The Rudi Gernreich Book, Signed by Peggy Moffitt and William Claxton
[Signed by Peggy Moffitt and William Claxton] Moffitt, Peggy. The Rudi Gernreich Book. Second Edition. 1999. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition. Photographs by William Claxton. Book is inscribed "For Gilly, with best wishes, Peggy Moffitt" and is also signed "William Claxton" on the title page.
Rudi Gernreich, the Bauhaus-influenced fashion designer, was to the Sixties what Dior was to the Forties. Where Dior’s New Look celebrated structure and glamour, Gernreich challenged convention with the topless swimsuit, the pubikini, and the un-bra. The New York Times remarked that he was “California’s most successful export since the orange.” His greatest creation may have been the image he fashioned with his muse, Peggy Moffitt, whose unmistakable gamine look defined an era. She appears throughout this volume in photographs by her husband, William Claxton.
“For the first time in the history of the world—at least since the Children’s Crusade—the young are leading us…. They are discovering their fashion power just as they are discovering their social and political power.”
--Rudi Gernreich