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Ninety years after Vogue dubbed Coco Chanel's simple short black 'Ford' dress 'the frock that all the world will wear', the perfect Little Black Dress continues to be every woman's most sought after fashion essential. At its classic best, the LBD doesn't just make its wearer look beautiful and stylish; it empowers her too. Dress it up, pare it down, wear it forever - the Little Black Dress is a fashion essential. From the bold, dramatic designs of Zandra Rhodes to the eye-catching LBDs by Vivienne Westwood, from Elizabeth Hurley's iconic safety pin Versace number to the tight off-theshoulder Christina Stambolian dress worn by Princess Diana, Vogue Essentials: Little Black Dress celebrates the very best of the LBD. 'One is never over-dressed or under-dressed with a Little Black Dress' Karl Lagerfeld

Fashion's leading shoemaker, Manolo Blahnik is one of the handful of designers whose name is synonymous with their product. His success has lasted from setting up as a shoe designer in a Chelsea boutique in the 1970s to the present day, with American Vogue's Anna Wintour declaring 'The truth is, I wear no other shoes except his'. Blahnik has collaborated with many leading fashion designers – from Ossie Clark at the start of his career and John Galliano at Dior at its height – but Blahnik's greatest achievement is to have made footwear, previously subservient to the overall concept of a look, the most important of all accessories. His many covers and features in the pages of Vogue reveal that wearing a pair of 'Manolos' is to be utterly transformed; in Blahnik's dreamy, handmade creations, a woman can reinvent her personality. She is a Lolita in his Mary-Janes and a red carpet diva in his satin mules.

Die Vogue -Mode-Bibliothek: Bibliophile Reihe für Modeliebhaber und Sammler. Alle bedeutenden Modedesigner unserer Zeit. Mit exklusiven Fotografien von Cecil Beaton, Edward Steichen, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Mario Testino u, v. m. „Du musst die Regeln kennen, um sie missachten zu können. Dafür lebe ich – um mich über Regeln hinwegzusetzen und dennoch die Tradition aufrecht zu erhalten.“ Alexander McQueen (1969 – 2010) Von seiner ersten kontroversen Modenschau bis zu seinem viel zu frühen Tod war Alexander McQueen eine der prägendsten – wenn nicht die prägendste – Figur der britischen Modewelt. Seine kometenhafte Karriere und sein Leben erzählen die Geschichte eines ikonoklastischen, ehrgeizigen und visionären Modedesigners. Chloe Fox spürt der Faszination von McQueens düsteren Designs ebenso nach wie seiner handwerklich perfekten Schneiderkunst und seinen revolutionären Schnitten. Dahinter wird sein großes Ziel erkennbar: „Ich will derjenige sein, der eine neue Silhouette und einen neuen Schnitt geschaffen hat. Wenn ich einmal tot bin, soll man sich daran erinnern, dass Alexander McQueen das 21. Jahrhundert eingeläutet hat.“ Illustriert wird diese sensationelle Monografie von Fotografien von Stars wie Mario Testino und Corinne Day. Chloe Fox, die frühere Leiterin der Vogue-Kulturredaktion arbeitet heute als freie Autorin.