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Un libro con la storia della rivista di moda più prestigiosa al mondo riproposto in una nuova edizione 2012, arricchita con le annate più recenti. Centinaia di copertine e immagini d'archivio raccontano il percorso di Vogue a partire dai suoi inizi come gazzetta mondana fino alla sua evoluzione come icona delle riviste di stile. In queste pagine sono riprodotti i lavori di alcuni fra gli artisti, gli illustratori e i fotografi più importanti del ventesimo secolo: Edward Steichen, Toni Frissel, Erwin Blumenfeld, Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, Mario Testino, Steven Klein, Bruce Weber e Herb Ritts. Grazie a una meticolosa ricerca, gli autori hanno raccolto i commenti di personaggi come Anna Wintour, attuale direttrice di Vogue, Grace Mirabella, direttrice dal 1971 al 1988, Kohle Yohannan, scrittore e storico di arte e design, oltre a interviste con editor e fotografi. Il libro è inoltre arricchito da un saggio di Susan Sontag, che collaborò a lungo con la rivista, e da articoli scritti da molti personaggi di fama mondiale, fra i quali Truman Capote, Aldous Huxley, Richard Burton e Federico Fellini. Prefazione di Franca Sozzani.
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- Pagine: 441
- Data di uscita: 17-10-2012
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Before reading this book I didn't know much about the history of Vogue. I read the magazine,bought a couple of copies,loved many of the editorials but didn't know anything about it's long history. I didn't know about women like Edna Woolman Chase, one of the most influential women behind Vogue, who a Leggi tutto
For anyone researching magazine history, fashion photography, or the evolution of 20th century style this is a great starter book. It covers every little detail about the most influential American fashion magazine, Vogue, through illustrative photos and illuminating text that follow the chronolgy of Leggi tutto
Made me yearn for Dior new look to be back in vogue.
Amazing pictures and recounts of how Vogue became the VOGUE of today!
So much better than I was prepared for. It's big, very big, which is great because it means they have room for actual text—so often this kind of thing is pretty pictures with no context, and that's absolutely not the case here. They delve into personalities of editors, design choices and the rationa Leggi tutto
It provides what it says it will offer, but comes from a very biased point of view. Keep that in mind while reading, but it still has a lot to offer and learn from!
awesome book! i am hooked first paragraph into the introduction. "[This book will pay] homage to the editors, photographers, writers and designers who built Vogue in the past and continue to build it today - the women and men, invisible to the readers but highly visible to the industry, behind each
I never took Vogue too seriously. I chose to be analphabetic reader: all I cared was their visual essays. But after reading its history, it gave a lot of valuable information about fashion journalism, running a succesful magazine and fashion history. I will never look at Vogue in the same way like b Leggi tutto
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