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Cat power!

Latter day cultural hero Grace Coddington live in person at Clic's Soho store.

The author's haunting photographs are accompanied by his analysis of the architecture of war

"Almost forgotten. The movement, strength and frightening beauty. They are an opposite of orthogonal and vertical structures, an opposite of the urban fabric and architecture of US cities."

Tyrone Jones (aka TJ Swan) In his second Physique Pictorial appearance

Who do we have to pay at Gucci Corp? Notice the sleeves artfully bunched around the biceps, a noted TI styling signature.

860 Lake Shore Drive changed architecture forever

Buy the German edition. The cover alone is phenomenal!

"No intelligent idea can gain general acceptance unless some stupidity is mixed in with it." — Fernando Pessoa,

On Photography has to be on the shelf of anyone who loves images

"New forms in art are created by the canonization of peripheral forms. "

Draws inspiration from Wolfgang Tillmans to past generation artists such as Derek Jarmon and Kenneth Anger

"If I am romantic of the past for one thing, it would have to be the handwork, feel, emotional content, labor-intensive and traditional printing of photography"
David Benjamin Sherry to Art In America

TI came home to a very pleasant surprise last night in the form of two lovely monographs compliments of D.A.P .

Luxe, calme and moderne : the contemporary remix

A 184 foot yacht... a private island in Bora Bora (Francois is that you?),

Yves Saint Laurent residence photographed by Ivan Terestchenko

I first became aware of this book via sharp comments on TI regarding Hedi Slimane's pictures of Berge and St Laurent's rue Babylone pad in Vogue Paris.

"An Illustrated History Of Interior Decoration " by Mario Praz is an epic!

TI might as well come out of the closet: a leather lined one in the perfect tone of tan , originally convened by Jean Michel Frank to be specific.