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Androgyne: Fashion and Gender by Patrick Mauries
80.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
In January 2011, Jean Paul Gaultier's haute couture runway show ended with the image of a willowy blonde bride in a diaphanous gown. The bride was a man, and one of the first models to walk for both men's and women's collections. The event marked the start of a trend. "This ad is gender neutral," procla ...Show more
Fashion Quotes: Stylish Wit and Catwalk Wisdom by Patrick Mauries
27.99 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
The fashion world has long been celebrated for its scintillating salon wit. The sharpest tongues and quickest repartee have always sprung from the lips of fashion royalty. From Oscar Wilde to Miuccia Prada, fashion's words of wisdom have become our daily bread. Fashion Quotes presents hundreds of the sn ...Show more
Fauna The Art of Jewelry by Patrick Mauries;Evelyne Posseme
35.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles | Reading Level: very good
The animal kingdom has been a source of inspiration for jewelers since the days of antiquity. Chosen for their symbolism, beauty, or personality, a whole menagerie of creatures has been depicted in gemstones and precious metals, ranging from fantastical dragons, griffins, and sphinxes to wild beasts suc ...Show more
Fornasetti - Practical Madness by Patrick Mauries
100.00 AUD
Category: Design
A new evaluation of one of the most inventive designers of the twentieth century Piero Fornasetti was a master of the decorative imagination. His motifs conjure up the illusionism of Arcimboldo, the grand architectural fantasies of Piranesi and Palladio, and something of the wit of ...Show more
Jewelry by Chanel by Patrick Mauries
130.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
Coco Chanel's passion for fabulous jewels, for exceptional stones, for improbable marvels, produced pieces were unparalleled in their insistence on luxury and refinement. Drawing inspiration from tradition, Chanel was never the slave of everyday formulas or mere market values. Yet she reinvented traditi ...Show more
Karl Lagerfeld: a Life in Houses by Patrick Mauriès; Marie Kalt, Patrick Mauries
150.00 AUD
Category: Interior Design
The first publication dedicated to Karl Lagerfeld's glamorous homes, known for their eclectic interiors, ranging from the Art Deco to the ultramodern. While Karl Lagerfeld was famous for being at the very centre of the fashion industry for over half a century, he was equally opinionated when it came to ...Show more
Louis Vuitton - The Spirit of Travel by Patrick Mauries
55.00 AUD
Category: No Category
From Second French Empire pageantry to the brand's Far East launch; from the classic LV travel chest to Nicolas Ghesquieres' trunk-inspired collection; and from the house's emblematic monogram, to recent creations merging it with daring designs from contemporary artists, this volume tells the story of L ...Show more
Maison Goossens: Haute Couture Jewelry by Patrick Mauries
80.00 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
Goossens is one of the most prestigious names in haute couture jewelry of the last half century. Robert Goossens worked with Coco Chanel in the 1950s, and went on to design jewelry for the worlds foremost fashion houses, pursuing notable collaborations with Balenciaga, Gres, and Yves Saint Laurent. As w ...Show more
The World According to Christian Dior by Mauries Patrick
24.99 AUD
Category: Fashion & Textiles
An elegant collection of Christian Dior's maxims on style, women and inspiration, presented in a fashionable gift format. Credited with creating some of the most luxurious and spectacular haute couture pieces of all time, Christian Dior became a fashion icon overnight in 1947 with the launch of his 'New ...Show more
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