This is the updated edition of Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld's reinterpretation of Chanel's iconic little black jacket, expanded by twenty-one new photographs.
This award-winning book contains Lagerfeld's photographs of celebrities wearing the modern adaptable jacket with individual flair sometimes classic, sometimes irreverent, but always CHANEL with each of the protagonists styled by Carine Roitfeld.
A range of accomplished actors, musicians, designers, models, writers and directors receives the little black jacket treatment, including Claudia Schiffer, Uma Thurman, Kanye West, Tilda Swinton, Baptiste Giabiconi, Yoko Ono and Sarah Jessica Parker.
The project which has been accompanied by a worldwide travelling exhibition underlines the astounding versatility of Chanel's vision in Lagerfeld's hands and ensures this jackets future as a timeless classic.
This book is Karl Lagerfeld and Carine Roitfeld’s reinterpretation of Chanel’s iconic little black jacket.
Lagerfeld has redesigned the jacket, transforming it into a modern, adaptable garment to be worn by both sexes of all ages. The Little Black Jacket contains Lagerfeld’s photographs of celebrities wearing the jacket with individual flair – sometimes classic, sometimes irreverent, but always Chanel – and each styled by Carine Roitfeld. A range of accomplished actors, musicians, designers, models, writers and directors gets the little black jacket treatment, including Claudia Schiffer, Uma Thurman, Kanye West, Tilda Swinton, Baptiste Giabiconi, Yoko Ono and Sarah Jessica Parker.
This book shows the astounding versatility of Chanel’s vision in Lagerfeld’s hands and ensures the little black jacket’s future as a timeless classic.
Karl Lagerfeld, fashion designer, book dealer and publisher, began working as a photographer in 1987. Lagerfeld has received the Lucky Strike Design Award from the Raymond Lewy Foundation, the cultural prize from the German Photographic Society, and the ICP Trustees Award at the International Center of Photography’s Infinity Awards in 2007.
His recent exhibitions include “Konkret Abstrakt Gesehen” at the Langen Foundation, Neuss, and “Metamorphoses of an American – A Cycle of Youth, 2003–8” at Pace/MacGill, New York.
Steidl has published most of Lagerfeld’s books, including Casa Malaparte (1998), A Portrait of Dorian Gray (2004), Room Service (2006) and The Beauty of Violence (2010).
Carine Roitfeld is a fashion writer and stylist and was editor-in-chief of French Vogue from 2001 to 2011. Roitfeld began her career as a model before moving to French Elle as a journalist and stylist. Meeting Mario Testino then marked the beginning of an ongoing collaboration that saw the pair create groundbreaking advertising campaigns and editorial shoots. Roitfeld worked as a consultant with Tom Ford during his time at Gucci and Yves Saint Laurent, and her book Irreverent was published in 2010.
Julie Zerbo пишет:
To coincide with the release of his book, Little Black Jacket: Chanel's Classic Revisited, Karl Lagerfeld is putting the pages of the book on display. In late March, the exhibit opened in Tokyo. Then for eight days, the exhibit was housed at New York’s Swiss Institute. Its next destination is Taipei, China, and after that, even more, cities, which have not yet been announced. The book features 113 images of industry tastemakers from Coco Chanel herself, Anna Wintour, Yoko Ono, Daphne Guinness, designer Olivier Theyskens, wild child model Alice Dellal, models Aymeline Valade and Mariacarla Boscono, and more. All of the subjects wore similar iconic black Chanel jackets but were styled by ex-editor in chief of French Vogue, Carine Roitfeld, to reflect their own personalities. For instance: Alice Dellal, wore her jacket under a studded leather vest; designer, Alexander Wang, wore his in addition to his usual all-black ensemble; Daphne Guinness wore hers while dripping in diamonds; Jane Birkin wore hers while holding, what else? An Hermes Birkin bag.
The exhibit itself consisted of more than 100 black and white photos lining four walls. In addition, there were several larger images that were colour tinted. These included photos of actress Sarah Jessica Parker, who wears the jacket as a headpiece), and Georgia May Jagger, who wore her jacket open over a black bra, among others. However, the most striking images were the two enormous side by side photos: one of classic Coco and the other of Anna Wintour's torso from behind, who's perfect bob haircut was a dead giveaway.
The one person missing from the photos: Karl, himself. Of his absence, he said: “I’m able to say to those who ask why they weren’t asked to be in it, ‘I am not in it, either.’”
