This slipcase presents the history of Chanel, from its beginning through the creative trilogy which made this brand famous: Fashion, Jewellery and Perfuume....

Book DescriptionElle magazine, leader in fashion and style, has compiled a tribute to the 1980s in a fun, informative and colorful book that will set one musing on what was en vogue in days past and influencing fashion a la mode....

Fifty or so artists with a different sensibility and a common determination: to be free of the middle-class ethics and its obsolete traditions. The Vienna Secession, founded in 1897, would shape a distinctive form of art in Vienna and all over the world....

The lure of the hunt, the thrill of the chase, that peerless moment of discovery when dream and ideal meet in a single object - this is the collector\'s world. To the collector, the world is her oyster, full of hidden pearls ready to be plucked and shown to greatest advantage among the other spoils of her obsession....

Azzedine Alaia\'s style is characterized by figure-hugging garments, black leather gauntlets, elaborate corsetry and an unmistakable focus on the female form. His popular, youthful style is reproduced in this book, illustrating his belief that \"the base of all fashion is the body\"....