Be-spoke : revelations from the world's most important fashion designers / Marylou Luther ; illustrated by Ruben Toledo ; foreword by Stan Herman ; afterwod by Rick Owens.
In her early days as a journalist, Luther met with the true legends of fashion-she interviewed Christian Dior in 1957 for the Chicago Tribune and visited Coco Chanel at her Rue Cambon atelier; Chanel proclaimed to Luther that "Only those with no memory insist on their originality. Yves Saint Laurent has excellent taste. The more he copies me, the better taste he displays." Flash forward to present day, and designer Demna Gvasalia told Luther, "Fashion needs to shut up and look at itself-it needs a minute of silence to adjust after the pandemic." Featuring Karl Lagerfeld, Virgil Abloh, Marc Jacobs, Azzedine Ala?a, Rei Kawakubo, Miuccia Prada, Thom Browne, and more, the book celebrates the designers with drawings by fashion's favourite illustrator, Ruben Toledo. His charming and vibrant renderings of these creative individuals, combined with inspiring and humorous text, makes this captivating book a must-have for fashion lovers everywhere.
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