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Hubert de Givenchy has always been one to celebrate classic design, and a self-titled coffee table book, Hubert de Givenchy, co-authored by Givenchy himself, stays true to this love of timeless sophistication. Coming out just after the first major retrospective of Givenchy’s work at the Museo Thyssen-Borenemisa in Madrid, which he ... More

In the visually stunning new book Blow Me a Kiss, best-selling author and style innovator Alice Harris lets lips tell the story as she spotlights some of the most legendary puckers from the past decade through a series of iconic pieces of art and photographs. Blow Me a Kiss celebrates lips ... More

For the most part, Giancarlo Giammetti spent many years behind the scenes at Valentino. His friendship and business partnership with the designer was a story largely untold until the release of the 2008 documentary Valentino: The Last Emperor. In the film, the door to the world of Valentino ... More

Fashion shows weren't always this way. Before the supermodels, the over-the-top productions and the weird, wonderful quirks that make up modern runway experiences, there was a very different type of presentation. In her new tome, The Mechanical Smile, Caroline Evans, a professor of fashion history and theory at Central ... More

Since his retirement in 2007, 80-year-old fashion designer Valentino Garavani has been on a high-profile (and high-brow) roll. Not only was the famed couturier the subject of a 2008 film (Valentino: The Last Emperor), but his creations have been on display around the world — is early work ... More

Since his retirement in 2007, 80-year-old fashion designer Valentino Garavani has been on a high-profile (and high-brow) roll. Not only was the famed couturier the subject of a 2008 film (Valentino: The Last Emperor), but his creations have been on display around the world — is early work ... More