The most incandescent example of Bombshells is Marilyn Monroe. Her strange combination of ghostly pale skin, childlike face and innate erotic cunning render her hard to date. Unlike modern actresses we can't sense the stylist in her clothes, the heavy hand of a makeup artist or a photographer's over bearing concept. Clearly and hauntingly, her image belongs to her and it is equal parts spectral nymph, mid century beach bunny, haughty heiress and child star. With an hourglass body and a face like Shirley Temple the oddity of Monroe is her wholesomeness. She could sell diamonds or milk. She looked naked in a white cotton dress and perfectly dignified in the nude. She her clothes. Some say she sawed off one stiletto shoe heel a fraction lower to deepen the sway of her hips. Clearly she wasn't happy, and this just serves to deepen the myth and her lure. Her own words, "Being a sex symbol is heavy load" could speak for all of the women who traded infamy for scandal and some scrap of security. Bettie Page, the underground queen of silk stockings, light bondage and leopard skin bikinis claimed very practical reasons for being a pin-up model, preferring the work to "pounding a typewriter eight hours a day." They were a breed that we have not seen the like of again. Bombshells. Marilyn Monroe Brigitte Bardot Raquel Welch Sophia Loren Bettie Page Ursula Andress Mata Hari Elizabeth Taylor Jane Russell Fashion Industry Broadcast is a leading global publisher of lifestyle titles, this multi edition set has been created as a hard cover colour coffee table books for $45.00, e-books for $9.99 from Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBook's, Google books, Stanza and Kobo, Apps for mobile devices and a TV documentary series is also in the works. A very special video rich multimedia App version with 1000+ original videos, interviews, runway shows, behind the scenes at fashion shoots and advertisements, is available through Apple's iTunes App store and other major App stores for just $2.99 per edition. Look for "STYLE ICONS" on the Apple App store. Contact [email protected] Authors Introduction Anna Johnson Publisher & Editor Paul G Roberts Art Direction Samantha Mayfair Design Tarne Sheed Video Link Editing Alice Hoffman Ross Project Management Pip Dalton

It is said that music gives a soul to the Universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination and life to everything. Before Rock there was Rock and Roll... Elvis Presley came out of nowhere, hip snaking onto an almost empty stage, with Little Richard, black and gay, lurking in the wings. He singlehandedly took he underbelly of America... dirt-poor greaser, glorifying it. Elvis was all four Jungian archetypes rolled into one - the child- the wise man, the fool or trickster and lastly, the sexual being, desirable, yet unobtainable. In his wake spawning countless scores of look and sound alikes. In this edition we feature the man himself as well as the mighty Creedence Clearwater Revival, Deep Purple, Foo Fighters, Guns n Roses and the indefatigable Iggy Pop. Fashion Industry Broadcast is a leading global publisher of lifestyle titles, this multi edition set has been created as a hard cover colour coffee table books for $45.00, e-books for $9.99 from Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBook's, Google books, Stanza and Kobo, Apps for mobile devices and a TV documentary series is also in the works. A very special video rich multimedia App version with 1000+ original videos, interviews, runway shows, behind the scenes at fashion shoots and advertisements, is available through Apple's iTunes App store and other major App stores for just $2.99 per edition. Look for "MASTERS OF MUSIC" on the Apple App store. Contact [email protected] Author Ian Hartley Credits Art Direction Samantha Mayfair Design Samantha Mayfair Video Link Editing Alice Hoffman Ross Project Management Pip Dalton

In spite of the 200+ years of clothing production evolution in the US, and several challenges posed by outsourcing for cheaper labour supplies, New York has remained America's fashion capital. Much like the fashion regions that would later develop around production in Italy, within New York an entire community of design, production, distribution, commerce and marketing existed. Skilled workers of Jewish and Italian descent, the giant retailers and department stores, the publishers, the advertising agencies, the design offices, the bohemian trend setting arts scene, the model agencies, and the factories all combined to form an eco-system that has managed to create a lasting American footprint on the world's fashion walk of fame, giving us fashion titans such as Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Tom Ford. The Great Gatsby: Ralph Lauren The King of Cool: Tom Ford The Sex Machine: Calvin Klein The Tastemaker: Marc Jacobs The Queen of NYC: Donna Karan Alexander the Great: Alexander Wang Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Betsey Johnson DELUXEST is the world's largest Online retailer of luxury goods. The DELUXEST fashion book series has been made and distributed globally as books, e-books and Apps. This multi edition set has been created as a colour coffee table book set $45.00, e-books for $9.99 from Amazon Kindle, Barnes and Noble Nook, Apple iBooks, and Kobo. A very special video rich multimedia App version with 1000 original videos, interviews, runway shows, behind the scenes at fashion shoots and advertisements, is available through Apple's iTunes App store and other major App stores for just $3.99. Look for "DELUXEST" on the Apple App store.

In spite of the 200+ years of clothing production evolution in the US, and several challenges posed by outsourcing for cheaper labour supplies, New York has remained America's fashion capital. Much like the fashion regions that would later develop around production in Italy, within New York an entire community of design, production, distribution, commerce and marketing existed. Skilled workers of Jewish and Italian descent, the giant retailers and department stores, the publishers, the advertising agencies, the design offices, the bohemian trend setting arts scene, the model agencies, and the factories all combined to form an eco-system that has managed to create a lasting American footprint on the world's fashion walk of fame, giving us fashion titans such as Ralph Lauren, Calvin Klein, and Tom Ford. Masters of Fashion - Vol 31 Americans By Paul G Roberts The Great Gatsby: Ralph Lauren The King of Cool: Tom Ford The Sex Machine: Calvin Klein The Tastemaker: Marc Jacobs The Queen of NYC: Donna Karan Alexander the Great: Alexander Wang Girls Just Wanna Have Fun: Betsey Johnson

In this the third of our Music Series, and the first on Pop music we present our giant hard covered picture book on the careers of the biggest names in Pop. Pop is an abbreviation of the word popular, it doesn't mean good or tasteful, it just means popular. Pop Music is a reflection of it's time... if contemporary society deems to crown a suburban mime artist as reigning Queen of Pop then so be it. Pop has come a long way since it's early bleating's, from the anthemic teen angst of the early sixties, to the languid internalization of Coldplay and the airbrushed soul of Beyonce . Pop is now blurred into red carpet supermarket magazines, slotted betweenweight loss and divorces. It's hard work staying there, staying on top, as Michael Jackson was to find, from his troubled child stardom with the Jackson Five, to his emperor's new clothes period, culminating in his eventual death by media. That he managed to survive for over thirty years on top is an accomplishment in anyone's eyes. One could ask the question, will Justin Bieber exist, after, or even before I finish writing this introduction? Although Britney Spears, ex Disney child star, for a brief moment, tween, then teen poppet, sexed herself into prehab as well as rehab and our ever-eager wallets. Even Britney's old alumni Justin Timberlake, the everyman next door, now reinvented into a GQ supplement, is still known to exist, although, sadly the sartorial elegance of the talented Andre 3000 front man of the band Outkast, burst onto the scene then promptly burst out. Jennifer Lopez career jellied her name out of a contract, flirting with the silver screen, whilst conducting a well-publicized supermarket affair with Sean "Puffy" Holmes. There were crossovers - Shakira and Ricky Martin, humanitariansboth, credibly reworked Latin, ex Hawaiian Bruno Mars made reggae fusion accessible to the masses, Rihanna moved from Barbados at the age of 16 to the U.S. becoming one of the best selling artists of all time at the tender age of 24. Since we can remember people have been talking about Pop music. FEATURED ARTISTS Michael Jackson Kylie Minogue Jennifer Lopez Adele Ke$ha Katy Perry Jamiroquai Justin Timberlake Massive Attack Bruno Mars Amy Winehouse LMFAO Fashion Industry Broadcast's Masters of Music is a Series: Masters of Music - Rock Vol 1 Masters of Music - Rock Vol 2 Masters of Music - Pop Vol 1 Masters of Music - Pop Vol 2 Masters of Music - Legends Vol 1 Masters of Music - Legends Vol 2 Masters of Music - R&B Vol 1 Masters of Music - Jazz Vol 1 Fashion Industry Broadcast is a leading publisher of lifestyle titles, made and distributed globally as books, e-books and Apps. Fashion Industry Broadcast supports a number of important charities that provide funding for critical medical research, medicines, animal and human rights. A percentage of every book, e-book and App sold goes towards supporting these vital causes. The Masters of Music series could well be the most extensive and complete publishing initiative ever released on this subject. This multi edition set has been created as hard cover colour coffee table books for $45.00, e-books for $9.99, and groundbreaking video rich App versions featuring thousands of original music videos, and rare concert performances for just $6.99 per edition for all Apple mobile devices (iPad, iPhone and iPod Touch), and is available through the iTunes App store. Contact [email protected] Authors Ian Hartley Samantha Mayfair Paul G Roberts Paula Garrod Astrid Ingram-Lynn Ole Renberg