Avedon Fashion 1944-2000 encompasses seven decades of extraordinary images by Richard Avedon, the most influential fashion photographer of the 20th century. This comprehensive volume offers a definitive survey, from Avedon's groundbreaking early photographs for Harper's Bazaar through his constantly inventive contributions to Vogue, Egoiste, and The New Yorker. Each carefully selected image represents an artistic collaboration with significant models, stylists, and designers. Avedon Fashion accompanies the first major exhibition to survey this body of work, at the International Center of Photography in May 2009. With critical essays by Carol Squiers, urator at the ICP, and photography critic Vince Aletti, as well as an appreciation by photo-historian Philippe Garner, Avedon Fashion chronicles an astonishing record of photographic achievement. Available from Colette. and several bookstores.
If you're still not tired of jumpsuits, this is a great deal. The Philip Lim Spring Summer 2009 jumpsuit, as seen on Kate Bosworth. I'm more interested in her Martin Margiela bag...
STARTING AT $ 69.99
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For sale at Maryam Nassir Zadeh on the Lower East Side in Manhattan, these are our choice for a summer sandal. Handmade on the Italian island Panarea, they come with interchangeable straps in white, black, sky blue and moss. How great is that?
Comme des Garcons' menswear collection for Spring Summer 2010 looks great. Iphone photos from the LOVE blog, pro pictures will probably be available soon.
Fiorucci The Book by Eve Babitz. Another Harlin Quist Book published in 1980. First Printing. Rare, scarce, desirable book long out of print. This book is totally scarce and hard to find, on Amazon it goes for almost $ 400.
CURRENT BID: $ 64.95 (RESERVE NOT MET)
Wow! See more at Jane's blog Sea of Shoes. Bonus material: Jane's adorable puppy Shelley. I'd take her over the shoes... ;)
The New York Times has an article up on round sunglasses, tracing it's history and trying to figure out why round sunglasses, why now?
The article talks about round sunglasses as a trend from John Lennon in the 60's to Alain Mikli in the 80's, saying: "In 1989, when Alain Mikli introduced a thick-rimmed version, Woody Hochswender wrote in The New York Times that a modified John Lennon look is the newest old thing."
Talking about the current trend and it's influences on fashion houses such as Proenza Schouler and Ralph Lauren, the article states: "One of the most intriguing explanations comes from Selima Salaun, the eyewear maven behind the Selima Optique shops. Ms. Salaun, who also develops styles for other designers, including Proenza Schouler and Adam Kimmel, noted that one of the biggest influences on her work was the black-and-white portraits taken in the 1950s and '60s by the Malian photographer Malick Sidibé, who was given a lifetime achievement award at the Venice Biennale art fair two years ago."
Go to NYT to read more.
Says Phoebe: "It's not about total looks. After my break, and with Celine in various different hands these last years, it felt better for me to work on an idea of a wardrobe than too much on trends. October will be for that. The collection is about interchangeable investment pieces. I worked hard to create things that will stand the test of time." Go here to see more.
<3 Get it from La Garconne !!! <3
Get it from Colette. !!! I love love love, and might have to get this. Sharon Paris, the designer, says: "The name Paris House was originally created by my grandfather, Cohus Paris in 1934 for his jewellery business. My father Michael Paris, a watchmaker, continued his father's tradition until his death in 2002. It is with a sense of pride and commitment that I continue the legacy of care and quality associated with the Paris House name." Paris House website here.
From Selectism.com: In our ongoing quest to find Barbour pieces that aren't being worn by hundreds of self-facilitating media nodes in East London, we've found this bag. For us it's perfect. Not one of their more grandad-y pieces, it could fit into a young mans wardrobe without looking like he's decided to play dress up for the day, which is a risk you run with the workwear look. We'd usually advocate waiting until stores start their sales before buying (nothing worse than buying a piece for it to go on sale a week later) but Barbour don't look like have online sales, so it's available from their store now.
...the post below. Chloe Sevigny in New York City.
I love this mix-match made elegant. There are so many different forms and elements in here, but it all comes together as a perfect whole. The shoes and bags are awesome. I want them all. See the whole collection here.
Yes, please. I'll take them. These are too expensive for me, but I would love love love to wear those pants. As seen on Camille Bidault-Waddington, below. Marc Jacobs pants, available from Colette.
"Solid stainless steel case, Stainless steel crown, Fabric ribbon strap, 100 meters water resistant, Mineral crystal, Pearlized Dial, Sub dial indicates the seconds." It's the Bobby Jones strap watch!
It's the Birkin's, looking great! Match this with a pair of shoes like the ones below, and you have instant coolness.
Straight on my wish list! From The Pipeline: Fashion's Godfather of grunge Dr. Martens has partnered with iconic skate brand Stëssy to create the new decidedly Brit-pop Desert Boot Collection for guys. These easy-classic ankle-length boots come in a desert-ready trio of neutrals, and the pop-tastic colorful laces give the pleasantly minimal shoes an unexpected edge. Although we're jealous this new collection is only for the blokes, it's good to know that the Liam Gallagher-approved kicks will add some understated Anglo-elegance to your favorite fella's footwear.
The Desert Boot collection will retail for $135 and be available in August at Stüssy and Dr. Martens stores.
From the NY Times on June 8: Fleur Cowles, who rose from modest beginnings in New York to become a well-heeled friend of the powerful and famous and the creator of one of the most extravagant and innovative magazines ever published, died on Friday at a nursing home in Sussex, England. She was 101, and her death was confirmed by her husband, Tom Montague Meyer.
Ms. Cowles (pronounced coals) was a painter, a writer and a renowned hostess. But she took greatest pride in two things. One was her short-lived magazine, Flair, published in the 1950s during her marriage to Gardner Cowles Jr., known as Mike, the publisher of Look magazine. The other was her talent for friendship.
Although there were just 12 issues of Flair, published from February 1950 to January 1951, the magazine caused a sensation and is still admired for its coverage of fashion, décor, travel, art, literature and other enthusiasms of Ms. Cowles's. It was part of the Cowles publishing empire, which included newspapers in the Midwest and, most notably, Look magazine, of which Ms. Cowles had been an influential editor.
The preview issue, in September 1949, reflected Ms. Cowles's passion for the arts and boasted a two-layer cover. The outside was embossed with a basket-weave pattern and punctuated with a hole, through which could be seen a picture of a man and woman embracing. The inside cover showed the couple as part of a wall layered with a collage of shredded posters.
A spring issue featured the rose, a flower Ms. Cowles painted and extolled until her death. The issue was suffused with a rose fragrance, some four decades before scent strips became ubiquitous. Housed within it, bound as a booklet, was a tribute to the rose by Katherine Anne Porter. The magazine itself had a rose named after it -- Flair rose -- and there is a Fleur Cowles rose as well.
Flair published stories and articles by Jean Cocteau, Simone de Beauvoir, Angus Wilson, Tennessee Williams, Ogden Nash and Clare Boothe Luce, among others. Salvador Dalí, Saul Steinberg, Lucian Freud, Rufino Tamayo and even Winston Churchill were among the contributing artists.
CURRENT BID $ 50
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This is destined to become a classic. Such a great bag, which I'm sure you will wear until you're old and gray. Clare Vivier made this in a very limited edition, and it's only available to order directly from her by email. It might already be sold out, but if you're interested, go here for more information. Clare does also have other designs, visit her website to see more.
