Graphic Image "Chanel Collections and Creations" Book

Chanel’s combination of tradition, originality, and style has always made it the most seduction of brands. Here the House of Chanel opens its private archives, revealing a galaxy of brilliant designs created by Coco Chanel from the 1920’s onwards, and now reinterpreted to become the motifs for brand-new garments, accessories and beauty products. 

Inspired the House’s signature fragrance, the legendary ‘Chanel No, 5’ the book explores five central themes— the suit, the carnelia, jewelry, fragrances and make-up and the little black dress— and follows the threads from past to present to show how how these key items have been rediscovered and reinvented by fashion designers working in the footsteps of their illustrious predecessors. 

This visual journey is enhanced by previously unpublished archive photographs and original drawings by Karl Largerfeld, as well as glorious images from some of the greatest names in fashion photography. Dazzling clothes, intricate accessories, beautiful models, and timeless design leave no doubt as to the lasting, fame of the brand and embody everything that has come to symbolize the magic of Chanel.

  TASCHEN Monet The Triumph of Impressionism

TASCHEN Monet The Triumph of Impressionism book made of paper 

This biography does full justice to this most remarkable and profoundly influential artist and offers numerous reproductions and archive alongside a detailed and insightful commentary. 

  Assouline "Yves Saint Laurent at Home" Book

Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Bergé were worldbuilders of an unparalleled caliber; true tastemakers who approached each interior project with imagination and rigeur, crafting grand spaces infused with personality and provenance. Connoisseurs in every sense of the word with a deep knowledge and appreciation for art and interior design, the two built and lived among a spectacular and carefully-considered collection. In close collaboration with world-class designer Jacques Grange, they crafted private spaces full of wonder and enchantment.

Readers are invited to discover the couple’s savoir-faire through the most exquisite photographs of the interiors and gardens of Yves’s Château Gabriel, the dacha in Deauville; the Villa Majorelle in Marrakech; the apartment on rue de Babylone and his maison de couture on avenue Marceau. With photographs by Marianne Haas and texts and special contributions from Jacques Grange, Catherine Deneuve, Betty Catroux, Laurence Benaïm, Louis Benech, and other members of Yves’ tribe, the creative couple’s legacy lives on.

  TASCHEN "Issey Miyake" Book, Edited by Midori Kitamura with Texts by Kazuko Koike

A tribute to the designer Issey Miyake

In 1983, Japanese designer Issey Miyake told The New Yorker that he aspired “to forge ahead, to break the mold.” With the boundary-defying fashion lines that followed, he not only broke molds but recast clothing altogether. With a unique fusion of poetry and practicality, his creations blur the boundaries between tradition, modern technology, and everyday function.

This definitive history of Miyake’s clothes from 1960 to 2022 offers expert insight into the designer’s vision and daring. Initiated and conceived by Midori Kitamura, the book looks at the texture-driven originality of Miyake’s materials and techniques from the very earliest days of his career, before he had even established the Miyake Design Studio. Drawing on nearly 50 years of collaborative work with Miyake, Kitamura creates an encyclopedic reference of his material and technical innovations through the clothes based on A Piece of Cloth concept, Body Series of the 1980s, Miyake Pleats series, and such practical, everyday designs as Pleats Please pieces.

Stunning photographs capture his clothes in their particular quotidian originality. In her far-reaching essay, meanwhile, leading cultural figure Kazuko Koike offers both a complete chronology of Miyake’s work and an unprecedented personal profile, looking at the ambition and inspirations that have driven his repertoire from his tender teenage years. A must-have for designers, students, and fashion devotees, this is a timeless tribute to one of the most innovative makers of our age.

  Assouline "The impossible Collection of Art" 2nd Edition Book

Modern art is the new intellectual currency, drawing the attention of media moguls, hedge-fund managers, and Hollywood darlings, granting them entry into an exclusive global community. Renowned art dealers Philippe Ségalot and Franck Giraud have curated The Impossible Collection of Art, an unparalleled modern art collection where anything is possible. These 100 extraordinary artworks, introduced by Joachim Pissarro, offer a unique perspective on 20th-century artistic achievements, whether hidden in a museum's vault or up for auction. In the 2nd edition, Ségalot and Giraud have updated with eleven new works, inspiring endless discussions and inviting art enthusiasts to imagine their own dream impossible collection.

  'Every Season Is Soup Season' Cookbook Chronicle Books

Every day is a good day for soup with this beautifully photographed collection of 85-plus go-to recipes for soups, soup fixings, and more. From broths and gazpachos to chowders and chilis, this flexible cookbook is overflowing with scrumptious soups for every season. These simple base recipes for healthy, yummy soups are easy to prepare and so satisfying.

  Knot Heel Bootie (Women) Bottega Veneta

Gleaming knot hardware—a signature element of the label's DNA—serves as the striking heel of this sleek leather bootie with a contemporary squared-off toe.

  Fashion Icons: Fashion Lives with Fern Mallis' Volumes 1 & 2 RIZZOLI

Following ‘Fashion Lives: Fashion Icons with Fern Malik’s, the second volume documents a new roster of no-holds-barred interviews with fashion industry icons. 

  'Modern From The Start' Book MOMA

Alexander Calder's work first appeared in The Museum of Modern Art's galleries in 1930, in the exhibition Painting and Sculpture by Living Americans. Over the next decades the artist's connection with the Museum would be deep, productive, and mutually beneficial. Calder cultivated friendships and working relationships with notable figures, including Alfred H. Barr Jr., the Museum's founding director, and James Johnson Sweeney, with whom he collaborated on his expansive retrospective exhibition in 1943. His work is imprinted on MoMA's early history, not only for its material and conceptual innovation but also for its presence at significant moments, such as a mobile made to hang over the lobby's grand staircase on the occasion of the new Goodwin and Stone building (Lobster Trap and Fish Tail, which hangs there to this day); an elaborate candelabra to adorn the tables at a celebratory anniversary event; and a sculpture to fly off a flagpole to advertise the landmark exhibition Cubism and Abstract Art. 'Alexander Calder: Modern from the Start' celebrates the extraordinarily fertile relationship between an institution and an artist who was both an important creative partner and, with his magnificent gift of nineteen works in 1966, a major donor. Through MoMA, Calder came to be known as a pioneer of modern sculpture, and through Calder, MoMA came to understand itself as an American museum of modern art.

  Assouline Publishing Chanel Book Set

Assouline and Chanel present a newly updated trilogy celebrating the timeless spirit, signatures and heritage of the house of Chanel. This slipcase set includes three Mémoire volumes: Chanel Fashion by Anne Berest, Chanel Jewelry And Watches by Fabienne Reybaud, and Chanel Fragrance And Beauty by Marion Vignal.

• Set includes three jacketed hardcover volumes in a luxury slipcase