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Exhibition&Book ‘Dior: The Legendary Images: Great Photographers and Dior’

April 7, 2014 by The CoF

Christian Dior Museum will host the ‘Dior, images de légende’ (Dior,the legendary images) exhibition that exploits the connections maintained over time by the iconic French fashion house with the world of photography. Villa “Les Rhumbs”, Christian Dior’s childhood home in Granville, which now is the Christian Dior Museum will show more than 200 pictures of some of the greatest fashion photographers , who for more than 60 years presented the history of the house in their own vision. Since the […]

Categories: Art, Book, Culture • Tags: Christian Dior, Norman Parkinson, Paolo Roversi, Patrick Demarchelier, Richard Avedon, Rizzoli

Veruschka : From Vera to Veruschka , the birth of an icon

March 14, 2014 by The CoF

It was by pure luck that the fashion photographer Johnny Moncada has rediscovered an old archive remained abandoned with tens of thousands of unpublished shots. These include a series of photo shoots starring a very young Gottliebe Anna Vera von Lehndorff – Steinort who, a few years later , would become the icon Veruschka . This incredible testimony about the birth of the myth of the 60s is now enclosed in Veruschka : From Vera to Veruschka , a volume published […]

Categories: Book, Culture • Tags: Franca Sozzani, Johnny Moncada, Rizzoli, Veruschka

Holidays Gift Guide (9) : Diana Vreeland Memos , Giambattista Valli and Bold, Beautiful and Damned

December 13, 2013 by The CoF

Books are food for the brain and soul and choosing them as a holiday gift is just perfect. Today books are even more. They can beautifully decorate your coffee table or bureau and some special edition are pure works of art. Today on our gift list two books from Rizolli : Diana Vreeland Memos, $55 ,a look behind the scenes at Diana Vreeland’s reign as editor in chief of Vogue, in her own words. 288 pages with 50 color and black-and-white illustrations and Giambattista Valli […]

Categories: Book • Tags: Chronicle Books, Diana Vreeland, giambattista valli, Rizzoli, Shopping

DIANA VREELAND MEMOS, The Vogue Years from Rizzoli, released on October 15th, 2013

Discover Diana Vreeland in her words, in the new book from Rizzoli

October 22, 2013 by The CoF

The legendary Diana Vreeland , formerly editor in chief of Vogue, was never present at meetings with her stuff or collaborators. She communicated with them using short notes that were that dictate to her faithful secretary while smoking a cigarette. “My grandmother was somebody who inspired a lot of creative people to do their best work,” Alexander Vreeland, grandson of the late Vogue editor-in-chief Diana Vreeland. The weighty edition includes editorial notes, personal letters , archival photos and memories of Vreeland’s period at Vogue. […]

Categories: Book, Fashion, People • Tags: Alexander Vreeland, Diana Vreeland, Quotes, Rizzoli, Vogue, Women

Pictures from “Giambattista Valli” published by Rizzoli

Giambattista Valli’s monograph at Rizzoli

October 22, 2013 by The CoF

The impresive Giambattista Valli’s monograph is a four hundred pages of all the life and work of the designer, whose output is looking forward to the fashion industry is finally beginning to be marketed .It can be bought on rizzoli.com or London’s Dover Street Market. The history of his couture masterpieces , ideas , sketches , the creative process . that’s what this book .”To make clothes with dreams behind them is what couture is about. But, for me, it is about […]

Categories: Book, Fashion • Tags: giambattista valli, Haute couture, Monograph, Rizzoli

Rizzoli presents “Perry Ellis: An American Original”

October 21, 2013 by The CoF

New York’s Parsons School of Design and the CFDA ( Council of Fashion Designers of America ) presented a new book about Perry Ellis : “Perry Ellis: An American Original” published by Rizzoli. The legendary designer died at the age of forty-six years old, in 1986. Those present on the occasion of the presentation recalled the designer,his work and working with him. The general opinion was expressed by Diane Von Furstenberg , president of the CFDA: ” He was very […]

Categories: Book, Fashion, People • Tags: Council of Fashion Designers of America, October 2013, Parsons New School for Design, Perry Ellis, Perry Ellis: An American Original, Rizzoli, Simon Collins

Valentino: Objects of Couture photo by Philip-Lorca di Corcia

Valentino: Objects of Couture celebrates the accessories of the legendary couture house

September 28, 2013 by The CoF

Maria Grazia Chiuri and Pier Paolo Piccioli return to their first love ,accessories. To celebrate five years of creative direction at Valentino, they decided to create Valentino: Objects of Couture, a volume of 208 pages and 250 photos of over 300 of Valentino’s most well-known accessory designs. Compiled by Francesco Bonomi, has the advantage of having exclusive photos created for this publication by prestigious photographers such as David Bailey, Luisa Lambri, Nobuyoshi Araki, Duane Michals, Scheltens & Abbenes, Philip Lorca di […]

Categories: Book, Fashion • Tags: Accessories, David Bailey, Maria Grazia Chiuri, Nobuyoshi Araki, Pier Paolo Piccioli, Rizzoli, Valentino, Valentino: Objects of Couture

Presentation of the book ‘Chloe Attitudes’ in Paris

September 28, 2013 by The CoF

On Friday evening,the fourth day of Paris Fashion Week the french fashion house ,Chloé, welcomed friends and guests at a cocktail organized at the boutique in the rue Saint-Honoré to celebrate the launch of the book “Chloé Attitudes” that celebrates the work of all the designers of the brand over the past 60 years including then-28-year-old designer Karl Lagerfeld, who started with the company in 1966. The book explores his career at Chloé, along with Martine Sitbon (in 1988), Stella McCartney, who […]

Categories: Book, Fashion • Tags: Anna Dello Russo, Chloé Attitudes, chloe, Events, Paris Fashion Week, Patrick Demarchelier, Rizzoli, Suzy Menkes