EDWARD STEICHEN: IN HIGH
FASHION
Subtitle: The Conde Nast Years 1923-1937
TODD BRANDOW & WILLIAM A. EWING
Edward Steichen was chief photographer for Vogue and
Vanity Fair from 1923 to 1937. During that time, he produced work of unequalled
brilliance, putting his exceptional talents to work dramatizing and glamorizing
contemporary culture and its achievers in politics, literature, journalism,
dance, theatre, opera and, above all, the world of high fashion. This
beautifully produced book reproduces the best of Steichens images, all drawn
from Conde Nasts archive of more than 2,000 original vintage prints. Until now,
no more than a handful of these prints has been exhibited or published. The
1920s and 1930s represent the high point in Steichens photographic career, and
the work he did for Conde Nasts influential magazines will stand forever among
the most striking creations of 20th-century photography.
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
9780500543542
Hardback Book
$78.60
EVENING DRESS
ALEXANDRA BLACK
Be a caterpillar by day and a butterfly by night,
counseled the legendary designer Coco Chanel. Nothing could be more comfortable
than a caterpillar, and nothing could be more made for love than a butterfly.
This high priestess of style understood what the well-dressed woman has always
known: There's something special that goes on after dark. While daywear must be
practical, versatile, and appropriate, the evening is open for interpretation,
offering designers the rare opportunity to indulge their imagination and sense
of festiveness and frivolity. A tribute to fashion's highest art, Evening Dress
chronicles glamorous attire from ancient times up to the latest season,
featuring photographs and sketches of hundreds of exquisite gowns. A celebration
of this most elegant form of the sartorial arts, this lavish edition will
engage, amuse, and inspire.
December 2004
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
9780847826483
Hardback Book
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