A is for Aga Khan, B is for Monica Bellucci, C is for Carlton, Croisette, D For decades, the sunny village of Cannes has hosted a wealth of glamour, talent, and beauty from A to Z. As the site of the most prominent international cinema contest in the world, Cannes is a magical milieu that has attracted paparazzi and film critics from the entire world. But often hidden from view are the sumptuous villas and yachts of millionaires that Cannes has been home to for more than a century.

Since his first notorious Paris show in 1981, the Japanese designer Yohji Yamamoto has extended his influence year after year. His recent collections reveal him to be firmly in the ranks of the world’s greatest stylists. This disciplined, secretive, and subversive man has, during fifteen years of ferocious work, succeeded in overturning all the rules of contemporary fashion and in rejecting every traditional cliché notion of what a glamorous woman should look like. Yamamoto can move effortlessly from the task of making a simple white shirt to the complex cutting of an evening dress. He draws from fashion’s past and creates future. He is constructing a new approach to clothing in the post-industrial, late twentieth century world, bringing together the best of both the East and the West.

Between 1932 and 1940, J.M. Frank completely reinvented the vocabulary of decorative arts. Working in Paris, New York and South America, Frank was inspired by neo-classicism, abstract art and primitive art. He sought to create an original style for the thirties, a style whose elegance gained him the patronage of an elite clientele. J.M. Frank’s name has come to serve as a reference for collectors. The decorative principles he created are still today the basis for the minimalist style that dominates contemporary decor.

A is for Aga Khan… B is for Monica Bellucci…. C is for Carlton, Croisette…For decades, the sunny village of Cannes has hosted a wealth of glamour, talent, and beauty from A to Z. As the site of the most prominent international cinema contest in the world, Cannes is a magical milieu that has attracted paparazzi and film critics from the entire world. But often hidden from view are the sumptuous villas and yachts of millionaires that Cannes has been home to for more than a century.

Eclectic, eccentric, and smart, Aspen has always been a pioneer of style. Drawing on the words and photo albums of the glamorous people who leaved there, page after page of this richly textured volume reveals the spirit of this surprisingly sophisticated town nestled in the wild Rocky Moutains of Colorado. An established favorite getaway for movers and shakers, such as George Soros, Anne Bass, and Rupert Murdoch, as well as the artists such as Robert Rauschenberg, Jennifer Bartlett, and Eric Fischl, Aspen is also home to a steady stream of illustrious escapees from both coasts such as Kevin Costner, Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones, Ted Kennedy and Bill Maher. But much more than a resort town, Aspen is an idea and an ideal, a creative hotbed of intellect and style. In the spirt of Aspen brilliantly captures the dazzling mix of culture and natural beauty.

In the rich and eclectic world of interiors, it is the designers who remind us that the spaces we inhabit can be timeless works of art. Colorful and lushly photographed, INSPIRED STYLES is an anthology of the ideas, creative palettes, and select works of fifteen exemplars of interior style, each of whom designs for the Kravet and Lee Jofa Fabrics and Furnishings Company.

Inviting readers to discover their creative processes, each designer describes what inspires and guides their unique and world-appreciated aesthetic. With vibrant photographs depicting their work, first-person texts by the designers themselves, and punctuated with a foreword by House and Garden s editor-in-chief, Dominique Browning, Inspired Styles is not only an object d art, it is an invaluable reference for both amateurs and professionals who aspire towards remarkable interiors and beautiful living spaces.

Before there was Jean Paul Gaultier, there was Jacques Fath. Known as the enfant terrible of the fashion world in the 1940s and 1950s, Fath injected a sense of levity and joie de vivre into the buttoned-up world of Paris couture. Handsome, charming, youthful, and irreverent, Fath channeled his temperament into his designs. With swooping necklines and sweeping hems, Fath won over such clients as Greta Garbo, Ava Gardner, and Rita Hayworth. His famous hats displayed the same insouciance as the clothes. Although Fath was struck down by leukemia at the age of forty-two, his legacy lives on. Jacques Fath pays homage to this master during his early-fifties peak.

Take an unparalleled photographic journey through the Hamptons. The best-known residents of this exclusive cluster of towns open their personal albums and invite you to see the Hamptons – their way. Calvin Klein, Julian Schnabel, Patrick Demarchelier and Peter Beard are just a few of the people who share their visions of one of the most unusual getaway spots in the country. More than a playground for the rich and famous, the Hamptons has an incredibly diverse community. Fisherman and year-round locals have coexisted for more than a century with artists, writers and actors, making this small piece of Long Island so alluring. Combining photo archives and beautiful shots from famous vacationers, In The Spirit Of The Hamptons captures the past and present, the mix of culture, stunning beaches, exclusive homes, day-to-day small-town life and the people who have made the Hamptons such a unique place.

The movies made in the studios of Bombay brimming with ravishing eyes, generous hips, ample breasts, syrupy music, and sultry dance routines, and set in wedding-cake decors have spawned a distinct style now identified by a succinct moniker: Bollywood. This genre s unique blend of kitsch and eroticism has not only invaded the screens of the Indian diaspora, but is now influencing art and fashion throughout the West.

More than a sociological and aesthetic discussion of the recent phenomenon, this book explores the visual and narrative origins of Bollywood style, grounded in Indian art and religion. It shows how Bollywood s frenzy, sanctity, sensuality, and sentiment are variously indebted to Mughal miniatures, racy statues of Ganesh and Shiva, erotic temples in Khajuraho, and vivid passages from the Kama Sutra.

Shapka, Catherine the Great, Caviar, Maria Sharapova, Faberge, Erte, Kalashnikov, Pravda, Alexander Rodchenko, Yuri Gagarin, Baboushka, Leon Bakst, Leo Tolstoy, Kazimir Malevich, Anastasia, Tovarisch, Peter the Great, Lolita, Natalie Paley, Kokoshnik, Olga Kurilenko, Bistro… With short, witty texts and an unexpected, fresh selection of photographs, Russian Style is a visual collection of historic and contemporary icons. In a captivating curation by L’Officiel Russia editor-in-chief Evelina Khromtchenko, Russian Style unravels the elements of influence that compose Russia’s DNA. From the obvious to the obscure, this intellectual and photographic gallivant defines a country of global influence through the patina of Russian culture.