Founded by Egyptian-born Gaby Aghion in 1952, Chloépioneered luxury ready-to-wear that was all about easeand femininity, offering an elegant haute bohemianstyle for the modern, liberated Parisienne. Resolutelycontemporary, the house spotted and hired a young KarlLagerfeld as early as the 1960s: he stayed for over twodecades, achieving fame and recognition worldwidethrough his Chloé work, before Stella McCartney (andher then assistant Phoebe Philo) succeeded him straightout of fashion school. Gabriela Hearst became CreativeDirector in 2020.This definitive publication opens with a concisehistory of the house of Chloé before exploringthe collections themselves, which are organizedchronologically. Each new era in Chloé's history openswith a brief overview and biography of the new designer,while individual collections are introduced by a short textunveiling their influences and highlights, and illustratedwith carefully curated catwalk images. A rich referencesection, including an extensive index, concludes the book.After Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent,Prada, Vivienne Westwood and Versace, Chloé is theeighth in a series of high-end, cloth-bound books that offeran unrivalled overview of the collections of the world's topfashion houses through original catwalk photography