Andrew Bolton

Suzy Menkes

Olivier Flaviano

The Complete Haute Couture Collections 1962-2002

Yves Saint Laurent Catwalk

Valerie Steele

Fashion masterpieces: Defining designers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their most remarkable works From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel, to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century's worth of fashion greats from the permanent collection of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology are celebrated in this limited-edition volume. Photographs of over 500 garments selected from the Museum's permanent collection illuminate each of the featured designers, while texts by the curators explain why each designer is important in fashion history and what is special about the individual pieces featured. In her introductory essay, director and chief curator Valerie Steele writes about the rise of the fashion museum, and the emergence of the fashion exhibition as a popular and controversial phenomenon; and both Steele and contributor Suzy Menkes provide a history of this museum's role in the world of fashion scholarship and preservation. Fashion Designers A-Z is available as a series of six Designer Editions. Each edition (a total of 11,000 copies) is bound in a fabric created by one of six designers--Akris, Etro, Stella McCartney, Missoni, Prada, and Diane von Furstenberg--and comes in a Plexiglas box. Crafted by hand at a bindery in the heart of Italy, and stamped with a unique number, every copy is an instant classic, and an addition to your fashion library that is truly one-of-a-kind. Reprinted especially for the Akris Edition of 2,000 copies, designer Albert Kriemler´s iconic "Grand Prix" digital photo print was created for his Akris Spring/Summer collection 2012. "In the spirit of the devil-may-care elegance of John Frankenheimer´s 1966 movie Grand Prix" (Kriemler), the race cars whizzing by on silk crêpe found a suitable patroness: H.S.H. Princess Charlène of Monaco wore an Akris shift dress with the "Grand Prix" print to the Formula One races in Monte Carlo. Text in English, French, and German

Fashion Designers A-Z

André Leon Talley

Christian Lacroix

Published on the occasion of the couture house’s ninetieth anniversary, this book celebrates Elsa Schiaparelli’s shared creative passion with the twentieth century’s most esteemed artists. Known for her bravado and boundary-pushing dresses, Elsa Schiaparelli is undoubtedly one of the greatest icons of twentieth-century fashion. After launching her eponymous haute couture house in Paris in 1927, the Roman-born designer captured the attention of the world at large not only thanks to her trompe l’oeil patterns and surrealist forms—but also because of her creative relationships with some of the epoch’s most renowned artists. From Salvador Dalí, who collaborated with Schiaparelli on her infamous Lobster Dress to Alberto Giacometti’s furnishings for her salon and René Magritte, whose surrealist works inspired some of the designer’s creations, this beautifully illustrated tome delves into the couturiere’s fascinating rapports with these artistic legends. Through never-before-seen photography, intimate anecdotes, and essays penned by some of today’s most authoritative fashion critics, curators, and personalities, this volume is the first definitive work dedicated to the shared inspiration between the designer and her circle of artist friends. Unique in its breadth of artwork and diverse contributors, this visually stunning book is a must for anyone interested in avant-garde art, twentieth-century fashion, or thought-provoking design.

Schiaparelli and the Artists

Fashion masterpieces: Defining designers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their most remarkable works From Azzedine Ala�a, Crist�bal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel, to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century's worth of fashion greats from the permanent collection of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology are celebrated in this limited-edition volume. Photographs of over 500 garments selected from the Museum's permanent collection illuminate each of the featured designers, while texts by the curators explain why each designer is important in fashion history and what is special about the individual pieces featured. In her introductory essay, director and chief curator Valerie Steele writes about the rise of the fashion museum, and the emergence of the fashion exhibition as a popular and controversial phenomenon; and both Steele and contributor Suzy Menkes provide a history of this museum's role in the world of fashion scholarship and preservation. Fashion Designers A-Z is available as a series of six Designer Editions. Each edition (a total of 11,000 copies) is bound in a fabric created by one of six designers--Akris, Etro, Stella McCartney, Missoni, Prada, and Diane von Furstenberg--and comes in a Plexiglas box. Crafted by hand at a bindery in the heart of Italy, and stamped with a unique number, every copy is an instant classic, and an addition to your fashion library that is truly one-of-a-kind. For the covers of the Missoni Edition, limited to just 2,000 numbered copies, the Missoni family selected a colorful array of 20 different zigzag-striped knit from its vast archives. The fabrics exemplify the company's optimistic, playful approach to pattern since the 1970s. Orders placed online will be fulfilled with one of the Missoni fabrics. Text in English, French, and German

Fashion Designers A-Z, Missoni Edition

Fashion masterpieces: Defining designers of the 20th and 21st centuries and their most remarkable works From Azzedine Alaïa, Cristóbal Balenciaga, and Coco Chanel, to Alexander McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent, and Vivienne Westwood, a century's worth of fashion greats from the permanent collection of The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology are celebrated in this limited-edition volume. Photographs of over 500 garments selected from the Museum's permanent collection illuminate each of the featured designers, while texts by the curators explain why each designer is important in fashion history and what is special about the individual pieces featured. In her introductory essay, director and chief curator Valerie Steele writes about the rise of the fashion museum, and the emergence of the fashion exhibition as a popular and controversial phenomenon; and both Steele and contributor Suzy Menkes provide a history of this museum's role in the world of fashion scholarship and preservation. Fashion Designers A-Z is available as a series of six Designer Editions. Each edition (a total of 11,000 copies) is bound in a fabric created by one of six designers--Akris, Etro, Stella McCartney, Missoni, Prada, and Diane von Furstenberg--and comes in a Plexiglas box. Crafted by hand at a bindery in the heart of Italy, and stamped with a unique number, every copy is an instant classic, and an addition to your fashion library that is truly one-of-a-kind. For the Prada Edition of 2,000 numbered copies, Miuccia Prada selected four classic prints from previous collections and re-printed them on cotton: the feminine tiny "hearts," the Baroque-inspired "bananas," the abstract geometric "diamonds," and a floral reissued for Prada from the 1960 Holliday & Brown archives. Orders placed online will be fulfilled with one of the Prada fabrics. Text in English, French, and German

Prada Edition

In the spirit of Harry Winston, Baccarat, and Cartier, Rizzoli's Graff showcases the unrivaled sophistication and elegance of the jewelry house's collections, past and present. Drawing from a mix of archival images and stunning new images of contemporary jewelry designs, this specially designed book shows a world of treasure and rarity that can only come from the House of Graff: from famed precious gems, elegant designs, and unique timepieces to the majesty and mystery of diamonds in natural history and legend.

Graff

Achille Bonito Oliva

Silvia Venturini Fendi

This is the first book to focus on the Fendi baguette, and includes special inserts. In 1997, Silvia Venturini Fendi launched the Fendi baguette, revitalizing the Fendi brand and creating a massive style icon. It quickly became one of the most popular and most important accessories of the decade.

The Fendi Baguette Book

Looks at the postwar life of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor in their Paris mansion and describes their jewels, clothing, and household furnishings

The Windsor Style

Valentino (ART) Garavini

Matt Tyrnauer

Valentino has always designed clothes for glamorous and sophisticated women. This publication covers Valentino's illustrious career via a selection of images from his archives, including drawings, magazine shoots, advertisements, portraits of Valentino, and documentary photographs.

Valentino Garavani - Art Edition

Una Grande Storia Italiana

Chris Miller

Armando Chitolina

Think Valentino: think luxury. Think elegance. Think red carpet. Fashion most beloved upholder of refined decadence and the most exciting couturier in business is known around the globe simply by his first name. Only a few years after opening his fashion house in Rome in 1959, Valentino was already at the height of success, counting Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy, and Audrey Hepburn among his devotees. Over forty years later, not much has changed. Valentino has always designed clothes for glamorous and sophisticated women, never wavering from his signature style. This publication renders homage to Valentino illustrious career via a copious selection of images from his archives, including drawings, magazine shoots, advertisements, portraits of Valentino, and documentary photographs; presented chronologically, the visual material is accompanied by a vast array of newspaper and magazine articles about Valentino throughout the years.

A Grand Italian Epic

Valentino

Dans le monde entier, le prénom de Valentino Garavani est synonyme de luxe, d'élégance, de tapis rouges. Fervent défenseur du luxe raffiné, le couturier le plus fascinant et le plus adulé de la mode s'est fait un prénom partout. Quelques années seulement après l'ouverture de son atelier de mode à Rome en 1959, Valentino, déjà au sommet de sa gloire, habille Elizabeth Taylor, Jackie Kennedy ou Audrey Hepburn. Quarante ans plus tard, rien n'a vraiment changé. La Maison Valentino crée toujours des vêtements glamour et sophistiqués pour les plus grandes célébrités, de Gwyneth Paltrow à Jennifer Lopez. Sa maison de couture est une des plus célèbres au monde, et une force économique de poids en Italie. Valentino a toujours créé des vêtements destinés aux femmes glamour et sophistiquées. Il n'a jamais renoncé au style qui fait sa marque, même en pleine folie du grunge, de la déconstruction et autres tendances éphémères. Si c'est le succès de ses lignes de prêt-à-porter qui fait vivre sa Maison, le cœur de Valentino reste pour toujours profondément attaché aux somptueuses robes haute couture qui ont fait sa réputation de plus grand couturier, au-delà des tendances. Cet ouvrage foisonnant et exhaustif rend hommage à la carrière de Valentino à travers une riche sélection d'images puisées dans ses archives : dessins, publicités, photos documentaires, portraits ou photos de magazines. Les illustrations sont présentées chrono-logiquement, accompagnées de nombreux articles de journaux ou de magazines consacrés à Valentino.

Une Grande Histoire Italienne

Colin McDowell

Vivienne Becker

Alice Rawsthorn

Deborah Landis

Nadja Swarovski

In celebration of Swarovski's 120th anniversary, this is the much-awaited and first significant book on the premier maker of luxury crystals. Swarovski crystals have had a multifaceted significance in the world of culture—from elaborate embroideries for Christian Dior, to the ruby slippers in The Wizard of Oz, and one-of-a-kind commissions for crystal chandeliers by top contemporary designers—yet there has never been a visual celebration of this heritage until now. Organized in four sections, this book looks at the history of the world-renowned crystal house: "Fashion" examines Swarovski's role in couture, from Coco Chanel and the fashion of the 1930s and '40s to Alexander McQueen; "Film" showcases fashion and jewelry created for the cinema, from costumes for Greta Garbo to set pieces in James Bond films; "Jewelry" celebrates elegant pieces from the house of Dior to the innovative designs by Zaha Hadid and Philip Treacy; and "Design" examines lighting and art installations, from Tord Boontje's crystal "Blossom" light to the Swarovski Crystal Palace installations at Design Miami. Swarovski's storied heritage and the brand's cutting-edge presence today, including its collaborations and kaleidoscopic influence, will be fascinating to lovers of fashion, design, and film alike.

Suzy Menkes

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