Sarah Mower

Oscar de la Renta is one of the most celebrated and famed fashion designers and couturiers in the world--a renaissance man of American fashion. Born in the Dominican Republic, he has played a central role in the fashion scene for over forty years and has dressed everyone in the celebrity world. Brimming with images from Oscar de la Renta’s personal albums and iconic fashion photography, this beautifully updated volume of the 2002 edition of Oscar de la Renta: The Style, Inspiration, and Life of Oscar de la Renta gives an inside view of the designer’s creative inspirations and private world. Renowned fashion writer Sarah Mower chronicles the story of this always relevant and beloved luminary--from the beginning of his storied career through today--a man whose artistic, generous spirit transcends his fashion creations.

The Style, Inspiration, and Life of Oscar de la Renta

Oscar de la Rente

Anna Wintour

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 Parker. With stunning images by such master lensmen as Irving Penn, Peter Lindbergh, Mario Testino and Bert Stern, along with photographs from the designer's personal archives, this book captures the unique charm that is Oscar. The book covers his earliest childhood memories, his inspirations, his houses and gardens, the fidelity he has demonstrated to his artistic vision, and the women he has dressed. In these pages, the designer opens a window on his private world, sharing his style of living and humanitarian outlook.

The Style, Inspiration and Life of Oscar de la Renta

Oscar

A luxurious, slip-cased book celebrating the 20th anniversary of these famous Italian designers features their most significant fashion moments. They share their memories and iconic images taken by renowned photographers that marked each step of their evolution.

20 Years Dolce & Gabbana

Dolce & Gabbana have defined contemporary style, infusing it with a strong Mediterranean identity. Their creations are sensual and unique, based on impeccable tailoring and the utmost respect for quality and detail, and are adored by Hollywood icons and pop stars alike, conveying a message of exquisite style in a universal language. This luxurious volume celebrates twenty years of an incomparable partnership, drawing together their most significant moments in fashion. It is a collection of memories and iconic images which marks every step of their evolution, featuring the work of photographers such as Steven Meisel, Mario Sorrenti and Ferdinando Scianna, and models including Gisele, Linda Evangelista, Isabella Rossellini and Marpessa.

Twenty years Dolce & Gabbana. Ediz. italiana

Gucci by Gucci opens the fabled house's archives for the first time, bringing together - in the form of bags, clothes, accessories and a dazzling cache of documentary photographs - the history of the Florentine family-owned saddler that has imprinted its name on the fashion consciousness. Both a history of the company and a glorious visual exploration of its far-reaching influence, the book is a treat for the collector and the fan.

85 Years of Gucci

Gucci by Gucci

Raúl Martínez

From the editors of Style.com, the hub of runway buzz, comes this savvy look at the individuals who propel the fashion world forward and declare what’s hot and what’s not. Called upon by designers, editors, photographers, and celebrities, stylists have a sixth sense for what is now and next in the fashion ether. Featuring sixteen of today’s top tastemakers, Stylist focuses on these fashion insiders whose precocious sense for the next big thing often results in trends of global proportions. Organized by stylist and featuring the photography of such luminaries as Cecil Beaton, Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, and Annie Leibovitz among others, this book documents the work and contributions of each stylist through photographs of their creative output and inspirations, and illustrates their distinctive taste, individual flair, and talent for igniting global fashion fervor. Selected for their originality and, in many cases, enduring fame, each stylist included in this volume has reached the pinnacle of success in their chosen métier. Author Sarah Mower’s interviews with the most influential stylists distill for us through conversation and example the fine art of the fashion pronouncement and what it means to be at the threshold of the cutting edge.

The Interpreters of Fashion

Stylist

This exquisitely presented publication combines authoritative text with stunning illustrations, extensive interviews and details of the most important advertising campaigns in Gucci's illustrious history.

Tania Fares

An unprecedented and intimate behind-the-scenes look at London designer fashion over the last fifteen years, edited by Tania Fares and Sarah Mower and profiling 50 leading London fashion designers, from Paul Smith and Stella McCartney to Erdem and Simone Rocha. London has long been a fashion-world capital, and the past fifteen years have been an especially fertile period in its centuries-long history of setting trends. This stunning book is an all-access pass into the world of designer fashion - an exclusive behind-the-scenes studio tour that calls in on fifty of the city's leading design talents - London-based global superstars - all of whom open up about their practice and philosophy, and share a wealth of images from their rivate collections.

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