Most people think of Steve McQueen and picture him gunning a green 1968 Ford Mustang through the streets of San Francisco. James Dean? A 1949 Mercury in Rebel Without a Cause. But what car did these stars choose to drive away from their most famous film roles? Stars and Cars is a beautifully produced volume containing stunning photographs of some of the most famous stars of the twentieth-century, with the cars they loved. With authoritative, fact-filled captions from Nick Benwell (Christie's London Consultant for Motor Cars), Stars And Cars will quite simply be one of the coolest, must-have books of the year.

Stars and Cars

Graham Marsh

Reference

Boxtree Ltd.

In the decade between 1955 and 1965 a coterie of discerning Hollywood hipsters appropriated the incomparable Ivy League clothing of America's East coast elite. These West Coast actors elevated the Ivy look to the height of cool and defined a quintessentially American male dress code for a new generation of movie audiences.  This November, Reel Art Press delivers a pictorial celebration of the look and attitude of 'Ivy'. Exhaustively compiled over 288 pages and featuring many previously unreleased images, Hollywood And The Ivy Look is the first large format coffee table book to take an in-depth look at how 'Ivy' established itself as the epitome of 1960s Hollywood style, gained a new democratic global following and a place in history as the look of modern America.  From the button-down hip of Steve McQueen, Paul Newman and Anthony Perkins to the preppy sensibilities of Woody Allen and Dustin Hoffman; the understated but carefully selected components of the Ivy look didn't shout 'look at me' but instead gave off an image of approachable correctness and laid back confidence. Hollywood And The Ivy Look is an opportunity to take inspiration from some of the twentieth century's most iconic stars: Clint Eastwood in ribbed woollen sweater; James Coburn in seersucker suit and sunglasses; Robert Redford in black polo-neck and navy blazer; Sidney Poitier in green, striped jacket with red paisley tie and Warren Beatty in pale chinos with perfectly polished loafers. All were worn with an ease which made even their immaculately coiffed hairstyles look relaxed and effortless.  Also featured are on and off-screen stills from some of the classic movies and television series that helped to make 'Ivy' so popular around the world, such as Mission Impossible and The Fugitive. Hollywood And The Ivy Look also offers a rare glimpse behind-the-scenes at the making of many of these fashionable movies, including unseen shots on the set of Psycho, The Graduate, Barefoot in the Park and The Odd Couple.   With the autumn/winter men's catwalk for 2011 continuing to take its inspiration from Ivy, its origins and enduring appeal are celebrated in this stunning photographic tome, published for the first time by Reel Art Press.

Hollywood and the Ivy Look

Arts & Photography

JP Gaul

Photography & Video

Reel Art Pr

Film Posters of the 40s: The Essential Movies of the Decade

<p>A sixth title in the popular poster art series presents top works of promotional art for a period that introduced American filmgoers to the film noir genre, in a collection that features such stars as Robert Mitchum, Rita Hayworth, Cary Grant, and Marlene Dietrich.</p>

Tony Nourmand

Graphic Design

Overlook Books

The films of the 1960s reflected the mood of a decade when everything - art, fashion, music, morals, pol itics, philosophy was in a state of flux. This book presents a kaleidoscope of images that enshrine the ethos & icons of those 10 years. '

Film Posters of the 60s: From The Reel Poster Gallery Collection

Aurum Press

The Cover Art of Blue Note Records

<p>The jazz company Blue Note Records has always had a reputation for producing fine album covers, and in its heyday was the most successful and influential of all the classic jazz record companies. The Cover Art of Blue Note: The Collection brings together all the finest Blue Note album covers. Includes a foreword by Horace Silver, composer and musician who greatly influenced the evolution of jazz in the 1950s. Atmospheric photographs by Miles Reid capture some of the great jazz musicians recording at the Blue Note studios. Promoting a stylistic way of thinking and influencing many of today's trends in graphic art with their pioneering use of typography, the covers present sophisticated images of fashion and personal flair that mirrored the taste and integrity of the records themselves. The Blue Note label embodied one word: style.</p>

History & Criticism

COLLINS BROWN

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