{"product_id":"fashion-designers-a-z-2020-edition","title":"Fashion Designers A–Z. 2020 Edition","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"41\" data-end=\"283\"\u003eA definitive fashion encyclopedia featuring the most influential fashion designers of the 20th and 21st centuries — from \u003cstrong data-start=\"162\" data-end=\"177\"\u003eCoco Chanel\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"182\" data-end=\"206\"\u003eCristóbal Balenciaga\u003c\/strong\u003e to \u003cstrong data-start=\"210\" data-end=\"231\"\u003eAlexander McQueen\u003c\/strong\u003e, \u003cstrong data-start=\"233\" data-end=\"255\"\u003eYves Saint Laurent\u003c\/strong\u003e, and \u003cstrong data-start=\"261\" data-end=\"282\"\u003eVivienne Westwood\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"673\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"285\" data-end=\"324\"\u003eFashion Designers A–Z. 2020 Edition\u003c\/strong\u003e is an essential fashion reference book celebrating over a century of haute couture, luxury fashion, and iconic design. 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