Versace

by Omar Calabrese and Gianni Versace

Gianni Versace is Italy's leading couturier and made headlines when he opened his sumptuous store in Bond Street in London which caters for the rich and famous, both male and female, from all over the... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1558595961
• ISBN13: 9781558595965
• Release Date: February 1993
• Publisher: Abbeville Press
• Length: 255 Pages
• Weight: 4.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 9.8" x 12.9"

Customer Reviews

Pure Eye Candy

with full length photos, detail shots, and eye popping color. In addition to clothing, the book is full of accessories such as shoes, belts, jewelry, and handbags.

From the Publisher

"The first English language monograph of Italy's great couturier, Versace/Signatures presents a kaleidoscopic array of the designer's best clothes for men and women, for dancers and singers and stars. Hundreds of full-color photographs document his work from recent years - the bright printed silks and painted tights, the bodices festooned with beads, the playful reappropriation of leather straps and chains - with an oocasional glance back to the pieces that first made Versace famous: the wide shoulders and supple leather jackets and metal mesh of the early '80s. The book, which was the companion volume to the triumphant 1992 New York show at the Fashion Institute of Technology, closes with a survey of his theatrical costumes and chronology of the designer's career. Versace's sources were everywhere, ranging from his mother, a seamstress 'who always made the sign of the cross before she cut into the fabric,' to the sophisticated forms of royal ancient Egypt and the rich variety of Russian folk costumes. Art Deco, Pop Art, and Op Art all served as springboards for his imagination, together with the tradtions of the Baroque and Rococo. All this is conveyed in powerful photographs by Irving Penn, Richard Avedon, Bruce Weber, Herb Ritts, and many others; and the book is peppered with witty quotes chosen from Wilde and Proust. In addition, there are comments on Versace's work by experts as diverse as art critic Ingrid Sischy, choreographer Maurice Bejart, director Robert Wilson, and fashion observers Anna Wintour, Polly Mellen, and Liz Tilberis."