Books written by Harold Koda

Charles James: Beyond Fashion

This catalogue offers the first comprehensive study of James’s life and work, highlighting his virtuosity and inventiveness as well as the colorful cast of benefactors and clients who supported him.
Chanel

The authors examine the legacy of Gabrielle Coco Chanel, one of the 20th century's great icons of style. While Chanel mythologized her glamorous life through relentless self-invention, the bare facts...
China: Through the Looking Glass

Sometimes she is lean and sleek, like Anna May Wong's character in Alexander Hall's 1934 Limehouse Blues (see page 56). In her more decadent, even kitsch versions, she sports large, garishly lacquered hairstyles that echo the ...
Poiret

This volume explores Poiret's radical modernity.
Schiaparelli & Prada: Impossible Conversations

"The Met's Spring 2012 Costume Institute exhibition, Schiaparelli and Prada: Impossible Conversations, explores the striking affinities between Elsa Schiaparelli and Miuccia Prada, two Italian designers from different eras.
Dangerous Liaisons: Fashion and Furniture in the Eighteenth Century

An alluring look at the relationship of clothing and interior design in 18th-century France
Chanel

This splendid book examines the legacy of Gabrielle "Coco" Chanel, one of the twentieth century's great icons of style. While Chanel mythologized her glamorous life through relentless self-invention, the bare...
Paul Poiret

This volume explores Poiret's radical modernity.
Goddess: The Classical Mode

Published to accompany the exhibition held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1 May - 3 August 2003, this book explores the influence of ancient Graeco-Roman dress through the ages.
Extreme Beauty: The Body Transformed

Extreme Beauty incorporates striking examples from the past and present, from Africa, America, China, Europe, Japan, and Southeast Asia to portray many of the specific ways this has happened.
One Hundred Dresses

This is by no means a scholarly work, and likely will not be used in a library setting; the Costume Institute's Web site is well developed and offers considerable information.
Rare Bird of Fashion: The Irreverent Iris Apfel

Captures the unique style of fashion maverick Iris Apfel and her exuberantly idiosyncratic personal chic. With remarkable panache and discernment, Iris Apfel combines styles, colors, textures, and patterns without regard...
Haute Couture

Tailoring and dressmaking techniques as well as the decoration produced by embroiderers, beaders, lace makers, feather workers, and other craftspeople are discussed in the explanatory text. No bibliography. Distributed by Abrams.
Schiaparelli and Prada

In a book with 175 color illustrations, the author aims to show the similarities between fashion designers Miuccia Prada and Elsa Schiaparelli, including their preferences for exotic colors, interesting textiles and prints, their bold ...
Christian Dior

A study of Christian Dior as an artist, focusing on his achievements through his works rather than through biography.
The Model as Muse: Embodying Fashion

"[Book] examines the relationship between high fashion and the evolving ideals of beauty through the careers and personifications of iconic models who posed in the salons, walked the runways, and exploded onto the pages of Vogue, Harper's ...
Infra-apparel: (this Vol. Has Been Publ. in Conjunction with the Exhibition ..., Held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from...

Infra-apparel: (this Vol. Has Been Publ. in Conjunction with the Exhibition ..., Held at The Metropolitan Museum of Art from...