Steve was the co-owner of ‘Cuts’ the cult London hairdressers founded by James Lebon in Kensington Market in 1978. These casual triptychs were displayed as enlarged 35mm black and white contact sheets in the window on the Soho shop, replaced only when the next roll was developed and then they were forgotten. Rediscovered by Sarah Lewis, CUTS is a valuable record of the institution and its Soho clientele from a significant era in London's cultural history.
With photographs spanning Sam McKnight s entire career, this book is a dramatic anthology of looks from retro to androgynous, romantic to sexy, red to platinum all from the master hairstylist's deft hand. Featured are some of the most iconic images in popular culture. Richly illustrated, it features photographs by leading fashion photographers and styles commissioned by Vivienne Westwood, Balmain, Chanel, and many others.
From Disneyland to Detroit, Spokane to Scotland, Hairdos of Defiance highlights Templeton’s encounters with iconic punk-rock plumage across two decades and two continents.
An homage to Japanese street style bible Kerouac's monthly feature, Hair Wars documents dyes, bangs and cuts on the streets of a post-pandemic London in all its glory. Shot by William E. Wright (editor of fanzine Street Flash), the project frames experimental hair as a self-made antidote to the latest fashion movements, something that can be "as democratic as a box of dye, a couple of clips and the willingness to be creative.
This book features previously unpublished drawings and photographs from the extraordinary archives of Danzig Baldaev and Sergei Vasiliev documenting a disappearing subculture of tattooed criminals.
The people of New Guina have little art in the form of objects – instead, their art takes form through self decoration. Birds of paradise plumes, animal furs, ochre plants, leaves and grasses are their props of choice. This book documents and describes the styles of decoration in the Mountain Hagen area, and the variations expressive of individuality.
In the practice of Dr. X - a dermatologist in Lyon in the early thirties - surface rugged men with bizarre life stories: Foreign Legionnaires, ex-convicts, artists and sailors. They are all tattooed all over their bodies. The doctor and amateur photographer, who liked to take photos of flowers and landscapes on the weekends, was fascinated by the skin illustrations he saw, not as clinical cases but as "secret" works of art. This book presents a collection of these works.
Stylists are some of the most influential people working within the fashion industry. This book covers styling for commercial ad campaigns, catwalk shows and fashion editorial, as well as looking inside the business of retail itself, featuring the hugely successful brands and designers for whom the ‘super stylists’ consult. Featuring stunning imagery and entertaining interviews with some of the biggest names in the field, including Lady Gaga's stylist Nicola Formichetti, Marc Jacob's collaborator Katie Grand and Melanie Ward of Harper's Bazaar, this is an essential book for any aspiring stylist or fashion student.
Featuring sixteen of fashion's top tastemakers, Stylist focuses of fashion insiders whose precocious sense of style often results in trends of global proportions. Featuring the photography of such luminaries as Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, and Annie Leibovitz among others, this book documents the work and contributions of each stylist through photographs of their creative output and inspirations, and illustrates their distinctive taste, individual flair, and talent for igniting global fashion fervor.
Elegant and instructional, this book is a celebration of beauty and a remarkable showcase of the talents of an artist ho has defined the look of the '90s.
The International Hairstyle Index presents the works of leading and innovative hairdressers and stylists from all over the world.
A captivating look at the career of social and style revolutionary Vidal Sassoon. A visionary hairstylist who became a household name, Vidal Sassoon was an instrument of change during the cultural shifts of the 1960s.