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A landmark publication offering a definitive overview of the rise and fall of the era-defining magazine.

Trade Review
'This huge, rich book is a celebration not only of the style bible but of British pop culture in the late 20th century' - Guardian
'A total treat' - Sunday Times
'A definitive, 352-page, “finally someone’s done it”, blockbuster book charting the rise and fall of “the magazine that changed culture”' - Creative Review
'A meticulous examination of The Face and its significance, from content and design to its wider influence' - Civilian
'A long-overdue record of the iconic publication' - Wylde
'A lighting bolt of nostalgia' - Financial Times
'[A] much-anticipated history' - Mr Porter
'Loud, vibrant and evocative' - It's Nice That
'Compendious and meticulously researched' - Observer
'Anyone interested in knowing the path along which British urban youth moved music, fashion, politics, the media and social issues to centre stage will find it here' - The Business of Fashion
'Lavish' - BBC Culture
'A mighty tome' - Electronic Sound
'Packed with stunning imagery and fascinating insights' - Creative Bloq
'An exhaustive and exacting account of how The Face split pop culture open at its seams with stories and visuals that are still imitated today' - Interview Magazine
'This coffee-table book, with its hundreds of lavishly reproduced covers and innovative page layouts, does full justice to the “world’s best-dressed magazine”' - The Times Literary Supplement
'Paul Gorman’s weighty tome … reproduces the revolutionary graphics and images of his subject. This is accompanied by an exhaustive year-on-year account of the magazine’s development and production' - New Humanist

The Story of The Face

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    Publisher: Thames & Hudson Ltd
    Publication Date: 09/11/2017
    ISBN13: 9780500293478, 978-0500293478
    ISBN10: 0500293473

    Description

    Book Synopsis
    A landmark publication offering a definitive overview of the rise and fall of the era-defining magazine.

    Trade Review
    'This huge, rich book is a celebration not only of the style bible but of British pop culture in the late 20th century' - Guardian
    'A total treat' - Sunday Times
    'A definitive, 352-page, “finally someone’s done it”, blockbuster book charting the rise and fall of “the magazine that changed culture”' - Creative Review
    'A meticulous examination of The Face and its significance, from content and design to its wider influence' - Civilian
    'A long-overdue record of the iconic publication' - Wylde
    'A lighting bolt of nostalgia' - Financial Times
    '[A] much-anticipated history' - Mr Porter
    'Loud, vibrant and evocative' - It's Nice That
    'Compendious and meticulously researched' - Observer
    'Anyone interested in knowing the path along which British urban youth moved music, fashion, politics, the media and social issues to centre stage will find it here' - The Business of Fashion
    'Lavish' - BBC Culture
    'A mighty tome' - Electronic Sound
    'Packed with stunning imagery and fascinating insights' - Creative Bloq
    'An exhaustive and exacting account of how The Face split pop culture open at its seams with stories and visuals that are still imitated today' - Interview Magazine
    'This coffee-table book, with its hundreds of lavishly reproduced covers and innovative page layouts, does full justice to the “world’s best-dressed magazine”' - The Times Literary Supplement
    'Paul Gorman’s weighty tome … reproduces the revolutionary graphics and images of his subject. This is accompanied by an exhaustive year-on-year account of the magazine’s development and production' - New Humanist

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