An intimate biography of Richard Avedon, the legendary fashion and portrait photographer who “helped define America’s image of style, beauty and culture” (The New York Times), by his longtime collaborator and business partner Norma Stevens and award-winning author Steven M. L. Aronson.Richard Avedon was arguably the world’s most famous photographer—as artistically influential as he was commercially successful. Over six richly productive decades, he created...

An intimate biography of Richard Avedon, the legendary fashion and portrait photographer who “helped define America’s image of style, beauty and culture” (The New York Times) by his longtime collaborator and business partner Norma Stevens and award-winning author Steven M. L. Aronson.Richard Avedon was arguably the world’s most famous photographer—as artistically influential as he was commercially successful. Over six richly productive decades, he created ...

Now available in paperback: musings, inspirations, and styling tips from the darling of the fashion worldWith influences that range from the sultry beauty of Jane Birkin to the rocker chic of Mick Jagger, it’s no wonder that everything worn by Alexa Chung instantly becomes the latest trend. Already a hugely popular television personality and a muse for Marc Jacobs and Karl Lagerfeld, Chung was also a cohost of the nightly music show Fuse News, covering the...

Beauty doesn’t have to be costly, nor does it need to negatively affect the environment. You can be beautiful while keeping your body healthy. There are beauty recipes that utilize all-organic ingredients. That’s one of the lessons included in this collection of three books. Other topics discussed are herbal remedies and natural beauty care guide.

Beauty has less to do with natural inheritance than it does with work and effort. The more you learn about beauty products, the more you grow to realize that you are better off making them yourself! Beauty recipes allow you to make beauty products at a more affordable cost. You can make many beauty products simply by raiding your kitchen!

New York Times BestsellerNigel Barker—fashion authority, photographer, and host of Oxygen's The Face—presents 50 of the most influential models from the 1940s to today through a wealth of full-color photographs from the world's most renowned fashion photographers and an anecdotal text that reveals each woman's indelible place in the pantheons of fashion and popular culture.Interweaving 200 gorgeous photographs and informative and entertain...

“This thoroughly absorbing narrative dazzles with the most profound investigation and research. Focus is an enthralling and riveting read.” —Tim Gunn“Smart, well-researched…engaging…canny” (New York Times Book Review), Focus is a “fast-paced—and clearly insider—look at the rarefied, sexy world of fashion photography” (Lauren Weisberger, author of The Devil Wears Prada). New York Times bestselling author Michael Gross bri...

"Celebrates fifty of the most memorably stylish authors, from Oscar Wilde to Joan Didion . . . gorgeous black-and-white photographs." — Houston ChronicleWhether it's Zadie Smith's exotic turban, James Joyce's wire-framed glasses, or Samuel Beckett's Wallabees, a writer's attire often reflects the creative and spiritual essence of his or her work. Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore examines fifty revered writers—among them Maya Angelou;Trum...

Fashion in the Edwardian period underwent some quite revolutionary changes.The delicately coloured, flower-and-lace-trimmed trailing gowns and elaborate hairstyles worn by tightly corseted fashionable ladies in the early years of Edward VII's reign would transform into the boldly coloured, dramatically stylized Eastern-inspired kimono wraps, slender hobble skirts, ankle-skimming tunic dresses and turbans of 1914 on the eve of the First World War.This book p...

How to receive the most creative and highest quality tailored service from your couturier, designer, dressmaker, or seamstress and ensure you get the dress you deserve when you want it.'Read the 'Buying Bespoke - Create Your Couture Collection' guide BEFORE placing an order for your wedding dress, bridesmaid dresses, red carpet ball gown or hand-made unique wardrobe collection with your preferred bespoke dressmaker or Couturier. If you have a weddi...

The bestselling author of What Would Jackie Do? turns her loving lens on Jacqueline Kennedy's "Secretary of Style" selection of Oleg Cassini, launching a powerful partnership that influenced global fashion for decades. As the glamorous Kennedys took the White House in 1961, Jackie appointed famed designer- and family friend-Oleg Cassini, as her personal "Secretary of Style." From classic pillbox hats to casually elegant daywear and empire dresses, Cassini created ...

The Peacock Revolution in menswear of the 1960s came as a profound shock to much of America. Men's long hair and vividly colored, sexualized clothes challenged long established traditions of masculine identity. Peacock Revolution is an in-depth study of how radical changes in men's clothing reflected, and contributed to, the changing ideas of American manhood initiated by a 'youthquake' of rebellious baby boomers coming of age in an era of social revolutions.Featuring a de...