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Clothes define people A fashion history of the 20th century “An inspirational sourcebook for designers and enthusiasts alike.” –i-D Magazine, London A person's clothing, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential key to his or...

Clothes define people. A person's clothing, whether it's a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential key to his or her culture, class, personality, or even religion. The Kyoto Costume Institute recognizes the importance of understanding...

Dress codes. The ultimate compendium of clothing Clothes define people. A person’s attire, whether it’s a sari, kimono, or business suit, is an essential code to his or her culture, class, personality, even faith. Founded in 1978, the ...

Conceptual clothing. The history and the art of Kawakubo's brand Rei Kawakubo, the enigmatic head of innovative Japanese fashion house Comme des Garçons, has a special vision which extends beyond clothing to furniture, architecture, and...

Glunge guru. Glamour meets grunge in the dark, dramatic world of Rick Owens There are a few other designers like Rick Owens, whose work is so instantly recognizable by cut and bias alone. Born in California, Rick Owens launched his eponymous label...

Nineties Screen. The best movies of the 1990s The 1990s saw a golden era of bona fide cinema classics. With four to 10 pages per film, this two-volume tribute is an opulent factbook packed full of photos and film stills, as well as cast/crew credi...

Forever a circus ringleader at heart, Federico Fellini (1920-1993) is remembered as one of cinema’s greatest storytellers. From bittersweet, heart wrenching tales (La Strada and Nights of Cabiria) to semi-autobiographical classics (La Dolce Vit...

Pleasantly plump With whimsical irony and a style reminiscent of the old masters, Fernando Botero (b.1932) began painting caricatured animals and corpulent bodies with disproportionate heads at a time when his contemporaries were fervently rejecti...

Beginning with a general overview of film noir and covering its most important themes chapter by chapter (lovers plan murder, corrupt police, doomed love, psychological noir, etc.), this copiously illustrated handbook provides instant and in-depth ac...

Shadows and smoke Classic noir flicks of the 1940s-50s, illustrated and examined Beginning with a general overview of film noir and covering its most important themes chapter by chapter (lovers plan murder, corrupt police, doomed love, psychologica...

Into the shadows. From The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari to Drive, 100 all-time favorite film noirs and neo-noirs Enter a world populated by private eyes, gangsters, psychopaths, and femmes fatales, where deception, lust, and betrayal run rampant. The f...

This work includes the best, the sexiest, the coolest film posters from the 1950s: from "Some Like it Hot" to "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof"; from "La Strada" to "Roman Holiday". The superb posters in this book present the full range of images-from stark to...

The 60's bought Sean Connery as James Bond to the screens. Rock stars like The Beatles also made movies. Films like "Cool Hand Luke", "The Graduate", "Dracula", "Night of the Living Dead", "The Endless Summer", "2001 a Space Odyssey", "Ocean's 11" al...

The 70's gave the world "Star Wars, Grease", "The Godfather", "Mad Max", "Alien", "Taxi Driver", "Texas Chainsaw Massacure", "Halloween", "Rocky" and a very blood thirsty shark who changed human perception of sharks for decades to come named "Jaws". ...

The 1980s was a decade in which filmmakers pulled put all the stops to dazzle audiences and make them jump out of their seats. And just as they marked the development of the special effects technology that sparked a wave of blockbuster films, the Eig...