A survey of American photographer Richard Avedon’s fashion and portrait photographs from his continual collaboration with Dior. Featuring 150 black-and-white photographs of models and celebrities such as Marlene Dietrich, Sunny Harnett, Dovima, Anjelica Huston and Barbra Streisand, this collection spans from the brand’s beginnings in the late ’40s through the ’70s. Avedon was a founding authority in fashion photography, helping to legitimize the medium as an art form in the early 20th century. His minimalist style, characterized by stark lighting, blended the commercial with the narrative, creating photographs that complemented.....
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Special republication of Interview Magazine's December 1985 issue, produced in 2018 to celebrate Gucci's new SoHo location at 63 Wooster Street. Founded in 1969 by Andy Warhol and John Wilcock, Interview has deep roots in the SoHo arts community, making it a fitting choice to commemorate the fashion house's new neighborhood flagship. The sealed publication reproduces Madonna's original December 1985 cover, while the reverse of the sealed sleeve features a stylized print of the SoHo neighborhood with a nod to Gucci's new address. In addition to the original interview with.....
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A rare fashion catalogue born from a collaboration between the highly influential experimental UK fashion house Murray and Vern and Michael C. Place of The Designers Republic (tDR). It combines tDR’s avant-garde aesthetic, an influential force in the visual language of late 20th-century dance music, techno, and gaming culture, with striking photographs of models wearing a variety of latex designs, including corsets, neck collars, and more. Murray and Vern are known for their early adoption and use of latex, establishing them as forerunners in bringing fetish aesthetics into the.....
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Published on the occasion of American photographer and filmmaker Tyler Mitchell’s first U.S. solo exhibition at the International Center of Photography. Portraying a vision of Black utopia, this collection of photographs celebrates Black joy, expression, and freedom. Brought to life through Mitchell’s signature candy-colored palette, the work portrays the young Black men and women he photographs with intimacy and optimism. Nicely printed with full bleed on uncoated paper. The photographs are accompanied by writings from curator and critic Hans Ulrich Obrist; photographer, curator of photography, and photographic historian Deborah Willis;.....
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A photographic series from German fine-art and fashion photographer Juergen Teller. Employing his signature overexposed style, Teller creates raw snapshots of a “surreal fairy tale.” The series documents supermodel Raquel Zimmermann in Teller's homeland of Bubenreuth, southern Germany, crafting scenes reminiscent of Gothic and Grimm-like folklore. Together, the images form a narrative that explores themes of suppressed youth and teenage longing.

Condition: Fine in a Very Good+ slip case, slip case has 2" of color toning to top, bottom, and outside edges.
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A limited edition project of 50 copies containing twelve selected BLESS lookbooks bound together by a BLESS N° 43 handle. The multifunctional metal handle/keychain is covered in braided leather. It opens and closes with a clip fastening, and can be used for carrying keys, shopping bags and other items. Since 2004, all BLESS lookbooks have been published within existing magazines, allowing the spread of ideas and projects into broader fields. This project brings together twelve such lookbooks, celebrating BLESS’s focus not only on fashion but also on art, design.....
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A rare copy of the oversize collaborative photobook project between the photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and the fashion designer Yoshiki Hishinuma. Araki took photos of Hishinuma's spring/summer 2001 collection worn by ordinary girls from Tokyo, instead of fashion models. Includes some nudity (as expected with Araki). Text in Japanese and English. Out of print.

Condition: Fair, with a large dent at top of spine, visible on all pages (see detail photo); priced accordingly; edgewear to dust jacket.
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The fifth issue of Candy Magazine, the first Transversal style magazine "completely dedicated to celebrating tranvestism, transexuality, cross dressing and androgyny, in all its manifestations". With a theme of "The Candydate" and articles on Nazi crossdressers, the art of Mel Odom, Lahoma Van Zandt, Paola Revenioti, Diana Vreeland, Berlin, a collaboration with Gucci, and much more. With Connie Fleming as Michelle Obama on the cover, photographed by Danielle Levitt. With a heavystock photo card of Fleming as Obama laid in, noting that this is copy number 556 of the special.....
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The first issue with articles on Jerry Hall (on the cover, photographed by Sølve Sundsbø), Kylie Minogue, London clubkids, an homage to Yves Klein, Michéle Lamy, Gareth Pugh, photos by Nick Waplington, illustrations by Julie Verhoven and more. Due to size and weight, Priority Mail shipping within the US is an additional $5.

Condition: Near Fine.
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