Yvonne Deslandres (1923–1986) was a French writer, curator, archivist, and art historian. She specialized in costume and adornment. She studied at

École Nationale des Chartes The École Nationale des Chartes (, literally National School of Charters) is a French ''grande école'' and a constituent college of Université PSL, specialising in the historical sciences. It was founded in 1821, and was located initially at ...

. She worked for François Boucher as his assistant at the Carnavalet Museum, and later for his Union Française des Arts du Costume (UFAC), which she took over after his death in 1966. She became curator for the

Musée de la mode et du textile The Musée de la mode et du textile (Museum of Fashion and Textiles) was a museum located in the Louvre at, 107, rue de Rivoli, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. It is now a department of the Musée des Arts Décoratifs, Paris. Works fr ...

from 1983 after the UFAC merged with it.

Works

* ''

20,000 Years of Fashion ''20,000 Years of Fashion: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment'' is a dictionary of western fashion from ancient times up to the 1960s, edited by Francois Boucher and his longtime assistant Yvonne Deslandres. The book is widely cited a ...

: The History of Costume and Personal Adornment,'' together with Francois Boucher, 1963-1966, and updated in 1987 * ''Le Costume, image de l'homme'', 1976 * ''l'Histoire de la Mode au XXe Siecle'', 1986 * ''Poiret:

Paul Poiret Paul Poiret (20 April 1879 – 30 April 1944, Paris, France) was a French fashion designer, a master couturier during the first two decades of the 20th century. He was the founder of his namesake haute couture house. Early life and care ...

1879-1944'', 1987

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* * 1923 births 1986 deaths École Nationale des Chartes alumni 20th-century French historians French art historians Winners of the Prix Broquette-Gonin (literature) 20th-century French women writers Women art historians French women historians {{France-nonfiction-writer-stub