Norman Hartnell (1901-1979) was a unique, British designer.

By Michael Pick

Norman Hartnell (1901-1979) was a unique, British designer. By the mid 1930s, his meteoric rise to fame had made London a center of style that closely rivaled Paris. While Hartnell clients included members of the English upper class and the best-known stage and film actresses, it was his royal patronage that assured him a place in history. Hartnell’s famous White Wardrobe, designed for Queen Elizabeth and photographed by Cecil Beaton, changed the image of royalty forever. The Queen’s extraordinary Coronation dress as well as the sublime wedding gown created for Princess Margaret remains iconic to this day. Decades of achievement were rewarded with a Knighthood in 1977, making Sir Norman Hartnell the first fashion designer to be so honored. In Be Dazzled! Norman Hartnell: Sixty Years of Glamour and Fashion, the only illustrated monograph on this couturier, royal enthusiasts and style connoisseurs can examine Hartnell’s never before published drawings, vintage photographs, fabric samples, and personal scrapbooks.

Michael Pick is the author of six books on interiors and the decorative arts. His articles have appeared in The Times,  the Daily Telegraph, Apollo, Connoisseur, Tatler, Harpers & Queen,  and Vogue UK.  He is currently associated with Partridge Fine Art, in London – specialists in fine 18th century English and French furniture, paintings, and silver. A Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, Pick is an acknowledged authority and respected lecturer in his field.

“A gorgeously illustrated tribute to the grandfather of British fashion.” —Vogue

Hardcover with jacket

268 Pages / 11” X 12”

ISBN: 978-0-9833889-3-7

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