- Hardcover: 272 pages
- Publisher: Abbeville Press (Mar 1 1994)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 1558598049
- ISBN-13: 978-1558598041
- Product Dimensions: 33.8 x 25.1 x 2.7 cm
- Shipping Weight: 2 Kg
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #924,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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From the theatrical to the whimsical, Gianni Versace's designs have something for everyone. On these pages, his sketches and finished works of haute couture, ready-to-wear, accessories, jewelry, and opera and ballet costumes as well as artworks created by and for Versace are interpreted by top photographers such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Bruce Weber. The pictures are accompanied by three very different kinds of writing: commentary by Hamish Bowles, Style Editor of American Vogue; a new short story by Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti, an Italian journalist and award-winning novelist; and a text by Lady Julia Trevelyan Oman.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A great Visual of one of the Greatest Designer EVER,
By A Customer
This review is from: Vanitas: Designs (Hardcover)
I am 14 years of age, and thought this book was excellent. Any Versace fan would love this. The book is so bright with beautiful Miami inspired colors, very artistic illustrations, and wonderful pictures of his great creative designs. Though this is only up to his 1994 designs, it shows many of his best of all time. In this book, there are pages of his designs, theater designs,and more. This book is great. You never get bored when either reading the few pages to read, or when you are looking at the pictures and illustrations. It is a must have for the fashion lover, especially for the Gianni fan.
5.0 out of 5 stars
A great Visual of one of the Greatest Designer EVER,
By A Customer
This review is from: Vanitas: Designs (Hardcover)
I am 14 years of age, and thought this book was excellent. Any Versace fan would love this. The book is so bright with beautiful Miami inspired colors, very artistic illustrations, and wonderful pictures of his great creative designs. Though this is only up to his 1994 designs, it shows many of his best of all time. In this book, there are pages of his designs, theater designs,and more. This book is great. You never get bored when either reading the few pages to read, or when you are looking at the pictures and illustrations. It is a must have for the fashion lover, especially for the Gianni fan.
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4.7 out of 5 stars (6 customer reviews) 8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Delightfully wonderful example of Gianni Versace's work,
By A Customer - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Vanitas: Designs (Hardcover)
This is my favorite book on Gianni Versace! It does an excellent job of showing excellent examples of the beautiful embellishments that make Versace what it is...SPECTACULAR. The art work is beautiful and the full color pictures are why this book is on my cofee table. It sums up Versace's work wonderfully!
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5.0 out of 5 stars
A BEAUTIFUL, BOLD, SOMETIMES BRASH COLLECTION,
By Gail Cooke - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Vanitas: Designs (Hardcover)
Gianni Versace - just the name brings to mind visions of high fashion, haute couture, incredibly beautiful fabrics swishing by on colt-like mannequins with arched eyebrows and the highest cheekbones. Vanitas: Designs is glamour between covers as it presents the designs, ready-to-wear, accessories, jewelry and costumes by Versace. The almost 300 folio-size, full-page startlingly colorful picturers are accompanied by texts penned by Hamish Bowles, Lady Julia Trevelyan Oman, Andre Leon Talley, and Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti. Quotes by Versace enliven the already quick paced commentary. The section on embroidery, from buttonholes to ball gowns, features garments decorated with threads of gold and silver, bugle beads, all reflecting Versace's eye for the imaginatively stunning. Here is a beautiful, bold, sometimes brash collection of some of the most opulent designs in our world of fashion. - Gail Cooke 2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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From the Publisher,
By Earl R. Sutton "earlsutton" - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: Vanitas: Designs (Hardcover)
"From the theatrical to the whimsical, Gianni Versace's designs have something for everyone. On these pages, his sketches and finished works of haute couture, ready-to-wear, accessories, jewelry, and opera and ballet costumes as well as artworks created by and for Versace are interpreted by top photographers such as Richard Avedon, Irving Penn, and Bruce Weber. The pictures are accompanied by three very different kinds of writing: commentary by Hamish Bowles, Style Editor of American Vogue; a new short story by Isabella Bossi Fedrigotti, an Italian journalist and award-winning novelist; and a text by Lady Julia Trevelyan Oman."
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