The memoir market has become a bit diluted of late. Like that old expensive bottle of scotch in your parent’s liquor cabinet you used to sneak shots from and then fill with water to mask the difference, the venerable form has caught some flack for fraudulence.  The real stuff, however, is ... More

When we think about Oscar de la Renta, we often picture the beautiful and impressive women he dressed, from Jacqueline Kennedy and Michelle Obama to Beyoncé and Sarah Jessica Parker. But as OSCAR DE LA RENTA: His Legendary World of Style (Rizzoli) makes abundantly clear, the late designer’s More

In Can I Go Now?, biographer Brain Kellow tells the story of Sue Mengers, the Hollywood agent who made stars out of clients including Ali MacGraw, Candice Bergen, Ryan O’Neal and Barbra Streisand, and who, over more than three decades, almost single-handedly changed the movie business. The ... More

Farfetch—the global online marketplace of 300-plus visionary fashion boutiques—has launched the second petite coffee table book in a three-volume collaboration with luxury publisher Assouline. Farfetch Curates: Design explores this year’s major design feats—think: modern home and hotel interiors and expertly crafted architectural projects—from a distinctly fashion-focused viewpoint. Among the many highlights ... More

In her latest novel, Circling the Sun, author Paula McLain—who wrote the 2011 bestseller The Paris Wife—tells the story of the 20th-century adventurer Beryl Markham, the British-born aviator who was the first ever woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean east-to-west. The fictionalized version of Markham’s story tells of her ... More

Jean-Michel Basquiat is best known for the work he did on canvases and, of course, on walls across New York City. But thanks to the new tome Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Unknown Notebooks, the late artist’s works on paper—a collection of notes, poetry, drawings and sketches edited by art aficionado ... More

Paul Weller has nearly four decades of experience as a certified rock star under his belt, but sitting in the lobby of a Manhattan hotel during a tour for his latest album, Weller’s nothing if not easygoing and approachable. Perhaps what’s made him such a compelling figure over ... More

Renowned reporter and novelist Gioia Diliberto has written the first-ever biography of fashion icon Diane von Furstenberg. Although Diliberto reports that DVF had first balked at the idea of having her life story put to paper, the finished product is as powerfully seductive as the designer’s ... More