Arts, Design & Photography

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Gerard Koeppel's City on a Grid: How New York Became New York is a fascinating and curious story that takes us back through time to the early beginnings of the city called Nieuw Amsterdam

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Footprint serves as both a personal journey for its authors as well as a chronicle of designers whose focus is on one of the most coveted of accessories for most women: shoes.

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Bejewelled Treasures offers a bit of exotica . . .”

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What perplexes most is that if an author is going to immerse herself in a subject, why can’t she be fluent with the language and vocabulary of that topic?  

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This is such an elegant and luscious book for the mind and the heart.

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It has often been asked whether Haute Couture is an art, but rarely has that question been applied to or asked of Haute Coiffure—that is if you even knew there was such a category of hair/hairdress

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What is so remarkable about books such as this one is that their titles are often misleading and always highly subjective.

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“The degree of media, materials, and forms presented is truly extraordinary.”

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The contents of Clive Arrowsmith: Fashion, Beauty & Portraits are nothing short of breathtaking.

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NY Journal of Books just reviewed Fashion: A Timeline in Photographs: 1850 to Today and Fashion Plates should have been its predecessor as it details in chronological ord

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In 1962 Joel Meyerowitz was a junior art director at a New York City advertising agency.

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Fine art photography is driven by concepts.

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“One zip and you’re glamorous!”

In a word: BRAVO!

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it is pretty safe to say that the brand and the designer, Christian Dior, have had more ink devoted to them than any other brand or designer within the world of international fashion.

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With at least 20 books published on the life and times of Coco Chanel one might wonder what sets this telling of her life apart from the others.

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Lunchtime, time for lunch, take a breather, grab a bite, make a call, run an errand . . . Charles H.

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British poet Philip Larkin’s unconventional life and career is revealed in unique fashion in Richard Bradford’s The Importance of Elsewhere, a volume of photographs by the poet, who consid

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There is always high expectation when a reader opens a book like Portraits in Fashion: Norman Parkinson. The reality should live up to or graze the level of expectation.

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“will be treasured by lovers of New York City for many years to come.”

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Author and self-professed amateur photographer, Brandon Stanton, has successfully branded humanity in a wildly engaging photoblog that has garnered 15.7 million followers since 2010.

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Brooklyn: A Personal Memoir by Truman Capote is a book you can risk judging by its cover art: a black and white photograph of a lithe Truman circa 1958 leaning on the sleepy back porch rai

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The World of Tim Burton is a delightful romp in a world of imagination that showcases Burton’s sketches, watercolors, and oil paintings and gives great insight into his spontaneous creativ

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Let’s put this in perspective: Breguet is to timepieces as Lamborghini is to cars, Balenciaga was to fashion, or Van Cleef and Arpels is to jewelry.

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In the immortal words of Mary Wells and Dolly Parton, “Well, I've got two lovers and I ain't ashamed.

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Caroline Rennolds Milbank has taken on the herculean and seemingly impossible task of chronicling fashion year by year via images that span over a century—all accompanied by very brief but enlighte

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