Tuesday, August 19

Fashion Icon




Kate Spade Ads/Photographer Tierney Gearson

Kate Spade Fall '02 Campaign/ Photographer Larry Sultan and Z Photographie/Stylist Karen Patch

Marc Jacobs Ad/Photographer Juergen Teller/Model Sofia Coppola

I love books! Almost as much as I do fashion. This summer I spent several hours (more than I care to admit) shopping and combing through hundreds of titles at the local Half Price Books. In the end, I purchased far more clothing items than books. I did however come across one really great find—Fashion Icon: The Power and Influence of Graphic Design by Mike Toth.

Fashion Icon is a glossy portfolio of ingenious design work inspired by fashion trends, and packed with examples from print advertising, retail space and packaging. Each photograph is accompanied by descriptions and explores the role of industry players—art directors, photographers, models, magazine editors and stylists.

This book is a visual treat for graphic designers or anyone who loves fashion and advertising. Of course the Kate Spade ads sealed the deal for me, these are some of my very favorite.
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10 comments:

  1. katiedidAugust 19, 2008 at 8:20 PM

    Glad to have you back! Hope your trip was wonderful....and fun to see a picture of your cute husband. :)

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  2. AnonymousAugust 19, 2008 at 10:38 PM

    You do find the best books! Keep it up!!

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  3. girl meets glamourAugust 19, 2008 at 10:45 PM

    Ooo, love those Kate Spade ads, so therefore I most love this book!!

    ~Kate

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  4. Visual VampAugust 20, 2008 at 4:39 AM

    This looks yummy!

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  5. pve designAugust 20, 2008 at 3:46 PM

    Tell me - how many books do you have?
    How do you store them? This one looks like a gorgeous graphic treat for the eyes.
    Fashion, Books, Wine, Artisanal and witty beckon me to collect them.
    What do you think of the new "So Kelly" Hermes bag, speaking of Fashion....?

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  6. Style CourtAugust 22, 2008 at 8:36 PM

    Ronda -- that "Visiting Tennessee" series from Andy Spade is one of my all-time faves too. Just love it.

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  7. ALL THE BESTAugust 22, 2008 at 10:11 PM

    Me too Courtney!

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  8. Paul PincusSeptember 5, 2008 at 9:25 PM

    tierney gearson is a genius!

    i've always loved teller's work for marc jacobs and that portrait of sofia coppola is iconic.

    thanks so much for the intro to fashion icon!

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  9. Miss CavendishSeptember 9, 2008 at 3:55 AM

    I love that "visiting Tennessee" Kate Spade campaign. I'll check out that book.

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  10. AnonymousSeptember 24, 2008 at 7:07 AM

    The little devil costume is great, Thanks

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All the best,
Ronda