Maison Lesage: Haute Couture Embroidery

I almost didn't buy this book because another reviewer mentioned that it is pretty much a reprinting of an earlier book. However, that book is rare now and much more expensive. The pictures in this book are marvelous showing beautiful details. The text is very readable and is a wonderful explanation of the rise of the luxury industry into which Maison Lesage stepped. The connections to this house are well explained and interesting. If you are looking for a scholarly book this probably isn't the one you want, but if you want to understand the role of embroidery in fashion and particularly that of the House of Lesage this is a great place to begin. Someday I'd like to see the other book on which this is based, which I may find in a library, but for now I'm devouring the pictures and text of this one and glad I can own it to go back to it time and again.

Any book about the work of Parisienne Ateliers is worth having. This is a beautiful and informative read. I am very pleased that I purchased it.

i love embroidery and love to see the details of lesage in this book!

History book Not instructions.

Beautiful images

Interesting, though a pity that none of the techniques are explained or the esthetic side never written about! Thank you

Amazing book. A must have !!!!!

Excelente, era tudo que eu precisava.

Adorei o conteúdo!!

Beautiful photographs but very poor translation which is very difficult to read and almost incomprehensible at times.

The notes at the end of this book state that Palmer White's 'Haute Couture Embroidery, The Art of Lesage', published in 1988, is the definitive book of the House of Lesage. This book in my opinion is a mere vanity project from the present creative director and hardly expands on the information on previous book, in fact a large percentage of the photographs were already in Mr White's book. Do not waste you money on this one, find a copy of Palmer White's book instead.