MAD. Acquerelli, tempere, pastelli

John Esten
Universe Publishing

"Why Don't You . . . tie black tulle bows on your wrists?have a yellow satin bed entirely quilted in butterflies?remember how delicious champagne cocktails are after tennis or golf? Indifferent champagne can be used for these." For more than half a century, Diana Vreeland, doyenne of American fashion, beguiled, awed, astonished, and was adored by almost anyone who created or wore clothes. Irresistible and flamboyant, socialite Mrs. T. Reed Vreeland began her now legendary twenty-five-year tenure at "Harper's Bazaar writing a column of audacious advice: extravagant ideas that helped redefine American women and twentieth-century fashion. Her commentary created a fashion frenzy when it began appearing in "Harper's Bazaar in 1936. Her ideas were simultaneously stylish and outrageous, and have as much appeal today as they did decades ago. Here for the first time, John Esten has compiled one hundred of Mrs. Vreeland's kaleidoscopic "Why Don't You . . . ?" suggestions, and pairedthem with the breathtaking works of such renowned photographers and artists as Munkacsi, Dahl-Wolfe, Hoyningen-Heune, and Berard, which further capture the dazzling legacy of whimsy, elegance, and style of Mrs. Vreeland's "Bazaar years.

Enrico Marelli
Edizioni Metron

Chanel
Chanel

Oliver Saillard
Actes Sud- Hermès

Wolfgang Hageney
Edizioni Belvedere

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Paula Reed
Edizioni Charta

No one who loves hats can resist the wonderful tale of Philip Treacy, the Irish hatter. Born in County Galway to a large family (seven brothers and a sister), Treacy was taught to hold a sewing needle by his village school teacher. With the needle, he has gone on to free the hat from the dictums of fashions and trends, creating sculptures for the crown out of veils, feathers, artificial flowers, straw and gauze, as well as shadows and illusion. "I think and hope I have changed the way we look at hats," he reflects. "They are no longer symbols of conformity but highly individual acts of rebellion. I am constantly challenging the perception of what a hat should be and what role it should play."

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Ciarmoli Queda Studio

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Charta

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Assouline

Beginning with a small selection of frames salvaged from an estate sale in the late 1980s, Oliver Peoples has become synonymous with trendsetting in luxury optics. The golden age of Los Angeles, the golden hour on Sunset Boulevard, the mid-century modernism for which L.A. is so well known: These are the essential elements of the City of Angels's own luxury brand. Each frame is created in the design studio in West Hollywood, California, and handcrafted in Italy and Japan. With a wink to the worlds of fashion and film, Oliver Peoples is on the cutting edge of tastemaking

Victoria & Albert Museum. The national museum of art and design
Officine Grafiche Fratelli Stianti

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