Staff Picks for Fashion Week 2016

Alexi Lubomirski: Diverse Beauty

Published by Damiani.
Text by Lupita Nyong'o, Alexi Lubomirski.

England-born, New York–based photographer Alexi Lubomirski has become an established name within the fashion industry, shooting for such publications as Harper’s Bazaar, Vogue and GQ, and working with cover stars such as Charlize Theron, Gwyneth Paltrow, Natalie Portman, Jennifer Lopez and Nicole Kidman, to name but a few. It was after shooting Lupita Nyong’o, however, that Lubomirski was struck by the homogeneity of the subjects he’d been hired to shoot professionally. Often when he submitted a list of models he was interested in shooting, responses would range along the lines of “we love her, but...,” “her hair is a problem,” “she is too dark” or “she is too light to make a statement.”

In Diverse Beauty, Lubomirski aims to move beyond the underrepresentation of women from a range of ethnicities in fashion media. The volume compiles his photographs of beautiful women of every color, size, age and sexual orientation in a celebration of beauty that adds dimension to the standards so omniscient in Western fashion magazines and advertisements.

This handsome volume of cinematic fashion portraiture--featuring such subjects as Lupita Nyong’o, Rashida Jones, Salma Hayek, Demi Lovato, Anja Rubik, Jennifer Lopez, Chanel Iman, Hari Nef, Isabella Rossellini, Tyra Banks and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley, among many others--is also a small step in the direction of changing societal norms.

PUBLISHER
Damiani

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9.75 x 13.5 in. / 192 pgs / 79 color / 56 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 9/27/2016
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Catalog: FALL 2016 p. 54   

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ISBN 9788862084796 TRADE
List Price: $50.00 CDN $67.50

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Terence Donovan: Portraits

Published by Damiani.
Text by Philippe Garner.

From Twiggy in the Swinging Sixties to Princess Diana in the 1980s: three decades of legendary British fashion photographer Terence Donovan

PUBLISHER
Damiani

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9.75 x 11.5 in. / 176 pgs / 130 color / 30 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 9/27/2016
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Catalog: FALL 2016 p. 53   

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ISBN 9788862084826 TRADE
List Price: $50.00 CDN $67.50

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Karl Lagerfeld & Babeth Djian: Numéro Couture

Published by Steidl.

This book features Karl Lagerfeld's most beautiful photographs of haute-couture garments shot for French fashion magazine Numéro, to celebrate its 15 years of collaboration with the famous fashion designer. Who else but Lagerfeld could better reveal the timeless and intricate beauty of couture? With all his innate imagination and indulgence, Lagerfeld has immortalized the iconic models of our time within the covers of Numéro: Cara Delevingne, Linda Evangelista, Natasha Poly, Anja Rubik, Lara Stone, Stella Tennant, Natalia Vodianova--all these and more have participated in his game, often framed by sumptuous decors worthy of the greatest Hollywood productions. Lagerfeld's spectacular stagings visualize our most daring fantasies of female archetypes, from fairytale princesses to contemporary muses.

PUBLISHER
Steidl

BOOK FORMAT
Slip, hbk, 11 x 14 in. / 320 pgs / illustrated throughout.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 3/22/2016
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Catalog: FALL 2015 p. 55   

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ISBN 9783958290570 TRADE
List Price: $95.00 CDN $127.50

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Bob Recine: Alchemy of Beauty

Published by Freedman|Damiani.
Text by René Ricard. Photographs by Mario Sorrenti, Robbie Fimmano, Bob Recine.

The man behind some of the most avant-garde hairdos and head dresses worn by Lady Gaga, Recine has taken hair styling to incredibly creative heights-often literally, as he propels the braids and locks of his subjects into gravity-defying contours, augmenting them with sculptural gestures such as clumps of headphones or sunglasses, tendrils of Play-Doh and complex meshes of wire or cellophane. Starting out as an artist, Recine secured a project creating hairstyles and head ornaments for the windows of Henri Bendel. His designs caught the eye of world-renowned hair stylist Jean Louis David, who offered him the opportunity to travel to Paris and hone his craft; four years later, Recine returned to New York, armed with a portfolio of innovative stylings for top photographers and magazines. Today Recine is a legend among A-list celebrities, having worked with Gwyneth Paltrow, Charlize Theron, Naomi Watts, Angelina Jolie, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Kate Hudson, Renée Zellweger, Uma Thurman, Nicole Kidman and Tilda Swinton. His talents have even returned him circuitously to the world of fine art, for his extensive collaborations with Vanessa Beecroft. Alchemy of Beauty gathers original artwork by Recine, from sketches, collages and paintings to previously published and unpublished editorial images of his extraordinary sculpture and headdresses. Art direction for the volume is by Fabien Baron.

PUBLISHER
Freedman|Damiani

BOOK FORMAT
Clth, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 164 pgs / illustrated throughout.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 2/29/2012
Out of print

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Catalog: SPRING 2012 p. 41   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9788862082129 TRADE
List Price: $65.00 CDN $75.00

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The Isaac Mizrahi Pictures: New York City 1989–1993

Photographs by Nick Waplington

Published by Damiani.

From 1989 to 1993, New York fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi granted the British photographer Nick Waplington rare backstage access to photograph every detail of the designer’s fitting sessions in the weeks before his twice-yearly fashion shows. Combining Waplington’s gritty vérité style with Mizrahi’s haute couture sensibilities, the resulting images offer a candid glimpse into the world of fashion when supermodels including Cindy Crawford, Christy Turlington and Naomi Campbell reigned supreme. At the same time, Waplington set out to document the wildly creative nightlife of the ’90s "club kid" culture in New York, juxtaposing his images of uptown style with downtown looks and taking pictures at some of the city’s most infamous clubs, such as the Pyramid Club and Save the Robots. Artist and photographer
Nick Waplington (born 1970) has published several monographs, including Living Room and The Wedding (Aperture), Safety in Numbers (Booth Clibborn), Truth or Consequences (Phaidon) and Alexander McQueen: Working Process (Damiani). He lives in London and New York.
Isaac Mizrahi (born 1961) has been a leader in the fashion industry for almost 30 years. In 1995 he was the subject of the award-winning documentary, Unzipped. In 2003 Mizrahi pioneered the concept of merging high design with mass retail in partnership with Target. He has designed costumes for the New York Metropolitan Opera, the American Ballet Theater and the San Francisco Ballet. Mizrahi is the author of How to Have Style and has been head judge on Lifetime’s Project Runway: All Stars.

PUBLISHER
Damiani

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9.75 x 11.25 in. / 168 pgs / 119 color.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 3/22/2016
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Catalog: SPRING 2016 p. 33   

PRODUCT DETAILS
ISBN 9788862084512 TRADE
List Price: $50.00 CDN $67.50

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destefashioncollection: Atlas

Published by DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art.
Edited with text by M/M (Paris). Text by Germano Celant, Dennis Freedman, Dakis Joannou, Mark Wasiuta.

For eight years, fueled by Dakis Joannou’s belief that “although art is considered eternal and fashion ephemeral, both are contemporary creative processes,” creators from art, design, literature, film, architecture and fashion selected items from each year’s fashion collection and interpreted them in the lexicon of their own discipline. Edited and designed by M/M (Paris), this publication follows the conceptual framework of the destefashioncollection exhibition at the Benaki Museum in Athens that presented the eight “capsules” (as each selection was called)--M/M (Paris), 2007; Juergen Teller, 2008; Helmut Lang, 2009; Patrizia Cavalli, 2010; Charles Ray, 2011; Athina Rachel Tsangari, 2012; Diller Scofidio + Renfro, 2013; and Maria Papadimitriou, 2014--as a fluid archipelago, emphasizing the shifting relationship between the various capsules and, therefore, the art and fashion worlds as a whole. An essay by Germano Celant charts Joannou’s remarkable journey.

PUBLISHER
DESTE Foundation for Contemporary Art

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9.25 x 11 in. / 428 pgs / illustrated throughout.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 9/27/2016
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Catalog: FALL 2016 p. 135   

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ISBN 9786185039196 TRADE
List Price: $65.00 CDN $87.00

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Audrey Hepburn in Hats

Published by Reel Art Press.
By June Marsh. Edited by Tony Nourmand.

Audrey Hepburn's status as a global style icon owes as much to her endless assortment of fabulous headwear as it does to her body of film work. Hepburn and her hats were a match made in heaven and for decades she not only graced the silver screen but the cover of every glossy magazine throughout the world, rarely captured without her signature accessory. Hepburn starred in many great films including Roman Holiday, Sabrina, Funny Face, Breakfast at Tiffany’s, My Fair Lady and, of course, Charade, the movie that started the craze for her famous pillbox hat, much loved by Jackie Kennedy. Hepburn will always be remembered for her incredible hats, which have become part of our cultural heritage and movie folklore. From Givenchy, Mr. John and Dior to Cecil Beaton and Balenciaga, Hepburn inspired loyalty, set trends and cemented reputations. This exquisite volume includes an entire section dedicated to My Fair Lady and the fabulous Academy Award-winning costumes and sculpted hats designed by Cecil Beaton. It features stunning photographs of Audrey Hepburn taken by leading photographers including Dennis Stock, Howell Conant, Terry O’Neill, Bud Fraker and Bob Willoughby, and accompanying text from fashion writer June Marsh.

PUBLISHER
Reel Art Press

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9 x 11 in. / 128 pgs / 36 color / 30 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 7/1/2013
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Catalog: FALL 2016 p. 177   

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ISBN 9781909526006 TRADE
List Price: $29.95 CDN $39.95

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Arthur Elgort: The Big Picture

Published by Steidl.
Foreword by Grace Coddington. Text by Martin Harrison.

This is Arthur Elgort's (born 1940) first comprehensive book, showing his world-renowned fashion imagery alongside his personal work. The Big Picture spans Elgort's five-decade career and illustrates his longevity as an emulated fashion photographer. His lively and casual shooting style is significantly influenced by his lifelong love of music and dance, particularly jazz and ballet. Elgort's 1971 debut in British Vogue created a sensation in the fashion world where his soon-to-be iconic snapshot style and emphasis on movement and natural light transgressed norms of fashion photography. Elgort subsequently rose to fame working for such distinguished magazines as American, French and Italian Vogue, Interview, GQ, Life and Rolling Stone and shooting advertising campaigns for fashion labels including Chanel, Valentino and Yves Saint Laurent.

PUBLISHER
Steidl

BOOK FORMAT
Clth, 12.75 x 10 in / 424 pgs / illustrated throughout.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 2/28/2015
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Catalog: FALL 2014 p. 46   

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ISBN 9783869305431 TRADE
List Price: $90.00 CDN $120.00

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Hollywood and the Ivy Look

Published by Reel Art Press.
Edited by Tony Nourmand. Designed by Graham Marsh.

Back by popular demand, this stunning new Evergreen Edition of the worldwide bestseller delivers a pictorial celebration of the look and attitude of "Ivy." In the decade between 1955 and 1965 a coterie of discerning Hollywood hipsters appropriated the incomparable Ivy League clothing of America’s East Coast elite. These West Coast actors elevated The Ivy Look to the height of cool and defined a quintessentially American male dress code for a new generation of movie audiences. From the button-down hip of Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Anthony Perkins to the preppy sensibilities of Woody Allen and Dustin Hoffman; the understated but carefully selected components of The Ivy Look didn’t shout "look at me!" but instead gave off an image of approachable correctness and laid back confidence. Exhaustively compiled, this coffee table volume to take an in-depth look at how "Ivy" established itself as the epitome of Hollywood style, gained a new democratic global following and a place in history as the look of modern America.

PUBLISHER
Reel Art Press

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9. x 11 in. / 288 pgs / 100 color / 160 bw.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 10/1/2014
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Catalog: FALL 2016 p. 177   

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ISBN 9781909526204 TRADE
List Price: $39.95 CDN $53.95

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In stock

The Belgians

An Unexpected Fashion Story

Published by Hatje Cantz.
Text by Nele Bernheim, Lut Clincke, Laurent Dombrowicz, Agnes Goyvaerts, Siska Lyssens, Veerle Windels, Oscar Van den Boogaard, Karen Van Godtsenhoven.

Surreal, avant-garde and explicit are three keywords that are commonly associated with Belgian fashion. This exhibition catalogue gives a unique historic overview of Belgian fashion, starting with the legendary Antwerp Six--including Dries van Noten, Walter Van Beirendonck and Ann Demeulemeester--and leading up to the individualistic creations of Martin Margiela, A.F. Vandevorst and Raf Simons. The catalogue also highlights the work of several influential players in various fashion and art disciplines. Additionally, it touches upon the importance of the fashion academies, especially the Antwerp Academy and La Cambre in Brussels, and documents emerging talent such as Jean-Paul Lespagnard and Christian Wijnants.

PUBLISHER
Hatje Cantz

BOOK FORMAT
Hardcover, 9.5 x 12.25 in. / 250 pgs / 240 color.

PUBLISHING STATUS
Pub Date 9/29/2015
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Catalog: FALL 2015 p. 45   

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ISBN 9783775740319 TRADE
List Price: $60.00 CDN $79.00

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In stock