Synopses & Reviews
Harperand#8217;s Bazaar is Americaand#8217;s longest-running fashion magazine, revered for its style-setting contributions to fashion, photography, and graphic design. Under the direction of Glenda Bailey in this decade, the magazine has maintained its position as a prominent cultural icon. Bailey is known for commissioning dazzling visual features that frame fashion in the context of contemporary pop culture and aesthetics. Shot by well-known photographers and featuring supermodels and supercelebrities,
Bazaarand#8217;s fashion photography is always beautifuland#8212;and entertaining.
Harperand#8217;s Bazaar: Greatest Hits is a collection of more than 300 photographs that chronicle the best fashion of our time. A celebration of fashion, a romp through a riotous and eventful decade, and a banquet of contemporary imagery,
Harperand#8217;s Bazaar: Greatest Hits is also a glamorous object in itself.
Praise for Harper's Bazaar
and#8220;So if you love pop culture and you love fashion, you'll want to pick up a copy of Harperand#8217;s Bazaar: Greatest Hits, a new book thatand#8217;s packed with both.and#8221;
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and#8220;The images, taken by some of the worldand#8217;s greatest photographers, are awe-inspiring.and#8221;
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and#8220;Itand#8217;s been 10 years since editor-in-chief Glenda Bailey took the reins at Harperand#8217;s Bazaar, and the magazine is celebrating the milestone with a splashy coffee table book. Harperand#8217;s Bazaar: Greatest Hits (Abrams) illustrates Bailey and creative director Stephen Ganand#8217;s tenure through more than 300 colorful images, organized chronologically. The magand#8217;s memorable moments also include essays from luminaries like Patti Smith and our own Arianna Huffington, who wrote about the politics of fashion prior to the 2008 presidential election.and#8221;
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and#8220;This book is a fashion loverand#8217;s dream.and#8221;and#160;
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andldquo;The book is an enchanting wild ride as photographers reminisce back on a couple of Wandrsquo;s most memorable moments as they were experienced with some of the most beautiful models we know and love.andrdquo;
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andldquo;For the cognoscenti. . . . Books dedicated to one brand often amount to little more than promotional materials. But this one, brimming with photos from W magazineandrsquo;s famously avant-garde centerpieces, sets itself apart from the first pages, in which Miuccia Prada argues for fashionandrsquo;s image of superficiality to be put to rest.andrdquo;
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W magazine is renowned for its avant-garde fashion stories, those elaborate confections of magic and mystery that have inspired and captivated readers for more than two decades. This volume gathers 10 of the most remarkable stories, each in its entirety, along with never-before-seen outtakes. Each story was the centerpiece of the issue it appeared in, and together they ride the razorandrsquo;s edge between outrageously provocative and enchanting, from the bizarre (Steven Kleinandrsquo;s andldquo;One for the Agesandrdquo;) to the alien (Tim Walkerandrsquo;s andldquo;Planet Tildaandrdquo;) and whimsical (Paolo Roversiandrsquo;s andldquo;Carnevaleandrdquo;). These and other stories by Klein, Walker, and Roversi, as well as Steven Meisel, Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott, and Alex Prager, are featured. A special code inside the book provides access to short films shot on the sets of the featured stories by Meisel, Walker, Klein, and Prager.
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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, curator 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.
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Prada is the first book that documents three decades of ground-breaking fashion, architecture, film and artand#160;by the Prada company, including the work of the design studio and the workshop;and#160;extensive creative partnerships with photographers, designers, architects and film directors; and large scale architectural commissions, the Fondazione Prada, and the development of a new museum.and#160;Among the many features of this rich innovative book with its thousands of images areand#160;a photo-essay by renowned photographer Brigitte Lacombe, stills taken from short films documenting the craftsmanship of the factory, images of the unique fashion show environments, an overview of alland#160;Miuccia Prada's collections with thumbnail pictures of 3,885 different and#147;looks,and#8221; collages of the most influential shoe and bags, photographs of the final product on the runway, celebrated store designs in New York and Los Angeles by Rem Koolhaas/OMAand in Tokyo by Swiss architects Herzog and de Meuron, a film collaboration with director Ridley Scott, Koolhaasand#8217;s radical and#147;Prada Transformerand#8221; pavilion in Seoul, costume designs for a Japanese manga heroine, Prada found on the street and celebrities photographed on the red carpet, and blogs expressing the almost fanatical devotion of lovers of the brand.and#160;Prada both chronicles and epitomizes the achievements of one of the world's most influential and enlightened fashion and design companies.
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The pages of Harperandrsquo;s Bazaar have been a stage for fashionandrsquo;s biggest supermodels for generations and remain so today.
Harperandrsquo;s Bazaar: Models features all of themandmdash;from Suzy Parker, Dovima, and Jean Shrimpton to Linda Evangelista, Naomi Campbell, Christy Turlington, and Kate Moss. Author Derek Blasberg has selected stunning photographs by the top fashion photographers, and he shares the stories behind the images from interviews with the models.
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With more than 225 photographs from the last 60 years and essays that reveal the lives of the models both on set and off, this gorgeously packaged book is the inside look at the models of Harperandrsquo;s Bazaar.
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You know them by their first names: Christy. Naomi. Linda. Kate. Gisele. Their faces are unforgettable. They are supermodels, and the pages of
Harperandrsquo;s Bazaar are their stageandndash;and the stage for fashionand#39;s biggest names.
Harperandrsquo;s Bazaar: Models gives an exclusive look at the top models that have graced the magazine for the last sixty years.
Harperand#39;s Bazaar editor at large Derek Blasberg has selected twenty-eight women for this book from the publicationand#39;s rich and diverse history: iconic beauties from Suzy Parker, Dovima, and China Machado to Iman, Patti Hansen, and Cindy Crawfordandndash;plus new stars such as Lara Stone, Hilary Rhoda, and Lily Donaldson.
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Alongside essays written by Blasberg, who is a friend and confidant to many of the models, are more than 200 stunning photographs shot by leading photographers including Richard Avedon, Francesco Scavullo, Patrick Demarchelier, Peter Lindbergh, and more. Filled with revealing anecdotes and images from the archives, Harperand#39;s Bazaar: Models is a celebration of the gorgeous women who have lent so much inspiration and beauty to the pages of this visionary magazine.
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About the Author
Derek Blasberg is the editor at large of Harperand#39;s Bazaar and a senior staff member at the Gagosian Gallery. His first book,
Classy: Exceptional Advice for the Extremely Modern Lady, was a
New York Times bestseller.
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Glenda Bailey has been the editor in chief of Harperandrsquo;s Bazaar since 2001. She was born in Derbyshire, England, and was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in 2008.
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Karl Lagerfeld is the head designer and creative director at Chanel.
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