內容簡介
內容簡介 《Dreaming of Chanel》前作以時尚見證歷史──精選名牌古董衣物收藏，佐以精彩故事，由時尚插畫家繪製重現2004年，在澳洲經營古董商店的夏洛特．史密斯（Charlotte Smith）從美國的教母多莉絲．達尼爾（Doris Darnell）繼承三千多件1790年到1995年的古董衣物收藏，其中不乏昂貴的名牌禮服，包括香奈兒與迪奧的原創設計。過世的教母終其一生致力於收集古董衣物，更悉心紀錄它們的故事──它們不僅僅是美麗衣物的收藏，更是衣服主人人生故事與歷史的見證！夏洛特發現這些衣物代表的意義與價值，決定將收藏與故事整理成書，讓教母的精神與畢生熱愛得以傳承，並透過時尚記錄歷史。本書精選「達尼爾收藏」（Darnell Collection）的衣物收藏，分享衣服主人或服裝的精彩故事，並由時尚插畫家葛蘭．柯文（Grant Cowan）繪製重現。Every woman knows a dress can hold a lifetime of memories, but imagine inheriting thousands that tell their own stories of love, loss and joy. Charlotte Smith has had more than her fair share of fabulous dresses and adventures. Born in Hong Kong and raised in the United States, she lived life to the full in London, Paris and New York before falling in love with Australia and discovering she had inherited a priceless vintage clothing collection from her American Quaker godmother, Doris Darnell. then the boxes started arriving, with more than three thousand treasures dating from 1790 to 1995, from originals by Dior, Chanel and Balenciaga to a pioneer woman's daintily mended best dress. But when she unearthed her godmothers book of stories about the dresses and the women who wore them, the true value of what she had been bequeathed hit home. this wasn't a mere collection of beautiful things, it was a collection of life. Women's lives. tiny snapshots of our joys and disappointments, our entrances and exits, triumphant and tragic. this is a book for any woman who knows a dress can hold a lifetime of memories.
