Fashion and textile design Books
Hoaki Fabrics in Fashion Design: The Complete Textile
Book SynopsisIntended for fashion students and fashion designers, this fabric book is indispensable for sourcing and selecting textiles for fashion. It will guide you to the perfect fabric for every design, helping you find the ideal material to achieve the desired effect and recommending different ways to use it. With a revised and updated selection of photographs from fashion shows that exemplify current fashion trends in which the collections of such renowned designers as Givenchy, Stella McCartney, Vuitton, Vivian Westwood, van Herpen, Ralph Lauren and Calvin Klein appeared, the book shows you how some of the most emblematic names in fashion today use fabrics to achieve the highest expression of their creativity. This updated and enlarged edition also includes a detailed technical and historical introduction on the types of fabrics and their classification, the relationship between fabric and the fashion industry and the aesthetic, emotional, commercial and social aspects involved. This fabric bible is sure to become essential reading for all aspiring and experienced dressmakers and fashion designers.
£25.60
Hoaki Patternmaking for Womenswear Vol. 2: Constructing
Book SynopsisThis book contains the ideal method for creating base patterns to tailor bodices, sleeves and collars to different contemporary styles and modern designs. It covers the information necessary for drafting flat patterns for nearly every form there is in a progressive way in terms of difficulty and can easily be adapted to all skill levels. Developed by fashion designer and teacher Dominique Pellen after countless years of experience in the studio and in the classroom, the method for the creation andadaptation of flat patterns shown here is suitable for a wide audience, including professionals, students and basically anyone who loves to sew. This expanded and updated volume on bodices, sleeves and collars is the second in a series of womenswear guides that will explore the exciting world of garment-making, a gateway designed to help fashion design students and sewing lovers understand and design patterns on their own.
£23.99
Hoaki New Fashion Illustration: 50 Essential
Book SynopsisThis fashion illustration anthology brings together the work of fifty contemporary artists, fashion designers and fashion illustrators. The book includes works by major figures in the industry such as Bil Donovan, Aurore de la Morinerie, Piet Paris, Daniel Egnéus, Cecilia Carlstedt and Amelie Hegardt, as well as young talents who have burst onto the scene with great success. The book begins with a brief introduction about the history and evolution of fashion illustration, followed by a series chapters devoted to the featured artists. Each chapter includes a brief presentation of the artist's career and style, an interview with the artist that touches on subject matter, sources of inspiration, techniques, influences and images of their work. All of the artists are from different backgrounds and generations, a fact made clear in the selection of works representing highly diverse styles and techniques (abstraction, realism, expressionism, figurativeness), reflecting the different ways of interpreting fashion from the point of view of fine arts.
£23.80
Hoaki Sneakers Art: From Inspiration to Customization
Book SynopsisSneakers Art includes realized customization examples of sneakers and easy to follow step-by-step tutorials. This book is a great way to get started creating your own custom sneakers. Up your creative game as you learn quick and easy ways to turn a pair of regular trainers into one-of-a-kind works of art. 1000 inspiring sneaker designs and 18 step-by-step tutorials will help you create your own projects that reflect your personal tastes. By mastering the basics along with some design skills, you´ll soon have the tools and techniques you need to design and paint custom sneakers with style and soul. Street, pop, fluor, metal and camouflage are just some of the contemporary patterns touched on. Detailed illustrations that go with the texts give you an idea of what your kicks will look like after you've created them. The book is ideal for sneakers fans who enjoy customizing their own clothes and asserting their individuality, fashion designers who look to customized sneakers as a source of inspiration and fashion lovers in general. Take your love of sneakers to a fun new level learning how to create cool shoes that are as you unique as you are. AUTHOR: Claudia Ausonia Palazio attended the 1st Art Academy in Rome and then obtained a two-year degree from the IED in Fashion (1988-1989). She subsequently began working as an assistant costume designer for Bonizza Giordani Aragno, fashion researcher, curator and historian. In the meantime, she attended the Accademia di Alta Moda e Arte del costume Koefia, the renowned Koefia International Haute Couture Academy (Rome, Italy) (1991-1994). At the end of her course, she was asked to join Koefia's staff. She has been working as a fashion design lecturer since 1996. SELLING POINTS: . How to customize your trainers to stand out and adapt them perfectly to your own taste. . An overview of various customization techniques and materials by a recognized styist and fashion expert. . It includes realized customization examples and easy to follow step-by-step tutorials.
£21.24
Editorial Gg Bordar Con Bastidor: 20 Proyectos Originales Para
Book Synopsis
£25.53
Editorial Gg Diccionario Visual de Arquitectura
Book Synopsis
£52.43
Editorial Gg Marketing de Moda
Book Synopsis
£46.22
Ediciones Paraninfo, S.A Peinadosáyácortesáparaáhombre
Book Synopsis
£15.69
Tusquets Editores Piel de ángel
Book Synopsis
£13.92
Circe Ediciones, S.L.U. Coco Chanel
Book Synopsis
£31.49
Promopress Geometrix
Book SynopsisThis title enforces in a showcase of examples with a retro-inspired flavour updated to the latest trends in the world of twenty-first century design. This book features a series of geometric elements. It explains the relationship and language between geometry and graphics using real life successful case study examples such as packaging, street signs, logos or stationery, used in a wide variety of multimedia projects. Colour throughout
£31.99
WOOD WOOD Wood Wood 2-22
Book SynopsisThe Wood Wood 2-22 book is an introduction to, and a look back at, Wood Wood and the first 20 years of the brand's history. The label's archive has been delved into by Copenhagen/Milan-based design duo, Wrong Studio. The outcome is a carefully compiled selection of material, organised in a non-chronological format reflecting Wood Wood's non-linear creative journey. Fragments, sketches and photographs from past collections and collaborations have been juxtaposed to tell the story of a clothing brand in constant flux. The result is a slightly chaotic, intensely visual representation of the Copenhagen label. The image heavy pages are supplemented by a section of technical information, brief commentary from past collaborators and an interview with the founders, offering an insight into the roots of Wood Wood.
£45.05
ListLab Dischronie: Fashion beyond contemporary phenomena
Book Synopsis
£31.35
ListLab SMART AND SAFE: Performative-Suit Design for
Book Synopsis
£25.20
White Star A Matter of Style: Intimate Portraits of 10 Women
Book SynopsisFrom Coco Chanel and Grace Kelly to Twiggy and Lady Diana, here are ten women who changed 20th-century fashion forever! Coco Chanel once proclaimed, "I don't do fashion, I am fashion," and in one line she established a mantra for a handful of women who revolutionised the concept of femininity in the mid-20th century. A Matter of Style documents the unforgettable lives of Chanel and nine other female icons of style and elegance who captivated entire generations and remain inspiring models of beauty and fascination. An extraordinary collection of photographs brings these women back to life: Coco Chanel, Katharine Hepburn, Grace Kelly, Audrey Hepburn, Brigitte Bardot, Marilyn Monroe, Jacqueline Kennedy, Mary Quant, Twiggy, and Lady Diana. These are the stories of unparalleled lives, captured in a volume without precedent.
£23.74
Skira Gianfranco Ferre Drawings
Book Synopsis
£47.84
Skira Uman: The Essays 4: Telemark
Book SynopsisA sophisticated wardrobe guides’ series for modern men. Uman. The Essays is a series of commentaries by contemporary connoisseurs (authors, journalists, and cultured men), who explore the sources of men's costume – sports, discovery, passions – to reveal the traditions and ethos at the basis of the ideal wardrobe. It is a project by Umberto Angeloni, former chief executive of Brioni, an Italian luxury lifestyle brand with global diffusion. The fourth Essay of the series is devoted to clothing designed for telemark (a term used for skiing using the Telemark turn. It is also known as “free heel skiing”). Its author Markus Ebner is the founder of Achtung, Germany’s directional fashion magazine and Sepp, a unique publication that brings together football and fashion. He is the men’s fashion critic for Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung: “… what a man wears says a lot about him – first impressions always count. Even if we deeply believe in not judging a book by its cover, the old adage holds true: you only have one chance to make a good first impression…”
£14.36
Skira Uman The Essays 5
Book Synopsis
£15.15
Skira The Lotus Flower: A Textile Hidden in the Water
Book SynopsisEmotional photographs from the Far East to discover a product of excellence. The latest textile treasure discovered by Loro Piana grows in the waters of Inle Lake in eastern Myanmar: the fibre of the lotus flower. This extraordinary raw material of vegetable origin is obtained from the aquatic plant that was sacred to the Buddha. The Intha people, “children of the lake”, use ancient techniques passed down across generations to work the fibres into a very fine thread exclusively by hand. In six chapters of photographs, the volume leads the reader through the magic hills of the Shan plateau and among lake pile-dwellings, where the slow rhythm of a timeless existence in total harmony with nature is measured out in the harvesting of the lotus, the catching of fish and the cultivation of fruits and vegetables in floating gardens. Every year during the rainy season, the Intha harvest the stems of the lotus flower and extract the fibres that will be spun into thread, just over a hundred grams in a full day’s work, performed according to the slow rhythm of tradition, which now may become a source of livelihood for future populations as well.
£45.00
Skira Hogan: Future Roots
Book SynopsisFifty-six international designers and architects celebrate the Hogan label’s most recent collections. There is an obvious connection between the different forms of creative expression: this is the core philosophy Hogan, expressed in the Future Roots project in which 56 internationally famous designers and architects are captured in Ornella Sancassani’s photographs wearing the most recent collections designed by the fashion label. The black-and-white photographs interpret the fashion house’s savoir-faire; the architects and designers are captured in their professional workplaces or with those objects that in a concise way best express their Weltanschauung. Future Roots is therefore a story in pictures in which the different aspects of planning in design, architecture, fashion and photography are brought to the fore, showing little distinction between sectors.
£40.00
Skira School Projects
Book SynopsisA selection of the themes Alberto Lattuada proposed to his students during his fourteen years at Polimoda in Florence, accompanied by beautiful drawings. Alberto Lattuada is a fashion illustrator and a stylist. His projects are a rather extravagant mix of fashion, costume, art, cinema and the eccentric and legendary styles of famous figures. “I tried to transmit self-criticism and control over one’s own creativity and a sophisticated sense of elegance and style…. I believe that I also added a small spark of love, hidden between the lines and more or less well-rendered marks, between the smudges and splotches of colour.” – Alberto Lattuada
£32.00
Skira Equilibrium
Book SynopsisWe have been walking upright for almost six million years and soon learned how to offload our body’s weight on the arch of the foot. Salvatore Ferragamo dedicated all his life to the study of the foot’s anatomy, also researching into architecture and engineering, as we can understand by looking at his patents. Walking, dancing barefoot or en pointe, advancing along a wire in the manner of a tight-rope walker, climbing mountains, stepping and marching on orders, wandering about to find oneself, roaming around: these are just some of the themes dealt with in Equilibrium, the new project by the Museo Salvatore Ferragamo, curated by Stefania Ricci and Sergio Risaliti. This volume is based on the comparison among magnificent, important and meaningful artworks of various origin. The project has been developed through several media: painting, sculpture, photography, video, cinema and printed editions. The geometric balancing of Wassily Kandinsky is displayed alongside the thread-like structures of Fausto Melotti; Albrecht Dürer’s Fortuna with Giulio Paolini’s funambulist; and portraits of Nijinsky alongside those of Isadora Duncan, Martha Graham and Trisha Brown.
£27.96
Skira Italian Glamour: The Essence of Italian Fashion
Book SynopsisThe fashion archive of Enrico Quinto and Paolo Tinarelli has been painstakingly assembled over the last twenty years and traces the international evolution of costume from the mid-19th century to the present day. This quintessential volume on Italian Style narrates the development of fashion through around three hundred dresses, chronologically ordered and selected from an international collection of over six thousand pieces, enriched by commentary by historians, journalists and fashion designers, but also by photography, film and personal testimony: a concrete resource for historians of costume, students and passionates. The idea of departing from a purely chronological sequence springs from a desire to demonstrate the vitality and ongoing relevance of historical pieces through their juxtaposition with contemporary examples. Most of the displayed dresses were documented by photographers when they first appeared worn by famous actresses, models and jet set personalities of the time: from the Duchess of Windsor to Queen Paola of Belgium, from Princess Grace of Monaco to Ava Gardner, Marilyn Monroe, Sophia Loren, Audrey Hepburn, Veruschka, Marisa Berenson, Grace Jones amongst many others.
£39.95
Skira One Hundred 100 Portraits: Angela Lo Priore
Book SynopsisJeremy Irons, Scarlett Johansson, Catherine Zeta-Jones, Al Pacino, Charlize Theron, Oliver Stone, Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, George Clooney, Gwyneth Paltrow, Anne Hathaway, Keira Knightley, Wim Wenders, Maria Grazia Cucinotta, Gabriele Salvatores, Gabriele Muccino, Giancarlo Giannini… A gallery of 100 stunning photographic portraits of famous actors, actress and directors taken by the Italian photographer Angela Lo Priore, whose passion for photography borns through the world of architecture and advertising, and then specializes in portraits of celebrities.
£45.00
Skira Electric Fashion
Book SynopsisThree decades of fashion brought together in one Collection, worn as originally intended by the Collector herself, and developed over five years by established fashion and portrait photographer Frederic Aranda: this is Electric Fashion. But why is it electric? It is the story of how the Collector, Christine Suppes, blazed an indelible trail into online fashion editorial whilst developing a unique collection in the heart of Silicon Valley. Electric Fashion is essential viewing, punctuated with academic perspective, comprehensive technical references, and archival text from the collection’s accompanying website, fashionlines.com. This timeless tome boasts a double vantage point; on the one hand, each garment is photographed in a studio setting to enhance critical academic understanding, whilst on the other, worn by the collector herself at locations around the world to depict the garments as they were originally intended to be worn. The finished product is a 360 degree view of fashion, from historical, cultural, and practical standpoints.
£38.40
Skira Tirelli 50: The Wardrobe of Dreams
Book SynopsisThe book presents a portrait of Tirelli with the history of his apprenticeship and his passion not only for the painstaking reproduction of ancient garments and accessories but also for building up a priceless collection of tens of thousands of original items of clothing. A long chapter presents testimonials from faithful customers including the most illustrious Italian and foreign costume designers, winners of countless Oscars, some of whom have been with Tirelli from the outset. The rich array of illustrations – comprising sketches, photographs of finished costumes and scenes from plays and films – spans five decades of inventions and successes, and the work ends with a catalogue raisonné of the company’s creations for theater, opera, cinema, and television.
£36.00
Skira MTINDO: Style Movers Rebranding Africa
Book Synopsis
£30.40
Skira 1927 The Return to Italy Salvatore Ferragamo and
Book Synopsis
£45.00
Skira Gianfranco Ferré: Under Another Light: Jewels and
Book Synopsis
£32.00
Skira Jewellery: From Art Nouveau to 3D Printing
Book Synopsis
£40.00
Skira The Gift of Kings: The Noblest of Wools
Book Synopsis
£45.00
Skira Exhibitionism: 50 Years of the Museum at FIT
Book Synopsis
£19.12
Skira Power Mode: Fashion & Textile History Gallery
Book Synopsis
£27.20
Damiani Models Matter
Book SynopsisIn 2008, Christopher Niquet, a well-known French stylist, spotted the 1960s supermodel Peggy Moffit in a Beverly Hills restaurant. Never an autograph chaser, he nonetheless felt compelled to ask for hers. This candid moment ignited an obsessive, ongoing quest. Niquet began to reach out to the models he considered quintessentials figures in his industry, for their epic beauty and remote auras. Deploying a sleuth’s methods to locate these models around the globe, he collected 100 signatures, most of which are framed along with an iconic portrait. “My original purpose was to get beyond the abstract, incorporeal beauty of these icons, and bring back a sense of their physicality. For me, each signature restored a womanly reality to the imaginary being.” This book highlights the unique personalities of celebrated or forgotten women from the late 1950s to the 1990s and what they all have in common: the power to awaken creativity in the people who see them. Through generations of cover stories, Models That Matter explores a multi-layered history of feminine beauty, from Jean Shrimpton to Jerry Hall, from Lauren Bacall to Linda Evangelista, from Anita Pallenberg to Naomi Campbell, muses for extraordinary fashion lensmen like Steven Meisel—who wrote the preface—to Irving Penn or Richard Avedon.
£25.50
Damiani Daisy Chain
Book SynopsisDaisy Chain is the new platform from Phillip Bogart Duncan and Charles Daigrepont Desselle. Published by Damiani, it is a print publication and online presence exploring the future of photography at the intersection of art and fashion. Decadent and surprising, lushly-produced yet unfussy, Daisy Chain offers an authoritative and fresh take on the indisputable influence of art photography, pitched against the backdrop of art history. With both a curatorial eye and an instinct for the new, Duncan and Desselle seek to re-investigate the canon: previously overlooked work is celebrated, and rising talent is supported. Never indulgent, their selection pinpoints the current moment, as well as the foundation it springs from. Printed in Italy and distributed worldwide, Daisy Chain presents a roster of thought-provoking contributors. Its inaugural issue includes original work from Emma Summerton, Shaniqwa Jarvis and Kuba Ryniewicz––and promises a visual feast targeting accomplished fashion figures and dilettantes alike.
£20.00
Edizioni Terra Santa Sacred Vestments: From Europe to the Holy Land
Book Synopsis
£131.10
Five Continents Editions The Jewish Wardrobe: From the Collection of The
Book SynopsisThe fashion, history, and development of Jewish dress tells a story that spans the globe and crosses many cultures. In this colourful volume, Jewish communities - particularly those established for centuries in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa - are revealed through their garments. Stunning photographs spin tales of family traditions and religious devotion, with a special section dedicated to jewellery worn by brides and grooms. Superb photographs of specific garments, with many close-up details, are juxtaposed with rare contextual photographs from The Israel Museum's archives to create a tapestry of a people revealed through textiles, costume, and images. More than 350 revelatory illustrations tell us how these precious articles of dress were originally worn.
£43.65
Skira Bally: Since 1851
Book SynopsisThe Bally Shoe company was founded as "Bally & Co" in 1851 by Carl Franz Bally (1821-1899) and his brother Fritz in the basement of their family home in Switzerland. In 1854, a shoe factory was set up in the village but Fritz Bally left the fledgling business and Carl Franz Bally carried on under the corporate name "C.F. Bally." After more than 150 years Bally has come to represent quality and design in shoes. This book illustrates the history of Bally from 1851 to the early 1960s, a period which embraces the birth and development of a footwear design style that introduced an evolution in comfort, lifestyle and elegance. Through a vast array of colour photographs, period illustrations and vintage posters, the book presents Bally and the shoes that have intrigued and enchanted us for over a century. The pictures illustrate the evolution of shoe models from the end of the 19th century, when Bally stepped boldly into the international market, to the early 1960s. Bally Since 1851 presents the unfolding of a key period, when the firm’s design skills joined forces with a strong business flair, thus distinguishing the brand internationally. This fascinating account of the development of Bally shoes features the fabrics, embroidery, colours, weaves and different versions of one hundred shoes— carefully selected from the Bally Shoe Museum of Zurich. The book will appeal to fashionistas, shoe lovers and design aficionados.
£31.77
Skira A World of Belts: Africa, Asia, Oceania, America
Book Synopsis
£33.60
Mondadori Electa Timeless Icons: The Style of Celebrities
Book SynopsisThrough glamorous images of celebrities both contemporary and past this exquisite volume celebrates the legendary style of actors, models, musicians, socialites, and more. A curation of the most emblematic figures of the last century, this tome features a who s who list of style icons from the red carpet, Hollywood films, and magazine covers: from Jane Birkin, Brigitte Bardot, Lauren Hutton, and Audrey Hepburn to James Dean, Marlon Brando, and Mick Jagger. Also spotlighted are beloved icons of our time, including Gisele Bundchen, Blake Lively, George Clooney, and Leonardo DiCaprio. Beautiful photographs underscore each personality s unique charm and elegance, while informative texts describe the time period and style. The result is a book that s as enchanting as the legendary figures represented within its pages.
£44.00
Mondadori Electa Luisa Spagnoli: 90 Years of Style
Book SynopsisFor decades, Luisa Spagnoli has represented a confident, feminine woman, whose elegance is both modern and sophisticated a style that is beloved by women of all ages, based on quality tailoring and must-have pieces. This book presents the development of the Luisa Spagnoli style through her signature accessories and iconic garments, with vintage and contemporary illustrations, sketches, drawings, and never-before-seen material from the extensive company archives. It pays tribute to the enterprising spirit of Luisa, who after founding the chocolatier Perugina and its hallmark Baci transformed her hobby of knitting with angora wool into a women s clothing and accessories brand, which now boasts 170 outlets around the world. Luisa Spagnoli s brand was popular with Hollywood stars working in Rome, such as Esther Williams and Lana Turner, and Italian actresses, such as Sophia Loren and Anna Magnani. The Duchess of Cambridge Kate Middleton is also often photographed wearing Luisa Spagnoli creations. Based on an ethical work plan, business acumen, the ability to evolve over time, and a pioneering approach to marketing, Luisa Spagnoli is a unique figure on the Italian fashion scene that is celebrating 90 years of success.
£52.50
Rizzoli International Publications Roger Vivier: La Vie en Vivier: Digital Stories
Book SynopsisFor decades, Roger Vivier has created visionary shoes and bags that, over time, have become icons of fashion. This book tells the story of this achievement and offers a fresh take on the designer s legendary accessories, as seen through the eyes of young enterprising fashion bloggers and tastemakers including Charlotte Groeneveld (The Fashion Guitar website), Chriselle Lim (The Chriselle Factor website), Eleonora Carisi (Joujou Villeroy website), and Tamu McPherson (All the Pretty Birds website). For the first time, objects of this legendary luxury brand will be interpreted directly by those who wear them, people who live their lives inside the Vivier brand.Trade Review"...A uniquely contemporary understanding of Vivier's enduring legacy..."—BAL HARBOUR MAGAZINE"Fashion fans can have a new conversation starter in their homes with Roger Vivier’s new coffee table book. . ."—Nikara Johns, FOOTWEAR NEWS
£56.25
Mondadori Electa 5D: Diesel, Dream, Disruption, Deviation, Denim
Book SynopsisIn forty years of activity, the Diesel brand has managed to construct a world that communicates values of rebellion, nonconformity, and individuality. This book celebrates Diesel s irreverence and innovation in the rejection of the often overly serious vernacular that surrounds denim. Diesel s denim has really been the gateway into a much wider and larger lifestyle arc, masterminded by Renzo Rosso. Denim is the fabric of Diesel, but in-between the warp and weft of those threads, what Diesel really communicates is something that goes far beyond the physical garment. In addition to shooting and recontextualizing the archives, the volume also looks at the present, on how the denim permeates and punctuates Diesel s world today, concluding with the exciting output from Diesel Red Tag as more and more collaborators (Shayne Oliver, Glenn Martens, and more to come) are added to the fold. This volume is not an academic study, nor is it a chronological retelling of Diesel s history in denim. It is a tongue-in-cheek compendium about Diesel s denim universe. New images shot by four different photographers are interspersed with archival visual material, campaigns, and editorials.
£56.25
Mondadori Electa Bianca e Blu Monica Bolzoni
Book SynopsisIndependent fashion brand Bianca e Blu by Monica Bolzoni is celebrated in this extensive visual survey, spanning the best years of Italian fashion design.Described as "one of the greatest artistic personalities of this century" by Vogue Italia, Monica Bolzoni's designs anticipated many of the concepts of today's fashion, such as modularity and tailoring.Structured as an ABC book, this volume reflects the multiple facets of Bianca e Blu through a wealth of visual material from the company's archives: drawings, vintage images, fabrics, accessories, fashion stories, artworks, film stills, and stage images, accompanied by critical texts, press cuttings, and interviews.Master's students from ECAL/University of Art and Design Lausanne have conversed with Bianca e Blu Archives, producing new fashion stories and a fresh graphic identity for the brand.
£44.00
Mondadori Electa Yuul Yie: Sculpture Shoe Fantasy
Book SynopsisTo celebrate ten years of Yuul Yie s unstoppable rise, this is the first illustrated monograph dedicated to the Korean women s shoe brand founded by Sunyuul Yie in 2010. The footwear line combines cultured artistic, architectural, and pictorial references with the skillful use of Italian leather and a single goal for its couture: simple and high-quality design and workmanship accompanied by a sober and sophisticated style. The label prides itself on its unique and unexpectedly elegant designs. From its color-blocked mules to its pearl-heeled boots, Yuul Yie s distinct aesthetic is trendy yet timeless, thoughtful, daring, and undeniably chic. It s no secret that Asian footwear brands are taking the Western fashion world by storm, and Yuul Yie s designs continue to dominate among fashion tastemakers across the globe.Trade Review"If you are hungry for knowledge about footwear in general, then this is a book you need to own..." —NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
£44.00
Mondadori Electa No_Code: Real Life in Silicon Valley
Book SynopsisNo_Code is an intersectional project conceived by the Italian luxury group Tod s that examines changes in contemporary society. It is a hybrid idea that fuses emerging technology with Italian craftsmanship. Tod s No_Code has commissioned the Iranian-American photographer Ramak Fazel to take a journey on the road in Silicon Valley. The aim of the trip is to represent real life in the Valley, going beyond common media narratives. What lies behind the official images of Big Tech? How do the inhabitants of this piece of California land below San Francisco live? Where do they live? What houses do they have? What restaurants do they eat at and what cars do they drive? How do they have fun? With his inseparable analog Rolleiflex around his neck, photographer Ramak Fazel takes us on his journey and discovers some secrets in one of the most protected enclaves. This unprecedented and surprising anthropological inquiry uses the medium of photography to reveal one of the most famous places in the world.Trade Review"Tod’s driving mocs have long been a staple in the wardrobe of international power brokers, so it’s fitting that the brand is honing in on the capital of the 21st century’s next-gen tycoons. While the larger initiative may be rooted in technology, the new book emphasizes the humanity behind all that sleek innovation. Fazel’s approach was as anthropological as it was artistic, turning his Rolleiflex camera on such idiosyncrasies as the garage where Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak developed their first computer (as well as the elderly couple who still live across the street), the senior Apple employee who plays cowboy in his downtime and the suburban watering hole favored by coders and Cupertino locals alike." —ROBB REPORT"Entitled No_Code, Tod’s compiled a 190-page book to give a new point of view on the Valley, offering a tool that can investigate its true nature and lift the mystery that surrounds it, answering questions like: what kind of houses do its inhabitants live in? What cars do they drive? Where do tech moguls go to restaurants? Where do they meet to talk about business? How do they spend their free time?" —HYPEBEAST.COM"Fazel has documented the glamorous—the catamaran on Oracle's manmade lake or the ritzy new Apple headquarters—as well as the less than glamorous—passport studios for foreign nationals working at tech companies, the crush of development along freeways, and motorhomes filled with workers because of soaring home prices. Plus, there are all the "birthplace" sites where major companies had their humble start. Flipping through its pages, you really do get a sense of how simultaneously normal and abnormal life on this peninsula is." —THE DAILY BEAST"Photographer Ramak Fazel looks for lesser-known perspectives of the everyday in a new book called Silicon Valley No_Code Life, developed through the shoe company Tod’s editorial initiative No_Code and published by Rizzoli. The book, an investigation into the diverse realities of living in the San Francisco area, shows that the narrative of Silicon Valley as a high-tech vision of the future isn’t the whole picture." —FAST COMPANY"Tod's is unveiling a book, “Silicon Valley. No_Code Life," published by Rizzoli and also available on Amazon, with unexpected and surprising photos." —WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY
£38.40
Mondadori Electa Naty Abascal: The Eternal Muse Inspiring Fashion
Book SynopsisThe publication presents a handpicked selection of designs by Cristobal Balenciaga, Oscar de la Renta, Eliee Saab, Yves Saint Laurent and Valentino, among others. Abascal has been part of the history of these haute couture masters, not only as a model, but also as a muse, inspiration, and companion of their most significant successes, in daily life and in the pages of fashion magazines. This book marks the occasion of the exhibition Naty Abascal and Fashion! organized by Museo Jumex, Mexico City, from November 7, 2019 to January 5, 2020. Like the exhibition, it aims to evoke the big ateliers or couture studios, whose mirrors have witnessed the evolution of fashion, along with designers and models. Their reflections highlight the unique details of the cut and the proportion of the outfits that contribute to the transformation of the female silhouette, which testifies to contemporary times like any other art form.Trade Review"Naty Abascal: The Eternal Muse offers the reader a rare look at not only the contents of Naty's closets but also of an unerring taste level that does not radiate from one specific point of view. She is always flawlessly turned out whether in the slickest and simplest of tailleurs or the most outrageous feathered and beaded couture pieces. Much of what is seen here might jar the reader's memory in terms of which designer created what and when they came about. Naty was/is a hoarder of sorts but in the most discerning of ways...The collective images are superbly and dramatically styled all by the hand of Naty herself! If her name and fame are unknown to you then this is certainly a great primer demonstrating the making of a fashion icon. Good taste is not learned or taught; it is innate and honed by its possessor. Even an astute and well-read fashionphile will find Naty Abascal: The Eternal Muse enlightening." —NEW YORK JOURNAL OF BOOKS
£38.40
Rizzoli A Journey Into the Style and Music of My Icons
Book Synopsis
£52.50
