L’Odyssée de Bruno Aveillan
Bruno Aveillan for Cartier…advertising campaign…Merveille des Merveilles. Continue reading “L’Odyssée de Bruno Aveillan” »
Archive for aprile, 2012
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Cecil Beaton…the new york years
The definitive book on the legendary photographer’s life in New York City, with many never-before-seen images and reminiscences by his closest friends and confidants. From the 1930s, when he helped revolutionize fashion journalism, through the 1960s, when he launched headlong into the Pop art era, London-based photographer Cecil Beaton brought to New York City his own perspective–aristocratic, sexually ambiguous, and theatrical. At the same time, New York offered Beaton innumerable opportunities to reinvent himself and his career. Continue reading “Cecil Beaton…the new york years” »
In One Person…John Irving
His most political novel since The Cider House Rules and A Prayer for Owen Meany, John Irving’s In One Person is an intimate and unforgettable portrait of the solitariness of a bisexual man who is dedicated to making himself “worthwhile.” Continue reading “In One Person…John Irving” »
J’adore… Lynn Goldmith
Lynn Goldsmith is a renowned photographer of actors, writers, rock stars, and other celebrities, but her most intriguing work is arguably her surreal self-portraiture. The sublime and colorful compositions presented in In the Looking Glass offer a perfect vehicle for Goldsmith’s creative spirit, humor, and introspective nature. Continue reading “J’adore… Lynn Goldmith” »
Parisiennes: A Celebration of French Women
Divided by theme into chapters, this light-hearted and nostalgic romp through 20th-century Paris creates a beautiful history of the world’s most romantic city and its exceptional women. Continue reading “Parisiennes: A Celebration of French Women” »
extreme beauty
Over time and across cultures, extraordinary manipulations of the body have occurred in a continuing evolution of the concept of beauty. Fashion can be seen as the practice of some of the most extreme strategies to conform to shifting concepts of the physical ideal. Continue reading “extreme beauty” »
seven…”7″
When Dom Perignon asked Chanel’s Karl Lagerfeld to capture his vision of a woman’s sensual fantasies in a series of photographs for the champagne brand, Lagerfeld began by immersing himself in paintings, novels and films. In the end he found his visual inspiration in late-eighteenth-century drawings by Moreau the Younger and in Stanley Kubrick’s Barry Lyndon. Continue reading “seven…”7″” »
vision and decision
Karl Lagerfeld has run Chanel for the last 24 years, with Lady Amanda Harlech at his side for half of that time in the role of a personal and professional muse. Continue reading “vision and decision” »
the vocabulary of style
Gabrielle Bonheur “Coco” Chanel (1883-1971) was undoubtedly the most influential fashion designer of the 20th century. Her clothes and accessories have remained perennially chic, and her legendary fashion house continues to exert a powerful sway over today’s designers. Jérôme Gautier tells the story of Chanel’s iconic style through hundreds of images, many taken by the leading lights of fashion photography, including Richard Avedon, Gilles Bensimon, Patrick Demarchelier, Horst P. Horst, Annie Leibovitz, Man Ray, Helmut Newton, Irving Penn, and Ellen von Unwerth. Continue reading “the vocabulary of style” »
Pizzi di Venezia, di Bruges e Valenciennes, dal gusto rinascimentale, barocco e rococo…per Gianmaria Buccellati
La mia passione per Buccellati nasce un giorno…vedendo un anello con tre grandi smeraldi ovali posati su una soffice rete…un po’ retro ma capace di trasmettermi il desiderio di scoprirlo. Sarebbe stato messo all’asta prima delle vacanze di Natale…e così inizio l’attesa di poterlo aggiudicare…e così fu! Sul retro una firma: Mario Buccellati, …ma chi era questo abile gioielliere milanese capace di raccontare così fini trame di pizzi?…
