Inspired by the discovery of long-overlooked interviews conducted just before his death, this is the first biography of the visionary fashion designer Charles J
"If a stitch is crooked, the whole dress is torn to shreds" Virginia Woolf, 1933. Charles Wilson Brega James (1906-78) was one of the most celebrated and sought
Charles James, often considered to be America's first couturier, was renowned in the 1940s and 1950s as a master at sculpting fabric for the female form and cre
Avant-garde designs from "America's First Couturier" British-American designer Charles James (1906-78), "America's First Couturier," is famed for the extraordin