Judith Watt, a leading fashion historian and close personal friend of her brilliant, tragic subject, offers a close-up backstage look at the life, legacy, and visionary genius of Alexander McQueen. From his East London childhood to his explosive, game-changing fashion career to his shocking suicide at the age of forty, Watt’s Alexander McQueen features revealing commentary and intimate perspectives by those who were closest to the fearless, groundbreaking designer—including milliner Philip Treacy, stylist Katy England, photographer Nick Knight, as well as friends and collectors Sarah Jessica Parker, Lady Gaga, and Daphne Guiness—and stunning, photographs, many never before seen, of some of his most remarkable designs and intricate apparel.

Alexander McQueen: The Life and the Legacy

Arts & Photography

Watt, Judith

Graphic Design

Harper

An intimate and revealing look at the personal and professional life of the fashion world's most visionary designer.
This incredible volume strips away the layers of legend surrounding Alexander McQueen, revealing the sartorial genius and the true history of the man who reinvented modern fashion. Uncovering new details about Lee Alexander McQueen's humble childhood in East London, author Judith Watt traces the young designer's ascent—from his graduate collection at Central Saint Martins School of Art and Design to his over-the-top runway shows to the designs he created just days before his death at age forty. Providing new insights into the dark passion and inspiration that guided each fever-pitched runway show, this fully illustrated portrait delivers a truly comprehensive, in-depth look at the most provocative designer of a generation. Illustrated throughout with McQueen's personal drawings and ephemera as well as a mixture of exquisite catwalk and editorial fashion images, Alexander McQueen: The Life and the Legacy is every bit as stunning as the designer himself.
With more than 175 full-color photographs

Alexander McQueen: The Life and Legacy

Harper Paperbacks

Dogs have always played an integral part in Vogue magazine, either as companions to some of the world’s most stylish women or as icons in their own right. Testifying to this enduring relationship in its lavishly illustrated pages, this collection features photos by Horst, Beaton, Steichen, Parkinson, Bailey, Weber, Testino, and many others. The famous and fabulous appear in portraits with their equally fabulous pets—the Mitford Sisters, Lady Diana Cooper, Elizabeth Arden, Andy Warhol, Britt Ekland, Cindy Crawford, Jodie Kidd, Yves Saint Laurent, and Tom Ford are all devotees of canine culture. In all shapes and sizes, dogs are most definitely at the heart of the 20th-century’s style bible. With wonderful photos, illustrations, and extracts spanning the history of Vogue, this is a must for dog and fashion lovers everywhere.

Dogs in Vogue: A Century of Canine Chic

Photography & Video

Little, Brown Book Group

A volume of celebrity pet stories celebrates the friendships between men and their canine companions, in a photographic tribute that describes the relationships between dogs and such individuals as Paul McCartney, Elvis, and James Dean. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Men & Dogs: A Personal History from Bogart to Bowie

Dyer, Peter

Atria Books

A photographic tribute to the special relationship between women and their canine companions features the celebrity pet stories of such women as Audrey Hepburn, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Jacqueline Kennedy. Original. 30,000 first printing.

Women & Dogs: A Personal History from Marilyn to Madonna

This is the first book to focus on the work of Ossie Clark, a key figure in 1960s and 1970s London and one of the most important designers in British fashion. His golden era lasted from 1965 to 1974, when fashion, photography, art, music and the cult of the personality all flourished as never before in the glittering world of 'Swinging London.' Drawing on interviews with Celia Birtwell, models and friends, and on exclusive audio archives featuring Ossie himself, Judith Watt brings to life the vibrant and artistic milieu in which his talent flourished. Juxtaposing sophisticated Vogue fashion shoots and photos of some of the famous names of the day - Jean Shrimpton, Twiggy, Verushka, Amanda Lear - with stunning new photography of iconic outfits and the wonderfully lively sketches produced by Ossie and Celia, the illustrations evoke a time when London was the epicentre of the fashion world and Ossie was one of its leading lights. Ossie Clark was much admired by his peers and his legacy can be seen today in the work of many major designers. This long-overdue celebration of his work will be welcomed by fashion-lovers and students alike and will re-establish him as a major force in recent fashion history.

Ossie Clark 1965-1974

Victoria & Albert Museum

Shocking, witty and eccentric, the designs of Elsa Schiaparelli are among the most innovative and influential in the history of fashion. Black gloves with golden fingernails, buttons shaped like lips, trompe l'oeil images, brightly colored zips and perfume bottles in the shape of a torso would not be out of place in fashion today, but they were created by Schiaparelli in the 1930s. A true original, she collaborated with artists such as Salvador Dali and Man Ray, pioneered the runway show and designed costumes for film-stars from Mae West to Marlene Dietrich. She used film and stage as a publicity vehicle for her label, and her advertising graphics were far ahead of their time. Through the photographs and illustrations of Vogue that championed Schiaparelli from the first picture of her revolutionary Bow-knot sweater in 1927 to the Surrealist Tears dress and Shoe hat of the late 1930s, Elsa Schiaparelli presents the enduring legacy of this daring and visionary designer. Vogue, the international fashion bible, has charted the careers of designers through the decades. Its unique archive of photographs, taken by the leading photographers of the day from Cecil Beaton to Mario Testino, and original illustrations, together with its stable of highly respected fashion writers, make Vogue the most authoritative and prestigious source of reference on fashion. With a circulation of over 160,000 and a readership of over 1,400,000, no brand is better positioned to present a library on the great fashion designers of the modern age.

Vogue on: Elsa Schiaparelli (Vogue on Designers)

Quadrille

Vogue on: Elsa Schiaparelli (Vogue on Designers)

Quadrille Publishing Ltd.

This is the first book to focus on the work of Ossie Clark, a key figure in 1960s and 1970s London and one of the most important designers in British fashion. His golden era lasted from 1965 to 1974, when fashion, photography, art, music and the cult of the personality all flourished as never before in the glittering world of 'Swinging London'.Drawing on interviews with Celia Birtwell, models and friends, and on exclusive audio archives featuring Ossie himself, Judith Watt brings to life the vibrant and artistic milieu in which his talent flourished. Juxtaposing sophisticated Vogue fashion shoots and photos of some of the famous names of the day - Jean Shrimpton, Twiggy, Verushka, Amanda Lear - with stunning new photography of iconic outfits and the wonderfully lively sketches produced by Ossie and Celia, the illustrations evoke a time when London was the epicentre of the fashion world and Ossie was one of its leading lights. Ossie Clark was much admired by his peers and his legacy can be seen today in the work of many major designers. This long-overdue celebration of his work will be welcomed by fashion-lovers and students alike and will re-establish him as a major force in recent fashion history.

Ossie Clark 1965-1974: 1965-74

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Alexander McQueen: The Life and the Legacy

Alexander McQueen: The Life and Legacy

Dogs in Vogue: A Century of Canine Chic

Men & Dogs: A Personal History from Bogart to Bowie

Women & Dogs: A Personal History from Marilyn to Madonna

Ossie Clark 1965-1974

Vogue on: Elsa Schiaparelli (Vogue on Designers)

Vogue on: Elsa Schiaparelli (Vogue on Designers)

Ossie Clark 1965-1974

Ossie Clark 1965-1974: 1965-74