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Charles James

Fashion Memoire
Richard Martin
2843238978
Hardback
An "Extraordinary" Talent, who was known only to those "In THE KNOW!", To say that Charles James was a Gifted Designer is really an Understatement in the Truest term of the word. I went to school a block away from where he was living at the time, (The High School of Fashion Industries) at the "Chelsea Hotel",he was being discovered by Antonio Lopez & Juan Ramos (Both would become Legends in their own rights as Prolific & Masterful Illustrators:- See "Antonio's People", better yet Read it!) Charles James was that rare artisan, who knew who owned which of his pieces, and could recite Fabric, Closures(i.e.zippers, buttons, etc.) threads, seams stiches and interfacings. When the Brooklyn Museum did a retrospective on him,

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