Subjects:  1. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photography    4. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    5. Photographs: collections    6. Photography / Fashion   

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Reviews (3)

Another "make-a-buck" issue...
I too was disappointed in this issue of Visionaire like many others. It seems Visionaire has had an "up and down" quality issue as of late. Some issues are as elaborate as can be, others are like this issue, a cheaply bound paperback magazine in a cheap plastic sleeve. Classy-But Not What I Expected!
I was really excited about getting this new book by Mario Testino, one of my favorite photographers, but was truly disappointed when it arrived.Yes, it's a very classy publication, and comes in a unique & different pink slipcover,but not being familiar with Visionaire's previous publications, I expected a paperback book of high quality, however, what I got was a magazine.Yes, it is numbered in a limited edition of 6000 but it's not even signed by the photographer. Visionaire has lost its magic
I have been a fan of Visionaire since issue 23 directed by Karl Lagerfeld and at that time the issues were fabulous and worth the price. Well that time has gone and now it is really not worth it anymore. This issue comes in a plastic sleeve and is a simple paper book. There's really nothing special about this item. When i heard that Mario Testino was the force behind this issue i thought it would be like his first issue, no. 22 chic. Well it is quite the opposite! Don't buy this item at bookstores but try to get it for less at auction sites. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photoessays & Documentaries    4. Photography    5. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    6. Fashion design    7. Photographs: collections   

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Commercial - Fashion Design    5. Fashion    6. Fashion design    7. Gucci (Firm)    8. History    9. Italy    10. Photography Of Specific Subjects    11. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    12. Art / Fashion   

Subjects:  1. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    2. Individual Photographer    3. Individual Photographers And Their Work    4. Photo Techniques    5. Photoessays & Documentaries    6. Photography    7. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    8. Individual photographers   

Reviews (8)

BEYOND WACK
You have got to be kidding me. This stuff was tacky when it ran in magazines...so now a book of it? Whatev... not to mention the horribly CHEAPO paper and way crummy binding. What was the guy thinking? Filthy lucre, I suppose. Three to six months until it hits the remainder table. A better subtitle might have been, "How I Stopped Worrying About What a Decent Book Should Be". Saveyourself the bread.

Essential Weber fashion primer
"Blood, Sweat and Tears" is an essential monograph. Impressive in it's sheer heft but magnificent for Bruce Weber's beautiful fashion imagery and cultural significance for a quarter century.
Truth be told: pretty lame
The paper quality is poor, and the colors are washed out and not at all crisp.If you already own "Men without Ties," you can definitely skip this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art & Art Instruction    2. Fashion    3. Individual Photographer    4. Photo Techniques    5. Photoessays & Documentaries    6. Photography    7. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    8. Individual photographers    9. Photographs: collections   

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Amazing Book
Well worth the wait. If you can manage to get ahold of a copy then do while you can. With only 1000 copies printed it's a sure sell out.
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I absolutely agree with the other review for this book: I also had ordered it, I was also expecting it to be published, I also cancelled the order since nothing was happening, I'm also disappointed with the fact that I don't know if it will ever be in my hands... what does "limited availability" mean? Is there only one copy belonging to own Paolo Roversi? Roversi'sElusive "Studio"
I'd love to review this book, if it ever would get released. Roversi has been a favorite of mine for many, many years, and I've been anticipating the release of this book ever since I learned of it. Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Fashion    3. Individual Photographer    4. Photoessays & Documentaries    5. Photography    6. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    7. Fashion design    8. Individual photographers    9. Photographs: collections   

Reviews (9)

Not a scandalous tell-all but a beautiful, respectful book!
Finally, a beautiful book that is a little different - no scandal or inuendo - just wonderful text about the wedding event of the 80's, with different and detailed photos and sketches about how this magnificent wedding dress (at the time) came to be, including Diana's involvement. Additionally, if you are into sewing or dressmaking as I am, it gives an added dimension. Quality book which has been unavailable in Oz, even now.Thanks Amazon!

incomplete
While most of the pictures were well thought out, as was the general layout of the book, it seemed to me to beg for moresolid information. The Emanuels say they purposely made the design complicated so to make copies difficlt, yet the dress itself, other than the admitted elaborate embellishments, was actually fairly basic; full gathered skirt, fitted boned bodice, large puffy sleeves, rounded neckline. They dismiss the major criticism of the dress--it's extremely crumpled appearance caused by the choice of fabric and simply say they thought it made the garment looked better that way when Diana exited from the carriage at St. Pauls. It looked crumpled and creased, kids, and was likely the cause of inexperienced designers fairly recently out of school not anticipating how taffeta--even heavy weight taffeta--wrinkles. There were also virtually no real construction details--information regarding the actual construction, the boning placement, the yardages used (the layers of petticoats were just described as 'many'), the linings and that sort of thing. Surely at this late date including diagrams of the patterning couldn't be a state secret but would tell a lot about the dress from a technical angle.
You Wouldn't Think You'd Be Able To Make A Book Out Of A Dress...
But you can, they do, and it works! A lovely book that proves the interest in Lady Diana Spencer/Diana Princess of Wales continues and likely will for a long, very long, time. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1961-    2. Clothing    3. Design    4. Diana,    5. Fashion    6. Monarchy And Aristocracy    7. Photo Essays    8. Photoessays & Documentaries    9. Photography    10. Princess of Wales,    11. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    12. Wedding costume    13. Photography / General   

Reviews (10)

Lots of filler and not enough insight
I'm very disappointed by the lack of content in this book. After breezing through it in one night I felt like there was so much more that can be covered. Most of the book were pictures the author has taken for portfolios he's build. The quality of pictures are ok at best. It would have been more useful if he used portraits from photographers to contrast to his own style. The reader had to take the authors word on what looks right and wrong. 1 or 2 more view points would have made a huge difference.
A nicely comprehensive guide!
Pegram does an eminently readable job in covering the modeling portfolio process ~ I own several books on the subject, and this volume has superseded them all to become my "go-to" reference.

Best for beginners
Model portfolio photography tends to be a seductive pursuit that attracts photographers who either lack the necessary experience, or shouldn't be doing it in the first place. Portfolios are properly shot by working fashion or product illustration photographers who understand the challenges.
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Subjects:  1. Careers    2. Modeling    3. Photo Techniques    4. Photography    5. Portraiture    6. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    7. Techniques - General    8. Photographs: portraits    9. Photography / Techniques   

Reviews (2)

MESMERIZING = CARTIER
A MOST REMARKABLE COLLECTION OF CARTIER JEWELS PHOTOGRAPHED IN ALL THEIR GLORY. THIS BOOK IS EVERYTHING I EXPECTED & MORE; BEAUTIFULLY PRINTED & ENCASED IN A LUXURIOUS FOLDOUT BOX--A JEWEL ITSELF FOR ANY LOVER & COLLECTOR OF ORNAMENTS. ITS' MASSIVE SIZE & OVERALL QUALITY JUSTIFY ITS' PRICE. I AM MESMERIZED BY THE ARTISTRY & VERSATILITY OF CARTIER.

Must have!!!
This book is a must have for any true jewelry book colector.
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Subjects:  1. Antiques / Collectibles    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Design - Decorative    5. Jewelry    6. Jewellery & jewellery-making    7. Photography / Fashion   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Commercial - Fashion Design    4. Fashion    5. History - General    6. Photography Of Specific Subjects    7. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    8. Art / Fashion    9. Fashion; biography   

Subjects:  1. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photography    4. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    5. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    6. Photographs: collections    7. Photography / Portraits   

Editorial Review

In 1953, When Audrey Hepburn burst onto the screen in Read more

Reviews (59)

Inspiring Audrey style
I think Audrey Hepburn will be eternally remembered not only as one of the kindest and most generous women that has ever volunteered for Unicef, but to us women as a timeless, most graceful role model of style. She's the perfect embodiment of the adagio that in elegance less is more. Her streamlined, understated style that yet made one of the biggest statements in fashion history continues to be an inspiration to us women of the 21st century despite the forty years that separate us from "Breakfast at Tiffany's." Clarke Keogh's book captures Audrey's spirit like no other. It is beautifully illustrated and there are contributions from Hubert de Givenchy, Ralph Lauren or Gregory Peck, among other people who generously share with us souvenirs of this angel of grace that they had the chance to meet in person. Her wardrobe and makeup are meticulously reviewed and this book will prove an invaluable tool and source of inspiration for all those women who want to bring more elegance and refinement into their lives. One of the best assets in your style bookcase and one that you will gladly pass down to generations of graceful women to come.

the pictures are wonderful, the writing horrible
If they reprinted this without any words, it would get 5 stars.
The photos are superb, AND...
It's putting the quirky details together that makes this book more revealing than the standard saccharin drenched puff piece.
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Subjects:  1. 1929-    2. Acting & Auditioning    3. Beauty & Grooming - Fashion    4. Clothing    5. Clothing and dress    6. Entertainment & Performing Arts - Actors & Actresses    7. Fashion    8. Hepburn, Audrey,    9. Photo Essays    10. Photography    11. Pop Arts / Pop Culture    12. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    13. Biography: film, television & music    14. Fashion design    15. Films, cinema    16. Photography / Fashion   

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Rich, complex, atmospheric
I thought this book was exceptional.
Through the Keyhole
Have you ever walked or driven past someone's home and wanted to look inside?Looking through this book is a bit like that on an international scale.The book is a beautiful work of art in itself, the presentation top class, the paper quality excellent, the binding great.It is packed with marvellous photographs of interiors, accompanied by descriptive text.What it isn't is another of those boring interior design books, filled with rooms that are painted offwhite, with large mirrors, potted palms and overstuffed sofas.This book is interior design getting real!

A Comprehensive and Sensitive Survey of Peoples and their Habitats
Stafford Cliff has collected images from all around the world and with the help of superb photographer Gilles de Chabaneix has done what few other innovators in design have done - created a book that is, yes, about design, but is equally about how climate, place, ethnicity, tradition, cultural philosophies, and history inform the decisions people make about their living environments.
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Subjects:  1. Architecture, Domestic    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Do-It-Yourself    4. Fashion    5. General    6. House & Home    7. Interior architecture    8. Interior decoration    9. Pictorial works    10. Residential Interior Design    11. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    12. House & Home / Decorating   

Subjects:  1. Individual Photographer    2. Photo Techniques    3. Photoessays & Documentaries    4. Photography    5. Royalty    6. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    7. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    8. Photographs: portraits   

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good book
I really enjoyed this book. It is like a guilty pleasure. She bugs you to a point cause she is really something else I cant explain it. She is obnoixous, loud, makes dumb decisions, etc but you cant help but love her. I read the book in like 2 days. She really did have a interesting life. The sylvester stallone thing bothered me. I can see why he left her. Not right! But this book was good and if you are into hollywood gossip and that sort of stuff you will like it....I will be buying her other book. I am sure it will be great

Easy and Entertaining
This is a cute book. Don't look for a philosophical diatribe but it is a easy and entertaining light read.

Entertaining and truthful
I really enjoyed this book, Janice Dickinson does witty, sad, sarcastic, and deep.This was entertaining.I recommend this book for a quick light reading. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1955-    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Dickinson, Janice,    7. Fashion    8. Fashion models    9. General    10. Models (Persons)    11. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    12. United States    13. Biography & Autobiography / General    14. Biography: general    15. Fashion design   

Editorial Review

If you ever wondered where the catwalk got its claws, then the portraits gathered in photographer Shoichi Aoki's book Read more

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Colorful World
I had the good fortune to run into this book on vacation. As soon as I got home I ordered both Fruits and it's companion. As a self motivated student of fashion and all of it's off-shoots, I immensely enjoy this book. It is a plethora of individuals, and not a duplicate picture in the book. It features mostly youth (teenagers) but that is to be expected. But it doesn't limit itself to just the very young. There are a few family photos and "older" individuals. It is a monument to anyone who creatively clothed themselves. It gives brief details: name, age, point of fashion, fashion brands and makers. A lot of the "point of fashion" remarks seem like nonsense at first. After reflection, I think they are just 'smart allec come-backs', much like what you'd get from someone in the American Gothic culture if you asked one of them why they wear black all the time. Even with brief details you can start to see patterns in clothing styles seperating themselves out from one another. By age particularly, and by preference to designers within a group of friends. The only problem I had was reading some of the bubble gum colored print that it was done in.

My stepdaughter loves this book!
I got this book as a gift for my 17 year old stepdaughter. She loves it! She's a big fan of anime and japanese fashion, so this is a natural for her.

BUY THEM NOW!!!!
These are great for framing! Buy them now, you won't be disappointed! They're so inspiring, and just fun to admire. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Clothing    3. Clothing and dress    4. Fashion    5. Fashion photography    6. Individual Photographer    7. Japan    8. Photography    9. Pictorial works    10. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    11. Subjects & Themes - Travel - World/Asia    12. Teenagers    13. Tokyo    14. Aoki, Shoichi    15. Fashion design    16. Individual photographers    17. Photographs: collections    18. Photography / General    19. Popular culture   

Reviews (14)

Fabulous Freaks
Another amazing collection of eye candy fashion. I love the full page color photos and the brief descriptions. It is interesting to see how a sub-culture of fashion in itself fractures off into seperate catagories. Like L.O.L.A., european punk, goth, hippie, couture, et cetera. All amazingly creative free spirits. This is a great buy if you like cultures and community, fashion design, or interesting coffee table conversation starters. I love the book "fruits" as well, they are like twins, something to be kept together. I would love to see what changes in style another ten years has brought to Japan. Hopefully I'll run accross that book next. The only irksome bit was the bubblegum text color. It was hard to read at times. And my eyes aren't too bad.

Bambi
I saw the Fruits exhibition a while ago and I wanted this book ever since!! And i have to say that i'm pretty pleased with it!
great pics
Great colorful pics, going to Japan again in Dec and just wanted to peep out what some cats were sporting in the far east. Great book not a wealth of info but good none the less ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Design - General    3. Design - Textile & Costume    4. Fashion    5. Photography    6. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    7. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    8. Subjects & Themes - Travel - World/Asia    9. Art / Fashion    10. Fashion design    11. Japan   

Reviews (3)

Imagination in action...
How about photographing what your mind sees? That's the journey Lachapelle takes us in every picture. Lachapelle, along with a couple of other great photographers, is what I would call an acquired taste and a bi-polar one it is. Either you love it or you hate it...
Pretty Good
I bought this book after being a fan of Lachapelle for a few years- and i've already got Hotel LaChapelle.This book doesn't really compare that well to Hotel Lachapelle, but its a good book to have if u want to document his work pre 1996, and although it has some stunning photographs, i was more impressed by the (presumably bigger budget) photos in Hotel Lachapelle, so. in a nutshell; if you trying to decide between this and His second book, get the second one, but this isnt a bad book to have.

A bit different from his more recent work
I purchased this book after viewing David Lachapelle's website, and while it is certainly a decent collection of photographs, the photos lack some of the style that Lachapelle's more recent work has. If you are a fan of the work found on his website, then I would suggest Hotel Lachapelle instead of this book. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Glamour Photography    2. Individual Photographer    3. Photo Techniques    4. Photography    5. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    6. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    7. Individual photographers    8. Photographs: collections   

Editorial Review

David Bailey's name is synonymous with the Swinging Sixties, when fashion photography became big business, and the man behind the camera could become as famous as the celebrities who posed for him. And Bailey was the most famous--the East End boy who became best friends with the Beatles and the Stones, the husband of actress Catherine Deneuve, and lover of model Jean Shrimpton--chronicling them all in a series of unmistakable, unforgettable shots. Read more

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One of my favorite books documenting the sixties!!!
David Bailey was the hippest photographer during the sixties!! He took pictures of sooo many great icons. Anywhere from Models(Jean Shrimpton, Twiggy, Penelope Tree), Movie Stars(Peter Sellers, Catherine Deneuve, Micheal Caine, Terrence Stamp, Julie Christie), Bands(The Beatles, The Rolling Stones, The Who), Designers and Artists...Mary Quant...Andy Warhol...even notorious gangsters..The Kray Twins!!!! Great Book!!! One of the coolest I own!!! Buy it!! If you're not sixties obsessed, you will be after flipping through this book!!! I'm not kidding.....

Goodbye Baby, and Amen
In this collection of greatest hits by Swinging London plankholder David Bailey, we get: The Look
Bailey birthed the look and this book is chock a block full of it. It's a visual feast with very littly written clutter. A pity that there just wasn't a bit more... ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1938-    2. Artists, Architects, Photographers    3. Bailey, David,    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions    6. Individual Photographer    7. Individual Photographers And Their Work    8. Photo Essays    9. Photography    10. Photography, Artistic    11. Portrait photography    12. Subjects & Themes - Fashion    13. Bailey, David    14. Biography: general    15. Individual photographers    16. Photography / General   

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The Fashion and Fantasy of Bob Mackie
Wonderful book!Such gorgeous pictures and I loved the Bob Mackie story too.My only complaint is that it just wasn't long enough.....hoping for a sequel.

Deliriously happy at [any price!]
I bought Unmistakably Mackie after drooling over the book for nearly a year. It is beautiful, it is entertaining, it is over the top, it is history. It is also a fine education in costume design and fashion illustration. Unmistakably Mackie -- if you love fashion...you'll love Bob
WOW! WOW! WOW!Unmistakably Mackie is a fabulous fashion book!This is by far my favorite book!The photography is stunning.The creative type layouts are imaginative.The sketches are wonderful.Anyone interested incostume &/or fashion design will LOVE this book writen by Frank DeCaro("Style over Substance" columnist for the NY Times).Read more

Subjects:  1. 20th century    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Commercial - Fashion Design    5. Costume    6. Fashion    7. Fashion design    8. Fashion designers    9. History    10. Mackie, Bob    11. Motion picture actors and actresses    12. Pictorial works    13. United States    14. Photography / Fashion