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Author: Colin Mcdowell
Publisher: HarperCollins
Published: 2000-09-01
Total Pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9780060196844
DOWNLOAD EBOOKShowcases the works of revered shoe designer Manolo Blahnik, whose celebrity customers have made him famous, in a photographic tour that also includes images of his initial sketches, homes, factories, designs, and work spaces.
Author: Cristina Carrillo de Albornoz
Publisher: Rizzoli Publications
Published: 2017-03-28
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 0847858979
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThrough a playful series of alphabetical vignettes, Manolo Blahník reveals his ideas and inspirations in newly photographed examples of shoes and whimsical drawings. The shoes of Manolo Blahník have been called “magical totems of success and femininity” (The Guardian) and boast a cult following of devotees the world over. With their sleek elegance and distinctive fashion edge, “Manolos” are at once fascinating and timeless, their design a beautiful combination of chic, playfulness, and flair. This book explores the creativity and influences of this modern master through an alphabetical chronicle of the designer’s loves and inspiration. Blahník’s alphabet gives insight into the art and craftsmanship of shoemaking and includes whimsical musings on his relationships with figures such as Anna Piaggi, Loulou de la Falaise, and Diana Vreeland; the inspiration he draws from works by Goya, Zurbarán, Picasso, Barbara Hepworth, and Zaha Hadid; and his admiration for fellow designers such as Azzedine Alaïa, Balenciaga, and Yves Saint Laurent. These highly personal anecdotes—drawn from conversations between Blahník and the author and accompanied by original sketches and new photography—offer the reader a rare opportunity to learn the vision behind the shoes as told by a fashion legend. The book— which will accompany a traveling global exhibition— is introduced by an illustrated essay, which describes the designer’s illustrious forty-five-year career in the fashion industry.
Author: Manolo Blahnik
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2005-10-13
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780811851169
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLong before their supporting role in Sex and the City, Manolo Blahnik's shoes were legendary—exquisitely detailed, unabashedly luxurious, and impossibly sexy. The epitome of sophistication and taste, they have graced the feet of royalty, supermodels, and movie stars. In these breathtaking pictures by Blahnik's longtime friend, photographer Eric Boman, the shoes take center stage in a dazzling array of intriguing and often lighthearted scenes and settings. A white leather stiletto plays an incriminating role in a suggested crime worthy of Hitchcock. A pale green mule nestles among ferns in homage to Blahnik's recurring botanical themes. The straps of a sandal echo the strands of spaghetti in which it lays entwined. Boman's unerring eye and oddly keen understanding of Blahnik's creations make for spellbinding pictures, full of wit, playfulness, and sole. Elegant allusions to Blahnik's eclectic influences abound—from the cinema to history, from the natural world to art and literature. As covetable as a pair of Manolos, this is a book of consummate creativity, addictive power, and unrivaled individuality: a cult object on a cult designer.
Author: Suzy Menkes
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 191
ISBN-13: 9780500288856
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is organised thematically to express Manolo Blahnik's interests and passions - art history, architecture, film, including his renowned designs for Sofia Coppola's film Marie Antoinette, theatre and flora and fauna.
Author: Camilla Morton
Publisher: It Books
Published: 2011-11-01
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780061917301
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAbout the Fashion Fairy Tale Memoir Series Each book in this inspired series by fashion writer Camilla Morton inventively reimagines one of our favorite “Once Upon a Time” stories, blending it with the real-life story of a famed fashion designer. Lushly illustrated by the designers themselves, these tales illuminate each iconic individual’s creative magic while celebrating his unique life and career. The result is an intriguing combination of whimsy and memoir. In this contemporary twist on the tale of the Elves and the Shoemaker, Manolo BlahnÍk’s delightful drawings evoke the past, envision the future, and, of course, evidence the indelible footprint he’s made on fashion history. His illustrations take us from the banana plantations of his childhood to his current reign at the top of high-fashion footwear design, while playfully hinting at all the adventures he’s had and friends he’s met along the way.
Author: Clare Anthony
Publisher:
Published: 2012-10-13
Total Pages: 160
ISBN-13: 1937994015
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe last two decades have seen an explosion of creativity in footwear design. Sexy laced-up sandals, sky-high platform heels, and outrageously decorated shoes are seen on fashionable women everywhere, from the catwalk to the street.
Author: Manolo Blahnik
Publisher:
Published: 2009
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCollects together over 120 of the exquisite drawings Manolo Blahniks makes at the outset of the design process.
Author: Colin McDowell
Publisher: Macmillan
Published: 2007-08-21
Total Pages: 250
ISBN-13: 9780312375379
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLavishly illustrated with 120 color and black-and-white photos, this book takes a unique glimpse at the fashion evolution of Princess Diana, who emerged to become one of the most famous style icons of the 20th century.
Author: Michael Roberts
Publisher: Edition 7L
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9783865214485
DOWNLOAD EBOOKMichael Roberts' rich view of Sicily--its people, traditions, and landscape--permeates his photographic work far beyond his well-known work in the fashion world. Spanning two decades, Shot in Sicily traces Roberts' shifting vision of a sensual and ambiguous country. With an occasional nod to Baron Wilhelm von Gloeden's late nineteenth-century images of the Sicilian town of Taormina, and the films of Visconti and Bolognini, Roberts' sense of Sicily moves beyond conventional and touristic aesthetic categories. His camera captures the beauty of youth, crumbling temples, traditional Easter parades and the theater of daily life, and genuinely recreates the allure of Sicily. This monograph is designed by Roberts and features an epilogue/homage by designer Manolo Blahnik.
Author: Peter Schlesinger
Publisher:
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 128
ISBN-13: 9780500542835
DOWNLOAD EBOOK'A Chequered Past' guides reader with a wry eye through the artists’ studios, fashion shows, country houses and gay discos that made London such a magnet during the late 1960s and early 1970s. Schlesinger provides lengthy, entertaining captions that remind us why London was such a swinging and sometimes outrageous scene.
