Le 12 février 1947, une jeune maison portant le nom de son fondateur, Christian Dior, présente une collection de haute couture printemps-été dans un Paris encore en proie au froid hivernal. Les créations défilent dans un salon fraîchement peint en gris tourterelle au 30 avenue Montaigne, adresse historique, mythique. C'est la nouveauté que Dior symbolise pour la mode en général, et pour Paris en particulier. Ces codes, ce langage visuel ont fasciné les nombreux successeurs du couturier : Yves Saint Laurent, Marc Bohan, Gianfranco Ferré, mais surtout John Galliano, et depuis 2017 Maria Grazia Chiuri. Leur tâche a été, saison après saison, de trouver une nouvelle voix à travers le vocabulaire de Dior.
Vivienne Westwood est l'une des créatrices les plus provocantes et les plus influentes au monde : « l'unique raison de mon engagement dans la mode est de détruire le mot « conformisme » », a-t-elle un jour déclaré. Depuis 40 ans, elle ne cesse de bouleverser, transformer et défier le monde de la mode. Cet ouvrage rassemble ses créations les plus singulières depuis son premier défilé en 1981, ainsi que celles imaginées avec son mari et collaborateur de longue date, Andreas Kronthaler. Le duo de créateurs signe ici les textes de leurs propres biographies, tandis qu'Alexander Fury présente chaque collection. L'ensemble offre une opportunité rare de pénétrer dans les coulisses d'une maison de couture hautement créative.
Avec plus de 1 100 photographies, ce trésor d'inspirations est une référence indispensable pour tous les professionnels de la mode et les admirateurs de Vivienne Westwood.
Dans la collection « Défilés » : Chanel, Dior, Louis Vuitton, Yves Saint Laurent, Prada.
This beautiful publication takes you into the heart of the Maison, featuring over 150 looks, ranging from the first collection by Valentino Garavani to the unforgettable show by Pierpaolo Piccioli staged on the Spanish Steps in 2022.
Published to accompany the landmark exhibition in Doha launched in the same year, the book opens with a reimagining of the Maison's courtyard at the Palazzo Mignanelli, showcasing 34 haute couture creations in Valentino's signature red. This is followed by a visual journey through nine galleries, with highlights including Capriccio Romana, a homage to cinema and the city's urban landscape; a focus on gowns designed for Valentino's divas - Zendaya, Lady Gaga, Anne Hathaway and many more; an immersive runway experience from the Valentino Pink PP collection; and finally a dramatic recreation of the Beginnings show featuring over 60 ensembles by Valentino Garavani and Pierpaolo Piccioli. The exhibition views are complemented by sketches and catwalk shots printed on different paper stocks and transparent sheets, creating a multilayered tactile experience, inspired by Piccioli's cahiers de défilé (collection notebooks), which were displayed for the first time in the exhibition.
With text by curators Alexander Fury and Massimiliano Gioni, and contributions by renowned fashion writers and editors, this book is a must for followers of the much loved couture house.
More than 165 years of innovation, adventure and a unique expression of Britishness come to life in Burberry, a richly illustrated volume filled with material from the Burberry archive and beyond. Five chapters, featuring 200 illustrations, depict Burberry's evolution from a family-run company, founded in 1856, to a renowned global luxury brand in 2022.
Each chapter explores a range of notable events and the emblems for which Burberry is renowned. Think inspiring explorers, signature trench coats and a distinct British identity. Today, the trench and signature Check remain instantly recognizable house codes, elevated, reworked and reconstructed in every collection - but always emblematic of Burberry's history, craftsmanship and enduring British style. This volume, from Assouline's Legends Collection, is a must-have for anyone who appreciates the enduring British style and craftsmanship that has made Burberry a household name.
Gabrielle Chanel, known for her uncanny ability to anticipate fashion trends, transformed the world of style with her modern take on luxe minimalism. She elevated simple fabrics like jersey and tweed to couture status, creating a sophisticated yet understated silhouette that redefined fashion in the 20th century. Chanel's vision liberated women from restrictive clothing, aligning with broader societal shifts. The fashion house she founded has continued to shape modern fashion, with her successor, Karl Lagerfeld, reinventing the industry by drawing inspiration from Chanel's legacy while adding his own innovative touch. Lagerfeld's approach to reviving a storied brand became the blueprint for the modern fashion house. Assouline's updated volume, Chanel: The Legend of an Icon, captures this rich history with a curated selection of a hundred iconic pieces and insightful text by Alexander Fury, illustrating Chanel's enduring impact through archival and contemporary imagery.
More than any other designer of her era, Gabrielle Chanel had the ability to predict the evolution of contemporary fashion. Self-inventor extraordinaire, Chanel revolutionized the lifestyle of her time by inventing a modern concept of luxe minimalism, elevating humble fabrics such as jersey and tweed to couture status, giving birth to a new silhouette both sophisticated and discreet, setting her stamp on the twentieth century with her modern spirit of understated luxury.
The house of Chanel represents modern fashion. Under its founder, the style of the modern woman was invented, through the image of Gabrielle Chanel herself. She dressed women to be free, and her emancipated clothes reflected the shifting landscape of society. Her designs fundamentally affected what we wear, and how we wear it. The work of the house under her successor Karl Lagerfeld has transformed fashion anew: He drew the template for a fashion designer reviving a moribund house with elements from its own history. Just as Chanel created modern fashion, Lagerfeld in turn established the blueprint of the modern fashion house. She reshaped the clothes women wear, he reshaped the industry that makes them.
This book is a literary museum exhibition, a curated selection of 100 iconic and signature looks of the house of Chanel, from the timeless Little Black Dress to the impeccably simple tweed suit, the apothecary-style perfume bottle, two-tone pumps, abundant strands of faux pearls and stones, and diamond-quilted leather handbag, from Mademoiselle's revolutionary designs to Karl Lagerfeld's unexpected and even irreverent variations on her original codes.
Selected by fashion journalist Alexander Fury, Chanel: The Impossible Collection showcases the best images from the world's foremost editorial photographers, specialist museums, and private collections, including rarely seen archival photos, this handcrafted Ultimate Collection volume is the quintessential compendium for fashion aficionados.
Montblanc: Inspire Writing tells the remarkable story of a pioneering Maison striving since its very inception to inspire people to write, to let their thoughts flow across a page, to leave their mark, pen in hand. Through the words of journalist and author Alex Fury, punctuated by archive images, documents and striking new product visuals by photographer Laziz Hamani, the book reveals the multifaceted identity of Montblanc, as the summit of luxury writing instruments for people who strive for excellence and dare to make their individual mark with signature flair and style. It also reminds us of the power of handwriting and the traces of humanity found in every letter inked on paper.
De toutes les grandes maisons de couture parisiennes, Dior est peut-être la plus célèbre et la plus prestigieuse au monde, incarnant la vision sublime de Christian Dior sur la féminité. Après Yves Saint Laurent et Marc Bohan, tous deux engagés par Christian Dior lui-même, le couturier italien Gianfranco Ferré, diplômé en architecture de Milan Polytechnic, a été choisi en 1989 comme nouveau directeur artistique de la maison Dior.Les odes de Ferré à l'essence du style de Christian Dior ont contribué à cimenter l'iconographie de la maison pour une nouvelle ère. Connu pour son sens de l'architecture, son amour des silhouettes féminines, son extravagance et son opulence dans des couleurs audacieuses et ses tissus somptueux, ainsi que pour son drapage dynamique, Ferré a redéfini la notion de «Dior» en tant que style, code, esprit.Ce magnifique volume présente les créations de haute couture les plus emblématiques de Gianfranco Ferré pour Dior, allant de la collection automne-hiver Ascot - Cecil Beaton à la collection automne-hiver Indian Passion.
This book is an encyclopedic investigation of the rich heritage of the oldest Roman couture house on the exceptional occasion of its centenary celebrations.
The house of Fendi was established by Adele and Edoardo Fendi in Rome in 1925. The opening of the first FENDI boutique - a handbag shop and fur workshop followed. Soon winning international acclaim, Fendi emerged as a brand renowned for its elegance, craftsmanship, innovation, and style.;
Exploring a century of innovation and Fendi's contribution to fashion and culture, this new title is a comprehensive history of Fendi, past, present, and future.
The creations of Karl Lagerfeld, Kim Jones, Silvia Venturini Fendi, and Delfina Delettrez Fendi are immortalized through sumptuous custom photography and in-depth profiles by a selection of leading fashion names. Alongside are dedications to Fendi's collaborations with major artists and film directors, commemorating its intrinsic connection to culture.
Of all the great Parisian couture houses, Dior is perhaps the most famous and prestigious in the world, embodying Christian Dior's sublime vision of femininity. Following Yves Saint Laurent and Marc Bohan, who had both been hired by Christian Dior himself, the Italian couturier Gianfranco Ferré, with an architecture degree from Milan Polytechnic, was selected in 1989 as the new artistic director of the house of Dior.
Ferré's odes to the essence of Christian Dior's style helped cement the iconography of the house for a new era. Known for his sense of architecture, love of feminine silhouettes, extravagance and opulence in bold color and sumptuous fabrics, and dynamic draping, Ferré redefined the notion of «Dior» as a style, a code, a spirit.
This beautiful volume showcases Gianfranco Ferré's most emblematic haute couture designs for Dior, from the Ascot-Cecil Beaton collection of Autumn-Winter 1989 to the Indian Passion collection of Autumn-Winter 1996. Fashion journalist Alexander Fury eloquently explores Ferré's vision to balance his own taste and that of Christian Dior, reinterpreting Dior's elegant style for the 1990s and a new generation of clients and fashion observers.
Dior by Gianfranco Ferré is the fourth volume in an unprecedented series of books devoted to each designer of the house of Dior, the ultimate compendium of the most memorable haute couture creations conceived and handcrafted by the renowned couture house since its inception. Carefully conserved in the world's great museums and institutions, these fashion treasures have been lovingly photographed by Laziz Hamani and exclusively compiled for this indispensable collection.
A glittering world of delicate details and romantic drama, the couture collections of Zuhair Murad are instantly transporting; each expression of the designer's work reveals an enchanting tale of striking elegance and modern refinement. A Zuhair Murad couture piece requires hundreds of hours of handcrafted beading, embroidery, and finishing by his Paris and Beirut ateliers, and his eye for show- stopping detail has defined some of the most iconic red-carpet moments of the last decade. With a loyal following of fashion's most influential stylists, editors, and celebrities like Jennifer Lopez, Priyanka Chopra Jonas, Sofi´a Vergara, Celine Dion, Kylie Minogue, and Rita Ora, Zuhair Murad creates couture confections of unparalleled glamour.
From the beginning, women have been at the center of Zuhair Murad's life; examples of beauty and grace, of elegance and power, to be revered and celebrated. His work, his passion, is making not only his dreams, but their dreams into reality; his couture dresses are canvases for conveying moods and emotion. Murad's inspiration is always a woman with an hourglass silhouette, a celebration of the female form divine, reinventing her each season. Drawing inspiration from past and present, his imagination conjures the ideal of a strong, powerful and distinctly contemporary woman interlaced with the sublimation of the eternal feminine. His roots in Lebanon, a melting pot of cultures, histories, beliefs and aesthetics, poised at the crossroads of Asia, Europe and Africa, form a unique vantage point from which to observe multiple views, like a kaleidoscope. A postmodern voyager, Zuhair Murad boldly and innovatively combines colors and decorations, shapes and fabrics, artfully draping women in fine beading and embroidery evocative of other times and places.
This book gathers together, for the first time, every Dior haute couture collection, including also ready-to-wear collections after the arrival of John Galliano (when ready-to-wear presentations took on a new importance), and the first two collections designed by creative director Maria Grazia Chiuri, appointed in 2016. It offers a unique opportunity to chart the development of one of the world's most famous fashion brands and discover rarely seen collections.
La suite de la série à succès « Catwalk » qui présente les défilés de grands créateurs avec un nouveau volume consacré à l'enfant terrible de la mode Britannique, Vivienne WestWood.
Pendant 50 ans, Chris Moore a photographié les défilés des plus grands créateurs de mode. Des premiers pas de Saint Laurent à la digitalisation des défilés, Chris Moore a couvert tous les changements des podiums. De sa collection de 10 millions d'images, 500 photographies, dont beaucoup d'inédites, ont été sélectionnées afin d'illustrer l'évolution des créations et de l'industrie de la mode lorsqu'elle se donne en spectacle.
