Italian Fashion Books

Blahnik by Boman: Shoes, Photographs, ConversationLarge Coffee Table Book. Manolo Blahnik Chronicle Books, Oct 13, 2005 - Design - 224 pages Hardcover book, titled Blahnik by Boman: Shoes, Photographs, Conversation, published by Chronicle Books in 2005, featuring Manolo Blahnik's iconic shoe designs photographed by Erik Boman. Long before their supporting role in Sex and the City, Manolo Blahnik's shoes were legendary—exquisitely detailed, unabashedly luxurious, and impossibly sexy. The epitome of sophistication and taste, they have graced the feet of royalty, supermodels, and movie stars. In these breathtaking pictures by Blahnik's longtime friend, photographer Eric Boman, the shoes take center stage in a dazzling array of intriguing and often lighthearted scenes and settings. A white leather stiletto plays an incriminating role in a suggested crime worthy of Hitchcock. A pale green mule...

Men Without Ties Texts by Barry Hannah, Richard Martin, Bob Wilson, Gianni Versace. Large beautiful hardcover book, with original slipcover. Inscription in ...

Giorgio Armani Photography Fashion Collection 2000 Hardcover Table Book Amazing book filled with fashion, stories, home decor photos, and so much more. Perfect for any lover for fashion, photography, and life! In great condition and ready to be shipped. Author: Celant, Germano, Koda, Harold, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Museo Guggenheim Bilbao Publisher: Guggenheim Museum Pubns Format: Hardcover Publication Date: 2000-10-01 Language: English Edition: First Edition Page Count: 500 Dimensions: 10.25 x 2.0 x 12.25 inches Weight: 7.5 pounds Hardcover. fine/fine. A fine copy in dust jacket. Overview A long, long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, the future began. The future of fashion, that is. Of course, it wasn't quite so long ago (it was the 1970s), and it wasn't quite so far away (it was Milan, Italy). Right there and then, the world witnessed the birth of the sports coat. This one jacket spawned the beginnings of casual dress and semi-androgynous fashion. This may not seem so radical now, but think about what came before. Look back to theVoguemagazines of the mid-20th century: the clothes were spectacular and elegant with very fitted waists, skirts with crinolines, crisp lines in men's suits. It was a severe and dramatic look; the body was very contained, almost sculpted by the clothes. But the times were changing, and comfort was coming into its own, explicit in the hippie wares of the 1960s.Along came Italian designer Giorgio Armani. He fused the softness of jeans and ponchos with more convention, and built a fashion empire from the deconstruction of the shape-shifting suits of the 1940s and '50s. Fashion publisher Patrick McCarthy...

A beautifully published hardbound book featuring 255 pages of text and photography about the Italian jeweler, Bulgari. It is a fascinating look at the history of the company startin...

GUCCI BOOK This is one of only a few thousand copies, with over 400 pages and which were produced in 2006. A beautiful lavishly photographed book as might ...