Reviews
"[A] magisterial monograph."--Laura Jacobs, Wall Street Journal "The . . . catalog, Charles James: Beyond Fashion , is as sumptuous as [James'] work."-- Chicago Tribune "This luscious volume took me into another world--a world where gowns are architecture and gossamer and dreams and drop-dead sexy all at once."-- Library Journal " Charles James: Beyond Fashion . . . by The Costume Institute's Harold Koda and Jan Glier Reeder, demonstrates just how inspiring James was, and how much 'beyond' clothes that influence goes."-- Women's Wear Daily "A major retrospective of his work. A well-dressed coffee-table book to match. Yes, the inventor of American couture is back."-- Dallas Morning News "One of the most beautiful books ever printed."--Leonard Lopate, WNYC Read an interview with Harold Koda onDesigners & Books, " Charles James: Beyond Fashion … by The Costume Institute's Harold Koda and Jan Glier Reeder, demonstrates just how inspiring James was, and how much "beyond" clothes that influence goes." Women's Wear Daily, "This luscious volume took me into another world-a world where gowns are architecture and gossamer and dreams and drop-dead sexy all at once."- Library Journal, "A major retrospective of his work. A well-dressed coffee-table book to match. Yes, the inventor of American couture is back." Dallas Morning News, "[A] magisterial monograph."--Laura Jacobs, Wall Street Journal "The . . . catalog, 'Charles James: Beyond Fashion,' is as sumptuous as [James'] work."-- Chicago Tribune "This luscious volume took me into another world--a world where gowns are architecture and gossamer and dreams and drop-dead sexy all at once."-- Library Journal " Charles James: Beyond Fashion . . . by The Costume Institute's Harold Koda and Jan Glier Reeder, demonstrates just how inspiring James was, and how much 'beyond' clothes that influence goes."-- Women's Wear Daily "A major retrospective of his work. A well-dressed coffee-table book to match. Yes, the inventor of American couture is back."-- Dallas Morning News "One of the most beautiful books ever printed."--Leonard Lopate, WNYC Read an interview with Harold Koda on Designers & Books, "[A] magisterial monograph."--Laura Jacobs, Wall Street Journal "The . . . catalog, Charles James: Beyond Fashion , is as sumptuous as [James'] work."-- Chicago Tribune "This luscious volume took me into another world--a world where gowns are architecture and gossamer and dreams and drop-dead sexy all at once."-- Library Journal " Charles James: Beyond Fashion . . . by The Costume Institute's Harold Koda and Jan Glier Reeder, demonstrates just how inspiring James was, and how much 'beyond' clothes that influence goes."-- Women's Wear Daily "A major retrospective of his work. A well-dressed coffee-table book to match. Yes, the inventor of American couture is back."-- Dallas Morning News "One of the most beautiful books ever printed."--Leonard Lopate, WNYC Read an interview with Harold Koda on Designers & Books, "The . . . catalog, 'Charles James: Beyond Fashion,' is as sumptuous as [James'] work."- Chicago Tribune
