(my personal pic)
After being gifted with an Amazon card for
xmas, I swiftly ordered a few books I’ve been interested in reading (or just
knew I wanted some inspirational pics, ha).
Here’s what I’ll be reading this month – descriptions are from
amazon.com:
Once luxury was
available only to the rarefied and aristocratic world of old money and royalty.
It offered a history of tradition, superior quality, and a pampered buying
experience. Today, however, luxury is simply a product packaged and sold by
multibillion-dollar global corporations focused on growth, visibility, brand
awareness, advertising, and, above all, profits. Award-winning journalist Dana
Thomas digs deep into the dark side of the luxury industry to uncover all the
secrets that Prada, Gucci, and Burberry don?t want us to know. Deluxe is
an uncompromising look behind the glossy façade that will enthrall anyone
interested in fashion, finance, or culture.
Vogue:
The Editor’s Eye celebrates
the pivotal role the fashion editor has played in shaping America’s sense of
style since the magazine’s launch 120 years ago. Drawing on Vogue’s exceptional
archive, this book focuses on the work of eight of the magazine’s legendary
fashion editors (including Polly Mellen, Babs Simpson, and Grace Coddington)
who collaborated with photographers, stylists, and designers to create the
images that have had an indelible impact on the fashion world and beyond.
Featuring the work of world-renowned photographers such as Richard Avedon,
Irving Penn, and Annie Leibovitz and model/muses, including Marilyn Monroe,
Verushka, and Linda Evangelista, The Editor’s Eye is a lavishly
illustrated look at the visionary editors whose works continue to reverberate
in the culture today.
"Carine, and her vision of French Vogue,
embodies all that the world likes to think of as Parisian style: a sense of
chic that's impeccable and sometimes idiosyncratic and which forever lives on a
moonlit street as seen through the lens of Helmut Newton."--Anna Wintour. Karl
Lagerfeld once said that if you close your eyes and imagine the ideal French
woman, it would be Carine Roitfeld. She is a fashion visionary and a muse.
Since the start of her career in the early 1990s, through her collaborations
with the legendary photographer Mario Testino, Roitfeld has been credited
with launching Tom Ford's career at Gucci, as well as turning French
Vogue into one of the industry's most worshipped magazines.
This elegant
volume is a visual history of Roitfeld's fearless career. A daring instigator,
she is known for pushing the limits with her subversive styling ideas.
Featuring a selection of 250 magazine tear sheets and covers from pivotal
editorial shoots and advertising campaigns, as well as intimate visual
ephemera, this book gives an inside view into Roitfeld's creative thought
process and sensibility. A must-have for those interested in cutting-edge
fashion and femininity, this book will empower women to follow Roitfeld's lead
and take risks with their personal style.
What are you
reading in the New Year?
I'll be buying that book, Deluxe, for sure. I'm currently reading something along the lines of the shockingly high cost of cheap fashion, and must say it has been really interesting so far!
ReplyDeleteThe business behind fashion is immensely interesting to me as well. Deluxe is well written and thought provoking. I haven't finished it yet but I'm enjoying learning about how some of the biggest names in fashion started and how they have changed so much. Most of the change has not been "good" and unfortunately it seems that its the quality that is suffering (if not the designer's original aesthetic and intentions).
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