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Taylor Swift is the quintessential millennial. Free-thinking and
creative, she navigates pop stardom with boundless charisma and a
keen eye on her digital presence. She has become a truly global
phenomenon but remains intimately connected with her fans. A born
storyteller, her outfits mark the different phases of her whirlwind
life every bit as clearly as her songs. From cowboy boots to
cottage-core, Saint Laurent to sci-fi, onstage and on the street,
her clothes are always carefully chosen to match the moment. These
pages reveal those moments in gorgeous photographic detail with
reliably astute analysis from the author of Harry Styles and the
Clothes He Wears. The latest in a popular celebrity fashion series,
this book charts the style evolution of a hyper-chic superstar at
the vanguard of 21st-century culture.
"A true collector's item..." - Tim Chan, Rolling Stone "Filled to
the brim with everything from Harry's colour palettes to his
inspiration, this pick combines high-fashion with all the
quirkiness we love about HS and it's just perfect." - Glamour UK
"Have the best-dressed coffee table by adorning it with this book
filled with photos of THE best-dressed man." - Seventeen Magazine
"I'm incredibly lucky to have an environment where I feel
comfortable being myself" - Harry Styles. Stepping bravely into the
cyclone of 21st-century fashions, Harry Styles is more than
weathering the storm. Whether he's breaking the internet with his
$7.99 frog-eyed yellow bucket hat or a pair of black fishnets, or
fronting cult magazine The Beauty Papers, as he did in March 2021,
Hazza's sparkle knows no boundaries. Gucci met Styles in 2014, and
there was instant chemistry. According to designer Alessandro
Michele, Harry is 'a young Greek God with the attitude of James
Dean and a little bit of Mick Jagger' - and that effortless
superstardom certainly radiates from the photos in this collection,
which document the heart of Harry's wardrobe, both on-stage and
off. Part fashion history lesson, pulling references from the rock
and roll greats of the past, and part innovation, Harry's style
pays homage to Kurt Cobain and Marc Bolan, Prince and Little
Richard, while developing into something authentic and entirely his
own. This chic book fizzles with facts about Harry's styling
choices, presenting the star's most revered looks alongside
pictures that trace the roots of each design. With quotes from key
designers, this is the perfect gift for any fan.
Billie Eilish is a fashion phenomenon. Her goth-skate-anime
wardrobe resonates loud and clear with her generation and anyone
who doesn’t want to be defined. Courted by the world’s biggest
fashion houses, Billie has a way of spotlighting inclusivity, body
image, environmental issues and more, while always looking awesome.
In the latest addition to this popular series, fashion writer Terry
Newman casts her eye over a young megastar with oversized clothes
and an even bigger attitude. When Billie Eilish burst onto the
music scene aged just 14, her outfits told everyone who she was
before they’d downloaded a track. She was savage and brooding.
Her clothes were large and matched her attitude. Her wardrobe was
made up of labels that speak the language of Gen Z and everyone who
doesn’t want to be defined by others. Growing up hasn’t changed
a thing – though she now has the command of fashion houses the
world over. As such, Billie often mixes and matches Chanel,
Balenciaga, Rick Owens, Yohji Yamamoto, Raf Simons and Prada with
finds from Slumpy Kev, Skoot, The Incorporated and Freak City, and
the result is beyond the realms of meta-modernism. It’s a look
that might very well bite the hand that feeds it, but Eilish
doesn’t care. She wears what she likes when she likes. And
we’re here for it.
“I grew up on a really small Island, and I didn’t have a lot of
access to fashion, but as far as I could remember, fashion has
always been my defence mechanism. Even as a child I remember
thinking, she can beat me, but she cannot beat my outfit.” -
Rihanna, accepting the CFDA Fashion Icon of the Year Award in 2014.
From the author of the runaway bestseller Harry Styles and the
Clothes He Wears comes a new, fresh look at style icon Rihanna.
Rihanna has learnt how to define her own terms whatever she does
– whether in the worlds of fashion, music, beauty, philanthropy,
business, or activism, she is both muse and creative, a
collaborator and pioneer. To date she has 135 million Instagram
followers and counting. In 2022 at the age of 34, largely because
of her Fenty Beauty empire, she became Forbes’ youngest self-made
billionaire. But it is her personal wardrobe and the way she wears
it that embodies Rihanna’s charisma, integrity, and humour most:
everything she does reflects what she wears herself. She is a
risk-taker, but as she said on the red-carpet in 2014 “you will
never be stylish if you don’t take risks.” The gamble has paid
off. Rihanna’s mix-and-match method of wearing high fashion and
streetwear, young designers and vintage, hip-hop classics, and
avant-garde custom-made pieces, has meant that she has equal
footing in both the music and fashion industries. Chairman and CEO
of the LVMH group, Sidney Toledano says she is: “a style icon for
today's generation”. The breadth of Rihanna’s fashion knowledge
and style is astounding. In Rihanna and the Clothes She Wears,
Terry Newman steps into the world of this fashion icon by examining
her style. From couture catwalks to her own empire Fenty, political
statements to high street casual, this chic book fizzles with facts
about Rihanna’s styling choices, presenting the star’s most
revered looks. With quotes from key designers, this is the perfect
gift for any fan.
CSI in the land of elves, but they aren't cute and christmassy,
they're sometimes sinister, and definitely deceased... Private eye
Nicely Strongoak is your average detective-for-hire, if your
average detective is a dwarf with a Napoleon complex. In a city
filled with drug-taking gnomes, goblins packing heat and a serious
case of missing-persons, Strongoak might just be what's needed. But
things are about to turn sour. When on the trail of the vanished
surfer, Perry Goodfellow, Nicely receives a sharp blow to the head,
is burgled by goblins and awakes in a narcotic-induced haze on the
floor of a steamwagon with an extremely deceased elf, who just
happens to have Nicely's axe wedged in his head. Nicely must enter
the murky world of government politics if he is going to crack his
toughest case yet. He'll have to find Perry, uncover who the dead
elf is and leave no cobblestone unturned...
Discover the signature sartorial and literary style of fifty men
and women of letters, including Maya Angelou; Truman Capote;
Colette; Bret Easton Ellis; Allen Ginsberg; Patti Smith; Karl Ove
Knausgaard; and David Foster Wallace; in this unique compendium of
profiles-packed with eighty black-and-white photographs, excerpts,
quotes, and fast facts-that illuminates their impact on modern
fashion. Whether it's Zadie Smith's exotic turban, James Joyce's
wire-framed glasses, or Samuel Beckett's Wallabees, a writer's
attire often reflects the creative and spiritual essence of his or
her work. As a non-linear sensibility has come to dominate modern
style, curious trendsetters have increasingly found a stimulating
muse in writers-many, like Joan Didion, whose personal aesthetic is
distinctly "out of fashion." For decades, Didion has used her work,
both her journalism and experimental fiction, as a mirror to
reflect her innermost emotions and ideas-an originality that has
inspired Millennials, resonated with a new generation of fashion
designers and cultural tastemakers, and made Didion, in her
eighties, the face of Celine in 2015. Legendary Authors and the
Clothes They Wore examines fifty revered writers-among them Samuel
Beckett; Quentin Crisp; Simone de Beauvoir; T.S. Eliot; F. Scott
and Zelda Fitzgerald; Malcolm Gladwell; Donna Tartt; John Updike;
Oscar Wilde; and Tom Wolfe-whose work and way of dress bears an
idiosyncratic stamp influencing culture today. Terry Newman
combines illuminating anecdotes about authors and their work,
archival photography, first-person quotations from each writer and
current designers, little-known facts, and clothing-oriented
excerpts that exemplify their original writing style. Each entry
spotlights an author and a signature wardrobe moment that expresses
his or her persona, and reveals how it influences the fashion world
today. Newman explores how the particular item of clothing or style
has contributed to fashion's lingua franca-delving deeper to
appraise its historical trajectory and distinctive effect.
Legendary Authors and the Clothes They Wore is an invaluable and
engaging look at the writers we love-and why we love what they
wear-that is sure to captivate lovers of great literature and
sophisticated fashion.
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