{"value"=>"<p>This series consists of four subseries: (a) British Design Collections (b) International Design Collections (c) French Design Collections and (d) Italian Design Collections. Each subseries is alphabetically arranged. The series spans the 1940s through the 1970s. Although the scope of designers represented here is not as broad as that represented in the American Designer series, the black and white prints which exclusively comprise this series include images of the creations of many outstanding European designers, and haute couture and name labels from western Europe including: Burberrys, Norman Hartnell, Jean Muir, Elio Bernhanyer, Balenciaga, Pierre Cardin, Christian Dior, Jean Paul Gaultier, Givenchy, Karl Lagerfeld, Issey Miyake, Thierry Mugler, Yves St. Laurent, Armani, Carosa, Pucci, Simonetta & Fabiani, Valentino and Versace.</p>"}