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Edurado Garcia Benito: Vogue Paris: Feb 1929

On the heels of the collected Meisel Vogue Italia covers,here comes a compilation of almost 100 years of Vogue Paris covers.

Image from "African Sculpture" by Warren Robbins

The madness and the genius: Pierre Cardin's "Maison Bulle" in Cannes

Pierre Cardin apparently has claimed the legend, "the inventor of prêt-à-porter" and that indicates that he is a fearless man.

That inimitable Versace taste point could see a come back: PH Avedon

I suspect half of the New York fashion industry read this book this weekend because tragedy and all, you can't seem to get Versace out of your head.

Babe Paley: Icon from the era of Marilyn Bender's "The Beautiful People"

"Too many manufacturers lose sight of the fact that Americans don't have to overspend on clothing to prove a point and that they are conditioned to receiving value for their fashion dollar. The merchandise must fit and it must stand up against a certain amount of wear and tear. If it is supposed to be a folly or a gag then it must be cheap. Jokes do not bear repeating. The most expensive ready made American clothes are as well put together as the made to order creations of the Paris couturiers and they cost about the same but only apply to a sliver of the population....The American fashion industry's continuing and massive inferiority complex works against the consumer"

Devon Aoki PH by Nick Knight and styled by McQueen: A legendary fashion image

Finally! The new Nick Knight tome in hand.

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."

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. "