Advance Information Robert Leach
The research process
Stephen Jones • Studio M • Maria Cornejo • Hand & Lock • Basso & Brooke Hannah Marshall • Stylesight • Rei Kawakubo
Research for Design
research and InspIraTIon
hIsTorIcal: Vintage Retro • The Language of Clothes Archive • Museums • arT as InspIraTIon: Surrealism • Trompe L’Oeil • Op Art UnIforms: Combat Uniform • Ceremonial Uniform • Tropical Uniform Camouflage The Trench Coat • herITage: Savile Row • Folk • World: Ikat Textiles • Africa
Robert Leach
West African Textiles • The Himalayas • Peru • archITecTUre and fashIon: Architecture: Design Case Study • naTUre and scIence: Nature • Science
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Wonderland • denIm and WorkWear: Denim • Workwear • Designer Denim sporTWear: Sportswear Graphics • Ski wear • ZeITgeIsT • fIlm sTyle Icons: The mUse • sTreeT sTyle • concepT-led desIgn: Street Clothes • Narrative • Travel • Found Research • [Childhood] • Memory Rhythm • Form • fabrIc manIpUlaTIon: Drape
For students and professionals, fashion design is a process of investigating, understanding context and constantly questioning what you are doing and why. This comprehensive survey presents the work of a wide range of designers, from Coco Chanel to Alexander McQueen, to explore the innumerable different areas of inspiration and research upon which they draw, from such historical examples as Christian Dior’s ‘New Look’ to traditional textiles from around the world, as seen in John Galliano’s Peruvian-inspired collection of 2005. This visually comprehensive book is an invaluable resource for anyone in the world of fashion, and will be key reading for students and designers alike. coloUr • sTrUcTUre
desIgner case sTUdIes: VIsUal reVIeWs
Burberry • Hussein Chalayan • Chanel • Comme des Garçons
Christian Dior • John Galliano • John Paul Gaultier • Marc Jacobs • Ralph Lauren Alexander McQueen • Prada • Viktor & Rolf • Junya Watanabe Vivienne Westwood • Yohji Yamamoto
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• An essential resource for visual research in fashion design. • A series of detailed case studies investigates the research process in the work of designers such as Paul Smith, Comme des Garçons and Anna Sui, among others. • Subjects covered include vintage and retro, the use of archives and the influence of art movements such as op art and surrealism. • A foreword by Shelley Fox, head of MA studies at Parsons in New York, provides an insightful introductory note.
THE FASHION RESOURCE BOOK
The Fashion Resource Book
The Research Process • Maison Martin Margiela • Paul Smith • Anna Sui
Spine 17.5mm
Provisional Publication August 2012 179mm
Extent 208pp Size 23.0 x 17.7cm Illustrations 440 illustrations, 333 in colour Binding Paperback Price £18.95 ISBN 978 0 500 290354
Contents
The Research Process • Maison Martin Margiela • Paul Smith • Anna Sui • Stephen Jones • Studio M • Maria Cornejo • Hand & Lock • Basso & Brooke • Hannah Marshall • Stylesight • Rei Kawakubo • Research and Inspiration: Historical • Art as Inspiration • Heritage • World • Architecture and Fashion • Nature and Science • Denim and Workwear • Sportswear • Zeitgeist • Film Style Icons • Street Style • Concept-led Design • Fabric Manipulation • Colour • Structure • Designer Cast Studies: Visual Reviews Burberry • Hussein Chayalan • Chanel • Commes des Garçons • Christian Dior • John Galliano • John Paul Gaultier • Marc Jacobs • Ralph Lauren • Alexander McQueen • Prada • Viktor & Rolf • Junya Watanabe • Vivienne Westwood • Yohji Yamamoto Author
Robert Leach teaches fashion at the University of Westminster and Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in London.
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Advance Information Jewelry by Chanel Patrick Mauriès Coco Chanel’s passion for fabulous jewels, for exceptional stones, for improbable marvels, produced pieces that were unparalleled in their insistence on luxury and refinement. Drawing inspiration from tradition, Chanel was never the slave of everyday formulas or mere market values. Yet she reinvented tradition in the most arresting and modern jewelry pieces, based on her love of colours, as well as her assured command of austere classical beauty. Chanel was a creature of contrasts: there was the Chanel of the most sumptuous baroque, of rococo mirrors and dazzling, playful, unrestrained jewelry; and there was the Chanel of the utmost restraint, of classicism à la française. Out of this dialogue between ostentation and austerity, the jewelry that Chanel created throughout her long career has been celebrated in many revivals of her exceptional taste. From the direct re-creations of the 1932 Collection to the newest interpretations of comets and stars, plumes and feathers, and Chanel’s signature flower, the camellia, this book is true to the spirit of her enterprise. Classic images from the archives combine with exciting new photography to bring old and new together.
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• A glorious celebration of eighty years of Chanel jewelry from the iconic 1932 designs to the new 2012 anniversary collection. • Patrick Mauriès’s text is based on close archival research and interviews with Chanel’s colleagues and other witnesses to her life and career.
Provisional Publication October 2012
Extent 272pp Size 30.5 x 23.2cm Illustrations 148 illustrations Binding Hardback Price £75.00 ISBN 978 0 500 516287
• Features dazzling new photography of the jewels as well as iconic and lesser-known images from the archives, including images by such greats as André Kertesz, Robert Bresson and Man Ray. Contents
The Art of Jewelry • 1932 and After • Byzantium and Baroque • Pearls • The Modern Elements • Return to Innocence Author
Patrick Mauriès is a writer, publisher and collector. He founded the publishing house Le Promeneur in 1981, and later, with the Italian publisher Franco Maria Ricci, helped to create the prestigious journal FMR. Author of previous monographs on Valentino, Christian Lacroix and other great couturiers, he is recognized as one of the most perceptive and knowledgeable writers on the world of fashion.
11 April 2012
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Advance Information The New Jewelers Desirable | Collectable | Contemporary
Olivier Dupon
The
New Jewelers Ol i v i e r D u p on
Jewelry has long been an accessory attributed with talismanic power and significance. Its appeal remains wide, crossing all boundaries of culture, age, body size and gender. In this beautiful new book, Olivier Dupon introduces over 100 of the finest modern jewelers practising today. Featuring both up-and-coming and established designers, the book is divided into nine categories inspired not by traditional jewelry typology, but by style and look. The book showcases fine jewelry, fashion jewelry, luxe jewelry, conceptual jewelry, and much much more. Rough stones appear with exquisitely faceted gems; organic forms vie with geometric structures; feathers and leather take their place next to platinum and diamonds. Complete with short, informative profiles and useful contact details for the designers, as well as a listing of recommended shops, this publication offers a wealth of inspiring material and is a must for any aficionado of jewelry, design or craft.
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• A cutting-edge, wide-ranging and richly illustrated introduction to more than 100 master jewelers practising worldwide today. • The follow-up book from the author of the highly successful The New Artisans (ISBN 978 0 500 515853). • Will resonate with a public currently hugely interested in jewelry, style and fashion: the Garance Doré website receives 70,000 hits a day, Style Bubble gets 35,000, and The Sartorialist 1.3 million. • Every form of jewelry featured: rings, earrings, bracelets, brooches and necklaces as well as more avant-garde pieces such as ear cuffs, headpieces and chestplates.
Provisional Publication September 2012
Extent 288pp Size 25.0 x 19.5cm Illustrations Over 800 colour illustrations Binding Hardback Price £24.95 ISBN 978 0 500 516294
• Profiles and contact details for 108 designers – a mix of the up-andcoming and the established – gathered from all over the world. • Over 800 mainly colour photographs displaying the jewelry and including portraits of designers at work as well as shots of sketches, works in progress, studios and boutiques. Contents
Introduction • Viva Glam • Metal Alchemy • The Neo-Classics • Cool Luxury • Sculptural Bliss • The Delectables • The Hip Pack • The Virtuosos • The Avant-Gardists Author
Olivier Dupon is the proprietor of his own boutique and writes a popular blog, Dossier37.tumblr.com. He is author of The New Artisans, also published by Thames & Hudson. 22 March 2012
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Advance Information The Perfect Gentleman The Pursuit of Timeless Elegance and Style in London the p erfect gentlem A n
James Sherwood
The Pursuit of Timeless Elegance and Style in London JA m e S She rWO O D
This lavish publication celebrates the gentleman’s search for the perfect sartorial detail, the ideal accessory, or beautiful gift for a loved one. Presented through the eyes of a connoisseur looking for quality and bepoke goods in London’s key stylistic historic periods, it tells the stories of the personalities, shop-keepers and mastercraftsmen who have animated the business of luxury goods for centuries. The book is arranged chronologically in six chapters, each followed by three or four profiles of British luxury marques. A reference section presents the London gentleman’s social world, from the shopping arcades to classic hotels and the member’s clubs and antiquarians in between. This is the perfect book for the man who has everything.
Provisional Publication October 2012
Extent 224pp
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• A lavishly illustrated celebration of the makers and marques behind the world’s most enduring objects of desire. • Enormous popular interest in bespoke and high-quality products has led to a renaissance in the British luxury goods trade, and in particular ‘heritage houses’, in recent years. • Resonates with iconic names, brands and places, from John Lobb, Smythson and Penhaligon’s to James Smith & Sons and Garrard. • Features in-depth profiles of historical marques that explore their enduring appeal and exclusive status, as well as showcasing the new generation of British craftsmen and women.
Size 34.5 x 27.5cm Illustrations 294 illustrations, 238 in colour Binding Hardback Price £40.00 ISBN 978 0 500 516317
• The author has been given access to private archives and previously unpublished material. • Specially commissioned photography and lavish photo spreads provide a rich visual insight into the companies and their crafts. • A companion volume to James Sherwood’s Savile Row. Contents 1. Restoration London: Monarchy, Gallantry & Debauchery (1660–1789) • 2. Regency London: Fashion, Revolution & Social Ascent (1789–1837) • 3. Victorian London: Empire, Affluence & Ingenuity (1837–80) • 4. Edwardian London: Pleasure, Excess & Ostentation (1880–1914) • 5. London Between Two Wars: Modernism, Frivolity & Chic (1914–45) • 6. London’s New Elizabethan Age: Austerity, Optimism & Energy (1940 – Today)
Author
James Sherwood has co-presented the BBC’s fashion coverage of Royal Ascot since 2004, and co-presented coverage of the Royal Wedding in 2011. He is the author of Savile Row and Fashion at Royal Ascot. 11 April 2012
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Advance Information Remake It: Clothes
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The essential guide to resourceful living With over 500 tricks, tips and inspirational designs
Henrietta Thompson Illustrations by Neal Whittington
Henrietta Thompson Illustrations by Neal Whittington An encyclopedia of life skills, smart ideas and great design, Remake It: Clothes blends inspiration, entertainment and hands-on ‘know how’ in equal measure, producing a wealth of almost-forgotten ‘word-of-mouth’ skills, step-by-step projects to create new clothes from old and accessories from found materials, plus design examples from celebrated international designers, to show what can be created with a ‘Remake It’ philosophy. With over 500 illustrations, 250 of which have been specially commissioned for the book, and featuring introductory essays on the history and context of recycling clothes in the fashion industry, as well as tips on vintage clothing, storage and caring for your clothes, Remake It: Clothes draws together global trends, traditional practices and modern innovations into a harmonious and life-enriching guide.
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• The ultimate antidote to fast-fashion wastefulness: an indispensable, inspirational and practical reference for being resourceful by designing the clothes and accessories that you wear. • Building on the international success of Remake It: Home (ISBN 978 0500 514849), this is the second volume of the ‘Remake It’ series. • Save money, save the planet, stay stylish: the ‘Remake It’ series chimes with today’s consumer and design trends of environmental awareness and cost-consciousness.
Clothes
The essential guide to resourceful living With over 500 tricks, tips and inspirational designs
Provisional Publication August 2012
Extent 272pp Size 21.0 x 17.0cm Illustrations c.500 illustrations in colour and black and white Binding PLC Price £16.95 ISBN 978 0 500 516324
• Will empower and inspire an international, style-conscious audience preoccupied with environmental concerns and fed up with consumerism. Contents Introduction: A brief history of dressmaking at home; Figleaves to Fendi: remaking in fashion; Clothes as an investment: what to cut up and what not to cut up • 1. Womenswear: Tops, dresses, skirts, trousers, blouses, leggings, lingerie, shorts, scarves and nightdresses • 2. Menswear: Shorts, cutoffs, shirts, trousers, ties, hats, jackets, vests, overalls and braces • 3. Everyone: Jeans, trousers, T-shirts, shorts, gilets, vests, tracksuits, socks, ponchos and slippers • 4. Accessories: Belts, buckles, keyrings, hats, gloves, leg warmers, slippers, bags, flip-flops, bow ties and earmuffs • 5. Children and Pets: Bags, coats, jumpers, balaclavas, fancy dress, pinafores, aprons, T-shirts, bibs, hats, blouses, skirts and pompoms • Fabric Files • Storage and Care • Further Reading
Author
Henrietta Thompson’s previous books include Remake It: Home and Simply Contemporary, both published by Thames & Hudson. Neal Whittington is a London-based freelance illustrator and designer, and proprietor of online store ‘Present & Correct’. 22 March 2012
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Advance Information Fashion Spectacles, Spectacular Fashion
MURRAY & ALBRECHTSEN
Eyewear Styles and Shapes from Vintage to 2020
Simon Murray and Nicky Albrechtsen The 20th century marked a turning point in spectacle design. Eyewear, which had previously been classed as purely functional, was transformed into an ultra-chic fashion accessory. This irresistible sourcebook features vintage glasses of all shapes, styles and sizes – the very best of 20th- and 21st-century spectacle design. It is based on Simon Murray’s amazing collection, built up over decades of avid collecting from optometrists, markets and antique shops across the globe. The book also includes futuristic eyewear, thus extending the timespan of the collection into the 2020s and beyond.
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• A visual journey through the history of 20th- and 21st-century eyewear design – a rich source of inspiration for collectors and wearers of spectacles, as well as designers, stylists and fashion lovers of all kinds. • Classic shots of fashion icons such as Marilyn Monroe, Elvis Presley and Princess Diana provide context and a touch of glamour.
Provisional Publication October 2012
Extent 240pp Size 24.0 x 27.0cm Illustrations 275 illustrations, 260 in colour Binding Hardback
• Simon Murray’s previously unpublished spectacle collection is arguably the largest and most intriguing in the world.
Price £28.00
• Features specially commissioned photographs by Drew Gardner.
ISBN 978 0 500 516355
• Comes complete with information on where to find and collect vintage spectacles, advice on conservation, and a visual timeline of key shapes of the modern period. Contents
Preface • Introduction • A New Era • The Twenties • The Thirties • The Forties • The Fifties • The Sixties • The Seventies • The Eighties • The Nineties • The Twenty-first Century and Beyond Author
Simon Murray’s spectacle collection is one of the largest private collections in the world. He has provided glasses for movies from Batman to Indiana Jones and for movie stars from Sean Connery to Tom Cruise. Nicky Albrechtsen is a costume designer and the proprietor of the Vintage Resource Studio in Brick Lane, London, which sources inspirational vintage clothing for fashion, textile and costume designers. She is the author of The Printed Square and (with Fola Solanke) Scarves, both published by Thames & Hudson. 28 March 2012
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Advance Information Digital Visions for Fashion and Textiles
sarah e braddock clarke + jane harris
Made in Code
Sarah E. Braddock Clarke and Jane Harris This insightful and richly illustrated book examines the way in which the rapid advances in computer technology have had an incalculable effect on the fashions we wear. The revolutionary leaps forward that have occurred in the fashion and textile industries have heralded a move away from the tailor’s cutting-table to designs that are digitally printed at the touch of a button. Drawing on the publishing success of Techno Textiles and Sports Tech by the same author, Digital Visions for Fashion and Textiles presents twentytwo of the most forward-thinking and technologically advanced creatives in the fashion and textile sectors, bookended by two extensive essays that examine the past and future of digital design in fashion and textiles.
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• An exploration of the incredible advances in computer-aided design and its revolutionary impact in the fields of fashion and textiles. • Features profiles of 22 of the most important and cutting-edge designers in digital design, presented in the context of the technology employed in creating their fashion-forward fabric designs. • Includes essential list of key biographies, directory of addresses, bibliography, glossary and list of exhibitions and trade events.
DIGITAL VISIONS FOR FASHION + TEXTILES made in code
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Provisional Publication September 2012
Extent 240pp Size 29.0 x 20.2cm Illustrations c.350 colour illustrations Binding Hardback Price £35.00 ISBN 978 0 500 516447
• The perfect resource for young designers, computer boffins, technological wizards – anyone looking for an exhaustive yet entertaining exploration of computer technology and its impact on textile design. • Photographs show the complete design process, from digital patterns to catwalk shots of the finished article. Contents Introduction; Digitally Implicit (The Look of Code, Material Code, Digital Imaginings); Designers in Code: Nuno, Vibeke Riisberg, Issey Miyake, Peter Struycken, Prada, Hussein Chalayan, Hil Driessen, Jane Harris, Simon Thorogood, Savithri Bartlett, Nancy Tilbury, Daniel Brown, C. E. B. Reas, Jakob Schlaepfer, Jonathan Saunders, Sonja Weber, Michiko Koshino, Basso & Brooke, Joshua Davis, Louise Goldin, Tom Gallant, Iris Van Herpen; The Future of Digital Pasts; Biographies and histories, Bibliography, Directory, Glossary, Exhibitions and trade events.
Author
Sarah E. Braddock Clarke is a lecturer and the author of numerous books on advanced textiles, including Techno Textiles and Sports Tech, both published by Thames & Hudson. Jane Harris is a professor of Digital Imaging Design at Kingston University, Surrey. 22 March 2012
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Advance Information Textiles The Art of Mankind
Mary Schoeser This major new work comprises more than 1,000 images that highlight the beauty, subtlety, simplicity or complexity of textiles created around the world. The juxtaposition of historical and contemporary examples highlights the skill and imagination of textile designers throughout history, as well as the remarkable range of achievements. Thematic illustrated sections present in-depth knowledge and sweeping insights into the role textiles have played throughout all human civilization, and illuminate the ways in which structure or surface decoration or embellishment enhance this most tactile of arts. With a definitive text by Mary Schoeser, drawing together knowledge gathered over a liftime of immersion in the textile arts, no other book in the vast literature on the subject has so comprehensively celebrated the spectacular and enduring appeal of textiles.
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• A large-format, sumptuous publication on the history of the textile arts: this is the one book that all lovers of textiles will covet. • Hundreds of detailed images and highly informed captions illustrate the variety and allure of textile materials, as well as their possible manipulations and surface treatments. • Informative descriptions of the textiles include histories of private collections and underscore the importance of context for appreciating the exquisite detail of fabric and cloth, with emphasis on geometric, abstract, natural and pictorial imagery.
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Provisional Publication October 2012
Extent 568pp Size 28.0 x 23.0cm Illustrations 1,100 colour illustrations Binding Hardback Price £60.00 ISBN 978 0 500 516454
• An extensive resource section provides valuable information about museum and textile associations around the world. Contents
I. Impact • II. Ingredients • III. Structure: Non-tensioned Techniques; Looping & Twisting; Weaving • IV. Surface: Insertions; Embroidery; Painting & Printing • V. Added Dimensions: Pleating & Folding; Cutting & Stitching; Elaborations • VI. Imagery: Content; Identity; Narrative • Resources • Further Reading Author
Mary Schoeser is Senior Research Fellow at the University of the Arts, London, and Honorary President of the UK Textile Society. Schoeser is currently organizing major forthcoming textile exhibitions for the Fashion and Textile Museum in London, and the Design Museum at the University of California Davis. Her previous books include World Textiles: A Concise History, Silk and Disentangling Textiles. 11 April 2012
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Advance Information Kylie / Style Kylie Minogue in Fashion
Kylie Minogue and William Baker 2012 marks 25 years since Kylie Minogue burst onto the world music scene. Eleven studio albums, a host of number one singles and a string of industry awards later, her status as a self-reinventing style icon is undisputable. In her wide-ranging career she has worked with practically every major fashion designer in the world: this exceptionally well produced book reveals and revels in those groundbreaking collaborations. Packed with iconic images as well as the very best rare and unseen archival photography, video outtakes, fashion sketches, designs and ephemera from Kylie’s archives, it will be a collector’s item for fashionistas and fans worldwide.
Extent 224pp
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• The ultimate celebration of cultural icon, musical superstar, trendsetter and Vogue cover girl in all her glorious guises. • Showcases extensive material from each of Kylie’s key periods, arranged in chronological order, whether Kylie as geisha/manga superheroine in her ‘Impossible Princess’ era, ingenue in gold hot pants for ‘Light Years’, or Grecian winged messenger for ‘Aphrodite’. • In addition to coverage of music shoots and tour costumes, awe-inspiring red-carpet shots and photo-shoot images appear in full colour. • Includes specially written texts by all of the most important designers and stylists with whom Kylie has worked. Additional commentary is provided by Kylie herself, as is a specially written afterword. • Features all the great fashion houses of our time, including Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, John Galliano and Pucci, as well as cutting-edge designers such as Gareth Pugh, Richard Nicoll, Christopher Kane, Mark Fast, Mrs Jones and Giles Deacon. Author
With worldwide record sales of around 70 million, a Grammy, a Brit and numerous ARIA awards, Kylie Minogue is a truly international superstar and one of the biggest selling Australian solo artists of all time. She has appeared in countless fashion magazines, from The Face to Vanity Fair. In 2008 she was awarded both the OBE at Buckingham Palace and the Ordre des Arts et des Lettres in France. William Baker is Kylie’s creative director. He is also a fashion designer, stylist, author and theatre director, and has collaborated on a number of fashion-based projects for Björk, Tricky, Jay Kay (Jamiroquai) and Garbage. 29 March 2012
Provisional Publication October 2012
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Size 32.0 x 24.0cm Illustrations c. 400 illustrations in colour and black and white Binding Hardback Price £24.95 ISBN 978 0 500 516652
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Advance Information India Fantastique Fashion (Volume I); Interiors (Volume II)
Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla Abu Jani and Sandeep Khosla have built a 25-year partnership that has included designing for India’s leading actors and actresses, working with directors on costumes for epic Bollywood films, and building a brand that exudes luxury, artistry and Indian tradition. Known both for their fashion creations for men and women and for interior design, their reputation extends far beyond India: many international celebrities wear Jani-Khosla creations, among them Dames Judi Dench and Maggie Smith, Sophie Marceau and Sarah Brown. Stylishly packaged in a slipcase, this two volume publication is an unparalleled showcase of the designer duo’s exuberant fashion and interiors. Paramount in both books is Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla’s rediscovery and revivification of once moribund traditional crafts, and the glorious ways in which they make use of local artisans and reinvent their heritage by redeploying Indian antiques, artefacts and vintage textiles. This publication – packed with substance as well as style – is a sumptuous fanfare for a whole new world of high fashion. It is sure to become a collectible.
Extent Fashion: 368pp Interiors: 248pp Size 32.0 x 25.0cm
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• Dazzling showcase of fashion and interior designs to mark Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla’s twenty-five years in the fashion industry. • Two spectacular books in one slipcase: beautifully designed and produced, with hundreds of specially commissioned photographs. • Fashion presents eleven chapters of Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla’s stunning fashion designs, followed by two chapters of breathtaking details, encompassing their specialities chikan (whitework) and zardozi (gold thread embroidery). Interiors presents fifteen interiors, ranging from the duo’s own homes in Mumbai and the Himalayas to a monumental private house in New Delhi, a gloriously over-the-top apartment in London and a flamboyant wedding venue in Hyderabad. • Both books feature prefaces and appearances by luminaries of Bollywood, Hollywood and Indian high society, including Nita Ambani, Usha Mittal, Amitabh and Jaya Bachchan, Dame Judi Dench, Shah Rukh Khan, Hrithik Roshan and Dimple Kapadia. • Texts by writer Gayatri Sinha explain the backgrounds to Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla’s success in both fashion and interiors, complemented by numerous photographs from the duo’s private albums. Author
Abu Jani Sandeep Khosla are widely known throughout India. Their clothing designs have also been stocked in prestigious stores worldwide, including Harrods and Harvey Nichols in London, and Bergdorf Goodman and Neiman Marcus in New York. 23 March 2012
Provisional Publication August 2012
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Illustrations Fashion: 402 illustrations, 300 in colour Interiors: 167 illustrations, 162 in colour Binding Slipcased hardbacks Price £95.00 ISBN 978 0 500 970362
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