Looking back at the age of 80, the legendary heiress and always-colorful personality Gloria Vanderbilt writes about her sex life, beginning with schoolgirl crushes at her private school and going on to tell all--or nearly all--about her many lovers, who included Marlon Brando, Howard Hughes, and Frank Sinatra.
As the creator of Jackie Kennedy's signature pillbox hat, the designer of choice for Liza Minelli and other sequined celebrities in the 1970s, and the inventor of a deceptively simple yet glamorous approach to women's sportswear, Halston (1932-1990) is recognized as a significant figure in fashion around the world. Halston was a prolific designer ...
"Fashion Inside Out" combines practical information on fashion design with a candid and intimate look at the fashion scene today. "Project Runway" finalist Daniel Vosovic reveals exactly how designers make dreams become fashion reality. This book addresses what fashion-lovers are most curious to learn: Where do fashion ideas come from? How does a ...
For more than 20 years, Calvin Klein has been a fascinating and dazzling mystery. Now authors Gaines and Churcher combine the unreserved truth with genuine admiration to deliver an unforgettable portrait of America's most brilliant purveyor of style. 16 pages of photos.
A fashion world insider and journalist reveals the secret world of Calvin Klein. "The House of Klein" for the first time tells the inside story of the rise of a fashion legend and the mammoth empire he built. Calvin Klein is the world's most well known (and successful) fashion designer and has created one of the most recognizable brands in ...
A true original: this lavishly photographed book captures the style of American fashion maverick Iris Apfel, who, over the past forty years, has cultivated a personal chic that is exuberantly idiosyncratic. Combining genres, colours, textures and patterns without regard to period, provenance or, ultimately, aesthetic convention, she is one of the ...
Favoured by First Ladies, celebrities and women of style, American designer Bill Blass's sophisticated gowns and impeccable suits embody modern sophistication. This volume features over 100 new images and an array of historical images by Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, Horst, and Guy Bourdin, in addition to Blass's own sketches. It is published to ...
In this visually stunning book, Ralph Lauren speaks candidly about himself and his art, including his most important, most iconic, and most beloved work handpicked from hundreds of runway shows, collections, and his signature cinematic advertising campaigns. Here is a rare peek into the mind of one of Americas most accomplished fashion designers ...
From the runways of haute couture shows to designer racks at Saks, Joseph Abboud provides an insider's story of what it's like to make it big in the fashion world, an ugly place where people create beautiful clothes. "I've sued and been sued," says Abboud, "screwed and been screwed. I've made a fortune, a name - and some great clothes." He's also ...
Follows a New York City fashion designer through her day as she draws sketches, consults with pattern makers, meets with buyers from various stores, and teaches at a design school.
Kenneth Paul Block is one of the most influential fashion illustrators of the twentieth century. His childhood dream was "to draw glamorous ladies in beautiful clothes". After graduating from Parsons School of Design, his first job was at the powerful "Women's Wear Daily" in the 1950s, an association that lasted over thirty years and where Kenneth ...
"Beene by Beene" is a journey through Geoffrey Beene's life in fashion, a 40-year exploration that was, by turns, visionary, witty, irreverent, iconic, and timeless. His work was of such powerful clarity, such complete complicity between form and function that it actually teaches us-as all works of art do-how to look. A defining American artist, ...
One of the most exciting fashion designers in the United States, Cuban-born Isabel Toledo, has been honoured with a National Design award from the Cooper Hewitt Museum and a Couture Council Award for Artistry of Fashion, given by The Museum at FIT. Yet her name and work are recognized only by fashion insiders. This ravishing book brings Toledo's ...
Charts the fashion design mogul's rise from a glove and tie salesman to the head of a billion-dollar manufacturing and retailing business empire, with an in-depth look at his personal and professional history.
Hattie Carnegie went from being a destitute Macy's messenger girl to controlling a ten-million-dollar empire that included clothing, hats, perfume, and jewelry. This groundbreaking book showcases the fabulous Carnegie jewelry -- from glamorous rhinestone bracelets to exotic Oriental pins. Showcased are earrings, necklaces, sets, pins, and ...
An illustrated story of the life and art of one of the most important fashion designers in America. After forty years in the glamour business, Oscar de la Renta remains a vital name in both American fashion and Paris Haute Couture--a style-setter who has dressed famous beauties from Marisa Berenson to Kate Moss, Vanessa Redgrave to Sarah Jessica ...
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