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Author: Pieno Allievi
Publishing House: Taschen
Publication Date: December 2018
A monument to Italy’s driving force.
Few are the men and brands that have come to define a century. For seven decades and counting, the Italian powerhouse foundedby Enzo Ferrari in 1947 has made an indelible red mark on popular culture and enraptured fans and collectors across the globe.
Synonymous with beauty, excellence, and unmatched desirability, the Cavallino Rampante lives on as the driving force in high-performance Gran Turismo, the conqueror of impossible challenges.
A project conceived in close collaboration with Ferrari, this massive tome is a veritable collector’s piece. A production unparalleled in scale, it features exclusive content from the Ferrari Archives and private collections around the world, bringing together hundreds of unseen photographs and documents to reveal the unique story behind Ferrari’s victories, its protagonists, and its legacy.
Limited to 1,947 signed and numbered copies, this handcrafted leather-bound and hand-stitched Collector’s Edition is enclosed in a Ferrari motor–inspired case designed by Marc Newson. Made of cast aluminum, the chrome has been sandblasted with powder to preserve the metal’s natural feel, while the top of the case has been finished using Ferrari’s own red varnish, the same as that used on their engines.
Treat it like you would a V12 250 engine!
A book as powerful as the Ferrari legend — a beautiful and rare book made by the luxurious publishing house Taschen. The book contains hundreds of rare photographs telling the story of the Italian motor sports team Ferrari. Its successes, its main figures and its legacy… All of this in a splendid case designed like a V12!
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What is the Miyake pleat? Why is Issey Miyake now one of the most sought-after, and inevitably the most hype, names in the world? The house has always been attached to the poetry of movement, and this XL book offers a unique insight into the textile and aesthetic innovations developed by Issey Miyake! A limited edition, it contains a wealth of information crucial to any aspiring fashion designer.
Author: Kazuko Koike
Publishing House: Taschen
Publication Date: April 2016
Description : This limited Collector’s Edition offers a definitive history of Issey Miyake design. Initiated and conceived by Midori Kitamura, the monograph traces Miyake’s material and technical innovations since the earliest days of his career, including the Body Series of the 1980s and such practical, everyday designs as Pleats Please pieces.
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Valérie Steele is without doubt the greatest fashion historian of our time. A professor at prestigious schools, she has written a book that is like a designer’s bible. All the more so when she writes it with Suzy Menkes, the most enlightened of fashion critics!
An ideal book that includes the treasures of the Fashion Institute of Technology, perfect for those wishing to enter this world or to perfect their knowledge of the subject!
This Stella McCartney edition, limited to 2,000 numbered copies, is directly inspired by an abstract neon motif featured in her Summer 2013 collection. A collector’s item.
Authors: Valerie Steele (Author), Suzy Menkes (Author), Robert Nippoldt (Illustrator)
Publishing House: Taschen
Publication Date: November 2012
Description :Explore a century of fashion’s greatest: photographs of over 500 garments from the Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology’s permanent collection illuminate more than 100 designers and their resonating influence on fashion history, with the most remarkable pieces explored in their own right. An instant classic, this limited title is one-of-a-kind addition to all fashion libraries.
Author: Tonne Goodman
Publisher : Harry N. Abrams
Publication Date: 2019
Description : Throughout her illustrious career, Tonne Goodman has made the famous stylish and the stylish famous. The Vogue fashion director has not only shaped the way women dress and see themselves, but she has also created a nexus in which the worlds of celebrity and style continually collide. Now, in Point of View, Goodman’s life and career are explored for the first time. Organized chronologically, this book charts Goodman’s career from her modeling days, to her freelance fashion reportage, to her editorial and advertising work, through to her reign at Vogue. The editor’s recollections of some of the world’s greatest photographers, models, celebrities, and designers of our time are illustrated throughout, with behind-the-scenes fashion photos and shots of Goodman’s personal life.
Author: Condé Nast
Publishing House: Harry N. Abrams
Publication Date: 2012
Description : Vogue: The Editor’s Eye celebrates the pivotal role the fashion editor has played in shaping America’s sense of style since the magazine’s launch 120 years ago. Drawing on Vogue’s exceptional archive, this book focuses on the work of eight of the magazine’s legendary fashion editors (including Polly Mellen, Babs Simpson, and Grace Coddington) who collaborated with photographers, stylists, and designers to create the images that have had an indelible impact on the fashion world and beyond. Featuring the work of world-renowned photographers such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Annie Leibovitz and model/muses, including Marilyn Monroe, Verushka, and Linda Evangelista, The Editor’s Eye is a lavishly illustrated look at the visionary editors whose works continue to reverberate in the culture today.
