Curzon of Kedleston
• 1920s : Jean Patou
• Style icon: Baba D'Erlanger
• Jeanne Lanvin
• Chanel in the twenties
• 1930s : Elsa Schiaparelli
• Style icon: Wallis Simpson
• Madeleine Vionnet: the architecture of couture
• 1940s : The effect of war on fashions in Europe
• American fashion in the forties
• Style icon: Lauren Bacall
• Christian Dior: the saviour of French haute couture
• Madame Gres: the sculptress of fabric
• 1950s : Pierre Balmain
• Cristobal Balenciaga: the master
• Style icon : Grace Kelly
• Dior in the fifties
• Postwar Chanel
• 1960s : Mary Quant
• The boutique movement
• Style icon: Twiggy
• The space age comes to fashion
• Pop and op art influences
• Hubert de Givenchy
• Style icon: Audrey Hepburn
• Design in America
• The decade's end
• 1970s : Biba
• Yves Saint Laurent in the seventies
• Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell
• Zandra Rhodes
• Later Madame Gres
• Jean Muir
• Style icon: Bianca Jagger
• Bill Gibb
• Vivienne Westwood and Malcolm McLaren
• 1980s : The new romantics
• BodyMap
• Thierry Mugler
• Italian masters
• Style icon: Diana, Princess of Wales
• Azzedine Alaia
• John Galiano
• Westwood in the eighties
• Japanese innovation: the shock of the new
• 1990s : Gianni Versace
• Jean Paul Gaultier
• Style icon: Kate Moss
• Alexander McQueen
• Martin Margiela
• Conceptual fashion
• 2000s : Later McQueen
• Style icon: Daphne Guinness
• Collecting vintage
• Where to buy
• Vintage forgeries
• Taking care of your collection