"I have always been inspired by what was happening on the street – and anyway, I couldn't afford the high fashion price tags." —Caroline Baker "Featuring an array of – now – infamous covers and high fashion editorials crafted by Baker, readers are encouraged to bask in the success of her trail-blazing tale and indulge in the history of streetwear’s rise to the helm of the fashion industry." —Wonderland "A fantastic delve into the story of fashion styling straight from the lips (and visual archiv...
Palace Costume is a behind-the-scenes glimpse into Palace Costume & Prop Co., an exclusive Los Angeles film-industry haven of dresses, gowns, garments, accessories, props, and jewelry featured in countless movies for more than fifty years.Envisioned and curated by owner Melody Barnett, Palace Costume is a 30,000-square-foot treasure trove of over half a million pieces and a beloved and legendary collection exclusively for costumers, stylists, and designers. Barnett's journey in retro clothing is...
Part photographer's memoir, part educational tool, Turello punctuates his professional experience with personal stories and condenses his expertise into each chapter. He describes, in meticulous detail, how to cope with the many unexpected situations, how the right attitude and approach can bring home the ultimate, perfect image.
An illustrated guide to over five decades of youth movements--from sharp-suited mods and acid-dropping hippies to leather-clad metalheads and straight-edge hardcore punks--Street Culture pieces together a vibrant history of countercultural rebellion.
Italian photographer Gian Paolo Barbieri is renowned for his work in the field of fashion and for his sensitivity towards beauty. He had the chance to travel a lot, shooting unique places and extraordinary people, along with his greatest passion: flowers. Over the years he gathered an exceptional collection of photographs, only partially exhibited on some occasions. Very few know about the personal life of Gian Paolo, who decided to keep it to himself. A chapter in his private sphere regards hi...
Mark Borthwick digs deep into his archive of early work shot on Pola Pan - a 35ml black and white instant developing Polaroid film which existed exclusively during these years. The young experimental photographer was elliptically charmed by this film, which taught him the fragility of time and unwittingly encouraged him to trust in the virtues of mistakes, shaping his signature dreamy photographic aesthetic. Featuring his documentation of the streets of Paris and New York in the 80 s and...
Unified Message:In Fashion : Photography meets Drawing
by Beda Ed Achermann
Street Culture is a stunning collection of photographs representing women and men of colour who exhibit a unique style. Seleen Saleh's photographs reveal individuality, fearlessness, and creativity in the most vibrant beings who collectively represent street style. This style is as varied as the people; it is a personal expression that changes day to day. It is an expression of a person's culture, mood, influences, and aesthetics. Street style originated in the street where top designers look fo...
An intimate biography of Richard Avedon, the legendary fashion and portrait photographer who “helped define America’s image of style, beauty and culture” (The New York Times), by his longtime collaborator and business partner Norma Stevens and award-winning author Steven M. L. Aronson. Richard Avedon was arguably the world’s most famous photographer—as artistically influential as he was commercially successful. Over six richly productive decades, he created landmark advertising campaigns, icon...
Standard Book of Louis Vuitton (versione italiana)
by Chlo� Kamali-Worth
VNGRD is a clothing brand created in Milan in 2005 as the natural creative expression of a group of designers and artists who lived at the heart of the city s underground for years. Thanks to the creative direction of Giorgio Di Salvo one of the two co-founders and a mixture of extreme graphic design and unprecedented product research for the time, VNGRD quickly gained cult status, racking up collaborations with brands like Stussy, SUPER, FUCT and Slam Jam. It came to be recognized by the l...
The interaction between photography and fashion has always been compelling how can artists balance commercial viability against their own creative vision? Anti-Glossy collects some of the most innovative photographers working in the field of fashion, exploring the way new media is influencing the direction of photography for print. As the notion of the fashion photographer becomes less distinct, the industry is benefitting from the talents of artists whose influence leads the genre into a mul...
Throughout her illustrious career, Tonne Goodman has made the famous stylish and the stylish famous. The Vogue fashion director has not only shaped the way women dress and see themselves, but she has also created a nexus in which the worlds of celebrity and style continually collide. Now, in Point of View, Goodman’s life and career are explored for the first time. Organized chronologically, this book charts Goodman’s career from her modeling days, to her freelance fashion reportage, to her edito...