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Ikat. Patterns from Indonesia, Malaysia and India
Pepin Van Roojen
The Pepin Press, Amsterdam 2004, Agile Rabbit Edition, 128 pages,22 x22 cm., free CD-ROM, ISBN 9789057680588
euro 22,00
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Ikat is a very elaborate way of decorating cotton and silk textiles by resist-dying the yarns before weaving. This book contains stunning images for use as a graphic resource, or inspiration. All the illustrations are stored in high-resolution format on the enclosed free CD-ROM and are ready to use for professional quality printed media and web page design. The pictures can also be used to produce postcards, or to decorate your letters, flyers, etc. They can be imported directly from the CD into most design, image- manipulation, illustration, word-processing and e-mail programs; no installation is required.
10/04/22
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Louis Vuitton Manufactures
Nicholas Foulkes
Assouline, New York 2022, 400 pages, over 350 illustrations, 24.3 x 33 cm., Silk hardcover, ISBN: 9781649800763
euro 100,00
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Louis Vuitton fosters the idea that an atelier can be a place of fulfillment and individuality. A place where savoir-faire can be learned, respected and transmitted - and innovation nurtured - by artisans who routinely challenge the image of a traditional workshop. In pursuit of regional expertise and artisanal excellence, Louis Vuitton’s ateliers span the length and breadth of France and beyond, from Geneva (Switzerland), to Fiesso d’Artico (Italy) and even Texas (USA). Sites of historic interest or outstanding natural beauty will often have a Louis Vuitton workshop nearby: in Normandy, the sea-girt fastness of Mont-Saint-Michel can be seen from the workshop at Ducey, and in Beaulieu-sur-Layon, the light-flooded facility promises low environmental impact. Featuring photographs commissioned exclusively for this book, the volume showcases the extraordinary locations and buildings of Louis Vuitton’s ateliers, and the equally extraordinary artisans who express their talent through Louis Vuitton’s creations (trunks, bags, fragrances, watches, shoes, high jewelry and ready-to- wear), while carrying the founder’s techniques and savoir-faire into the twenty-first century. It is to these ateliers and the inspiring people who work there that this book is dedicated.
09/04/22
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Brioni
Tailoring Legends
Text by Olivier Saillard Foreword by Bret Easton Ellis
Assouline, New York 2022, 264 pages, 200 illustrations, 27.6 x 35.3 cm., Linen hardcover in a luxury slipcase, ISBN: 9781614288701
euro 195,00
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For more than seventy-five years, Brioni has remained the go-to tailor for the world’s most iconic men. Founded in 1945 by visionary tailors Nazareno Fonticoli and Gaetano Savini, the label’s bold designs have made it a sartorial destination for Hollywood movie stars, musicians, artists and heads of state. Transforming the landscape of menswear with impeccable standards, the Brioni name quickly became synonymous with the best in masculine style. The brand sealed its reputation as an industry leader in 1952 by presenting the first ever men’s fashion show in Florence’s Palazzo Pitti. This groundbreaking collection became the benchmark for Roman tailoring and established the modern notion of elegance in menswear.Featuring a personal foreword by novelist Bret Easton Ellis, Brioni: Tailoring Legends celebrates the House’s outstanding heritage and the evolution of men’s style through decades of its sartorial traditions, with rarely seen materials and original photography of archival garments.
08/04/22
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Dior New Looks
Jérome Gautier
Thames & Hudson, London 2022, 312 pages, 28.8 x 21.6 cm., Hardcover, ISBN 9780500025048
euro 53,00
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A timely celebration of one of the world’s greatest couture houses, which combines Christian Dior’s classics with the newest creations, published to celebrate the 75th anniversary of Christian Dior’s first collection. In this lavish collection Jérome Gautier collects the outstanding elements of Dior’s style for every generation since 1947, pairing classic and contemporary photographs together with some exquisite rarities. Christian Dior’s “New Look” amazed the world as it emerged after wartime austerity, and reset the boundaries of modern elegance. Dior’s search for the perfect line and the ideal silhouette continues with couturiers of the first rank: Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, John Galliano, Raf Simons, and Maria Grazia Chiuri have all made their distinctive contribution. In these pages, the most beautiful fashion plates from Dior’s own time sit beside examples of the house’s creations from each decade. This beautiful volume honors and celebrates Dior past and present with undisputed elegance and panache.
07/04/22
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YSL Lexicon
An ABC of the Fashion, Life, and Inspirations of Yves Saint Laurent
Edited by Martina Mondadori and Stephan Janson
Foreword by Madison Cox
Contributions by Claude Arnaud, Hamish Bowles, Amy Fine Collins, Madison Cox, Natasha Fraser-Cavassoni, Caroline Issa, Caroline Loeb, Umberto Pasti , Marian McEvoy, Elie Top, Diane von Fürstenberg
Rizzoli, New York 2022, 288 pages, Hardcover, 21x29 cm., ISBN: 978-0-8478-6712-7
euro 59,00
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The world’s leading authorities on fashion and design celebrate the 60th anniversary of YSL’s first runway presentation with a lexicon that includes many images from the designer’s extraordinary archives.
Yves Saint Laurent (1936–2008) is credited with reviving French haute couture in the 1960s, with making ready-to-wear reputable, and with using non-European cultural references. In addition to the kaleidoscope of images in this book, a coterie of tastemakers have supplied listings that encompass YSL’s style inspirations (C is for Costumes, as exem-plified by the Russian theme of the famed autumn-winter 1976–77 collection; T is for Tuxedo, which the designer initially referenced with his 1965 “Le Smoking”) and important facets of his life (J is for Jardin Majorelle, the garden of the couturier’s para-disiacal retreat in Marrakech; R is for Rive Gauche, the bohemian, chic neighborhood of Paris where the YSL boutique is situated and also the name of the house’s famous perfume launched in 1970). This distillation and celebration of the designer’s life reveals the inner world of a twentieth-century master.
04/04/22
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Die Stoffe der Wiener Werkstätte 1910-1932
Angela Völker
Verlag Christian Brandstätter, Wien 2004, 288 Seiten mit 415 Abbildungen, davon 306 in Farbe
euro 140,00
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Herausgegeben vom Österreichischen Museum für Angewandte Kunst in Wien
The textile patterns and prints of the Wiener Werkstätte were among the most popular and successful designs of the early twentieth century, reflecting both the tastes of Viennese high society and the general trend towards artistic abstraction. Textiles of the Wiener Werkstätte, 1910-1932 presents selections from the original gouache drawings, pattern books and about 20,000 actual samples now in the collection of the Museum for Applied Arts in Vienna - a truly remarkable archive of most of the over 1,800 recorded fabric designs. These range from the early rounded naturalistic motifs of Art Nouveau to the later angular geometric designs associated with Art Deco. Angela Völker ’s text gives succinct accounts of a range of topics, including the designs by Koloman Moser and Josef Hoffmann for Backhausen and Sohne prior to the foundation of the textile department in about 1910, methods of production, sales policy, customers and end use. A wealth of reproductions, many in colour, are supplemented by an exhaustive catalogue and artist biographies, as well as contemporary photographs of the textiles’ uses in fashion and interior decoration, including exhibition pavilions and the Wiener Werkstätte’s own showrooms. For designers, decorators or anyone simply in search of visual inspiration, this book is a goldmine and an amazing tribute to a period of astonishing creativity.
03/04/22
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Hussein Chalayan, 2011, Rizzoli, 276 pages.
This was printed at the time of the fantastic exhibition Hussein Chalayan, récits de mode at the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, one of the best fashion exhibitions I’ve ever attended - and it’s no surprise that this is one of the best books on fashion I’ve ever seen, both in content and design.
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Inferno: Alexander McQueen
Kent Baker, Melanie Rickey, ed. Laurence King Publishing, 2015, 128 pages.
A book covering McQueen’s seminal Fall - Winter 1996 ‘Dante’ collection.
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Fashioned from Nature
Edwina Ehrmann
V&A Publishing , London 2018, 192 pages
euro 36,50
On now until Sunday, 27 January 2019 the first UK exhibition to explore the complex relationship between fashion and nature from 1600 to the present day
Fashion has always sought to celebrate nature-from sumptuous silks and floral patterns to the spectacular creations of designers such as Alexander McQueen and Christian Dior-the two have always been entwined. Yet, in spite of this reverence for the natural world, fashion also seems destined to harm it. Spanning the 17th century to the present, Fashioned from Nature examines our dependence on nature for materials and the devastating impact of certain trends, as seen in the demand for ivory, fur, and exotic feathers. Today, intense consumerism and fast fashion have taken things to a new level and this book discusses the need for a more conscious fashion cycle. But which has greater environmental impact-a leather handbag or a white cotton T-shirt? Considering the effects of land clearance, insecticides, and water consumption-not to mention washing in hot water after every wear-the answer may not be as clear as it first appears. No fashion choice will ever be without impact, but this book will stimulate debate and empower readers to question their role as consumers.
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