Anamorfosis

SPECIAL KINDS OF PHOTOGRAPHY. Fifty contemporary, cutting-edge photo-graphers open our eyes to the magical artificiality embraced by fashion photography today: chronicling the very processes of fashion, fashion photography is like fashion itself - it celebrates the immediate, the frivolous and the ephemeral. The striking images in this book playfully flirt with superficiality as readily as they take on the more established aesthetic conventions of art photography. Ingrained with paradox and contradiction fashion photography mirrors the moods and desired of the moment. And more:...

Mediante el análisis de la figura del dandi en Baudelaire, la circulación de imágenes de moda en la prensa femenina del siglo XIX o las exhibiciones en museos, estos textos abordan la moda desde diversas perspectivas, como un factor fundamental que moldea tanto la historia colectiva como la de los individuos. Valerie Steele –doctora en historia, curadora del Museo del Fashion Institute of Technology de Nueva York y referente ineludible de los Estudios de Moda– explora aquí el espacio que ocupan la moda y sus imágenes en el consumo, en la cultura urbana, en la literatura y en el arte. ...

Being comfortable in your clothes is important, but how you feel underneath them may matter even more. Slipping on lingerie can transform the mundane daily routine of getting dressed into a quietly luxurious experience. Lingerie is a chic guide to fashion's most exquisite undergarments, offering impeccable advice on fit, style, and fabric as well as profiles of the most celebrated lingerie designers. Small enough to toss into a handbag and take shopping, this book is your key to discovering the crème de la crème of the lingerie world.