THE MR PORTER PAPERBACK

The first volume of The Manual for a Stylish Life is a thorough compendium filled with knowledge and insight for the modern man. Compiled by MR PORTER's Editor-in-Chief Mr Jeremy Langmead, this paperback explores our favourite style icons, profiles well-known men from across the globe, and offers advice on everything from fashion to the best way to dance at a wedding. Since we don't do things by halves, the cover has been crafted using traditional letterpress printing methods and comes with a silk ribbon bookmark.

MRPORTER.COM Priced at £20

Vivienne Westwood launches 100 Days of Active Resistance book

In 2010 Vivienne Westwood Anglomania, in collaboration with Lee Jeans, launched the 100 Days of Active Resistance online installation. Every day for 100 days, one image representing the idea of Active Resistance was selected from worldwide submissions and shared online, and now the complete collection is shown in this new book. The book is priced at £25 and is available now in Vivienne Westwood stores in the UK and via the brand's website. All proceeds from the book sales will be donated to Cool Earth, the charity dedicated to saving the rainforest and stopping Climate change.


http://www.viviennewestwood.co.uk/

http://www.activeresistance.co.uk/

http://www.coolearth.org/

Jimmy Choo XV Book - NOW AVAILABLE

In conjunction with the brand's 15th Anniversary Jimmy Choo has produced a limited edition coffee table book, JIMMY CHOO XV.


http://www.jimmychoo.com/
 
 

 
 

 

 

AZZARO book launch

Abandoning a career as an academic, French designer Loris Azzaro arrived in Paris and opened his first shop in the 1960s.  Perhaps best known for designing non-couture clothes for such stars as Raquel Welch and Sophia Loren, he also created signature perfumes. On the occasion of the house's fifth anniversary, Assouline is pleased to present, Loris Azzaro, an illustrated retrospective of the iconic luxury brand.

Azzaro was created in the image of its founder, Loris Azzaro, a Sicilian born in Tunisia, always tanned and sensual. Azzaro is the quintessential sun-infused brand of the Mediterranean. Fluid fabrics, vibrant and frank colors, Mediterranean blue, green, white are the timeless characteristics of Azzaro couture. From 1968 on, Loris Azzaro created flowing, sexy and glamorous customized gowns for evening parties and hobnobbing among the “happy few” of the planet, from the yacht bridge to the poolside of the jet-set. Seduction and glamor are an inherent part of the Azzaro image, resulting from a relationship to the body founded on
freedom - the freedom of mind and body that marked the 1970s, a transgressive decade with no restrictions, where avant-garde fashion and photography celebrated bareness.
















Beyond fashion, Azzaro has, from its inception and continually to this day, incarnated a chic and jet-setting life style, synonymous with present-day luxury. This art of living gave birth to the powerful Azzaro brand expressed through a universal and assertive male dimension in fragrances and men's ready-to-wear fashions and also through resplendent women's fashions and eagerly expected scents.






Jéromine Savignon is a fashion historian and the author of the Assouline editions Jean-Louis Scherrer, Cacharel le Liberty, and L’Esprit Vionnet. She participates regularly in the research of the Institut d’histoire du temps present at the Centre national de la recherche scientifique, and in 2005, she presented “L’image révélée, signature d’une marque” at the Centre Pompidou in Paris during the symposium “Les années soixante: le temps des micro-modes.” Highly attuned to attitudes in contemporary fashion and
marketing, she has consulted for Yves Saint Laurent, Chanel, Vionnet, Cacharel, and L’Oréal Division Luxe.

Azzaro is available for purchase at ASSOULINE Boutiques worldwide and through http://www.assouline.com/

Jimmy Choo launches coffee table book to celebrate 15th Anniversary

In conjunction with the brand’s 15th Anniversary, Jimmy Choo will release a coffee table book this October entitled, JIMMY CHOO XV, published by Rizzoli. With a foreword by fashion journalist Colin McDowell and introduction by Tamara Mellon, Jimmy Choo Founder and Chief Creative Officer, JIMMY CHOO XV chronicles the 15 most significant shoes from the company’s archives. The book comprises imagery shot by photographers such as Mario Testino and Terry Richardson, editorial from the world’s top fashion magazines, paparazzi shots from the red carpet, design studio sketches and behind the scenes photography. The book is divided into eight chapters, each focusing on the signature design and recognisable themes that have helped to define the brand. For example, Chapter One reflects on the celebrity icons that have helped define the brand, and highlights the ‘Feather’ shoe worn by Carrie Bradshaw in Sex and the City. From 26 October, JIMMY CHOO XV will be launched exclusively in Jimmy Choo stores worldwide with a deluxe edition featuring a snakeskin print embossed slipcase. The book will be available in fine booksellers worldwide from February 2012 and the company will donate one hundred percent of its revenues from the sale of the book to charitable trust, the Jimmy Choo Foundation. Suggested retail price for the deluxe edition is £60/$95/€70.


http://www.jimmychoo.com/



Source:Diary Directory

That woman..... That Dress!

A dress designed by Roland Mouret was the inspiration of the Anne Sebba book which is the first biography about Wallis Simpson. The book talks of her thoughts, her love of jewellery and of course clothes. It goes on to mention her insecurities and how she hid behind clothes and how she knew the power of them. I was lucky enough to be invited along  to the Net A Porter Offices to spend an evening with Roland and and Anne to talk book and of course That dress!









The book is a great read and you really go into the life of the Duchess.... Well done Anne Who was also lucky enough to be wearing the dress on the evening....









Verdict: 10 out of 10


Out now!