Gallant began his professional career in fashion as a hairdresser, working at Bergdorf Goodman department store in New York as one of the city's top colourists. This new book tracing Gallant's life and career is edited by David Wills and features photographs by Richard Avedon plus a foreword by Anjelica Huston.
Gianni Versace's unbridled enthusiasm for the baroque finds new expression in Do Not Disturb, his playful peek behind the closed doors of the Versace homes.
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L'abito per pensare explores the designs of Versace from the late 1970s until 1989. It is packed full with text, archival images, fashion photographs and illustrations, and photographed details of the clothes. The book was published to accompany an exhibition at the Castello Sforzesco in Milan. There are fashion photographs by Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon, Peter Lindbergh, Deborah Turbeville, Albert Watson, Helmut Newton, and many others.
The comprehensive book on the visionary Hussein Chalayan, one of the most innovative, experimental, and conceptual fashion designers working today. Internationally acclaimed, Hussein Chalayan is known for his inventive use of materials and integration of new technology into his designs. He is also celebrated for putting the creative process itself on view.
Top photographers Bruce Weber, Richard Avedon, and Herb Ritts interpret Gianni Versace's kaleidoscopic vision of men's fashion. Whether at ease by the sea, or dressed for business in New York or Milan, the Versace man radiates self-assurance and defines contemporary taste. The Versace man - a man without ties - is drawn to Gianni Versace's timeless elegance.
The rare catalogue for an exhibition at the Fondation Pierre Bergé - Yves Saint Laurent examining the fashion relationship between Saint Laurent and Nan Kempner. Kempner was one of the best-dressed women in America during the second half of the twentieth century. As muse and patron of Saint Laurent she amassed a vast collection of his couture pieces. These are photographed here, alongside archival images of Kempner wearing Saint Laurent designs.
In 1966, Yves Saint Laurent designed his first tuxedo and continued to create different versions of it up until 2002. In that time, the tuxedo has come to symbolize female liberation. This book was published to accompany an exhibition that presented the long history of this garment. Illustrations include numerous couture sketches and photo plates throughout, some in color and some in B&W, many full-page.
This work reflects Versace's experience in Florence. It examines the sources of the designer's inspiration and suggests that, in return, his work inspired the direction of contemporary art.
Twenty years of Versace by Avedon, this collection of beautifully produced photographs from the advertising campaigns of Gianni Versace features images of some of the most beautiful women in the world, including Kate Moss, Naomi Campbell, and Linda Evangelista,
This book was published to accompany the first retrospective of designer Yves Saint Laurent at the Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Musuem of Art. Inside features over two hundred of Saint Lauren't Couture designs - with photography by Duane Michals, Pierre Boulat and Nicholas Vreeland, Richard Avedon, Irving Penn and Neal Barr.
This book is a celebration of the Yves Saint Laurent look, a combination of elegance and sophisticated artistry. It is also a book in which the premiere fashion photography of our time is represented, and a book in which "the subject and the object blend because each one is a work of art."
The world's most talented photographers and prestigious models grace the pages of this classic volume that celebrates Yves Saint Laurent's illustrious career, reprinted in a smaller format on the eve of his fortieth anniversary. From pret-a-porter to haute couture, from the runway to the studio to the earth's most exotic settings, images from nearly fifty photographers, including Richard Avedon, Horst, Peter Lindbergh, Duane Michals, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, Francesco Scavullo, Snowdon, and Bruce Weber bring YSL's renowned creations to glorious life.