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Yet under this veil of fantasy the clothes and accessories Erté created reveal a sound construction that really works.\" Erté loves elaborate decoration, but hates meaningless ornament; these 218 illustrations show how he integrates all his pockets, pearls, cuffs, fur linings, jeweled tassels, and seamless dresses into thematic unity, and maintains a consistent ideal of fashion, by constant improvisation and inventive wielding of pure line. His firework color sense finds spectacular realization in 8 full-color reproductions of \u003ci\u003eHarper's Bazar\u003c\/i\u003e covers, all of which are now prized collector's items. 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