The Tina Chow Fashion Couture collection includes some of the finest designers in the industry such Fortuny, Balenciaga, Chanel, Vionnet, James, Dior, Lanvin, Poiret, Schiaparelli, Alaia, Cardin, Givenchy, Gigli, Lagerfield, Rhodes, Miyake and Saint Laurent. Over fifty of the best examples are presented and discussed in this volume. Drawings, patterns and sketches as well as photographs taken by some of the most illustrious names in fashion photography over the past decades.