Simon Doonan: Drag - The Complete Story

GB 2024, 240 pp. illustrated, brochure, € 22.95
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Laurence King
Drag is transformation, communication, and, above all, exaggeration, where gender non-conformity is the plat du jour. This fearless book observes this increasingly complex world by exploring drag's journey - from the surprising, to the sophisticated, to the utterly bizarre - through the 20th century and up to the present day. With witty text, dazzling photography, and corralled into thematic chapters, ... Weiterlesen

Colton Haynes: Miss Memory Lane

A Memoir. UK 2023, 256 pp., brochure , € 17.95
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Simon and Schuster
In 2018, Colton Haynes woke up in a hospital. He'd had two seizures, lost vision in one eye, almost ruptured a kidney, and been put on an involuntary psychiatric hold. Not yet 30, he knew he had to take stock of his life and make some serious changes if he wanted to see his next birthday. As he worked towards ... Weiterlesen

Tom Neuwirth / Conchita Wurst: C.A.N.V.A.S.

Coffee Table Book. Ö 2022, engl./dt. Text, 80 S., geb., € 39.00
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TNTH
Tom Neuwirth (besser bekannt als Conchita Wurst) hat sich mit anderen Künstlern und Fotografen zusammengetan - herausgekommen ist ein schönes Coffee Table Book. Es fasst fünf sehr verschiedene Projekte zusammen: zum einen fokussiert sich die Fotografie auf Make-up-Kunst, dann wieder mehr auf Mode. Das, was alle diese Projekte vereint, ist der Aspekt, dass alle Projekte den Körper von Tom Neuwirth/Conchita ... Weiterlesen

Roslyn Sinclair: Truth and Measure - The Carlisle Series: Book 1

D 2022, 376 pp., brochure, € 19.99
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Ylva Verlag
What happens when the world's fiercest fashion editor learns she's pregnant - and her distracting assistant is the only one she can turn to? This wildly popular age-gap lesbian romance mixes humor and chaos with self-discovery. Jules Moretti is newly single, an aspiring writer, and the hyper-competent assistant to the most powerful woman in fashion. It's a tough job, but ... Weiterlesen

Sara Gay Forden: House of Gucci

A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed. UK 2021, 533 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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William Morrow
A world-famous luxury brand, financial skullduggery, vicious family quarrels ending in a sensational murder: the Gucci story just couldn't be juicier, and the author does full justice to its gossipy appeal. Guccio Gucci opened his first leather-goods store in Florence in 1921, but it was his son Aldo who expanded the company overseas and made products like the Gucci loafer ... Weiterlesen

Iwan Schumacher (R): Walter Pfeiffer - Chasing Beauty

CH 2017, mehrsprachige Version (dt., schwyzerdt., engl., frz.), 89 min., € 17.99
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Salzgeber - gay classics
Mit 71 Jahren steht der schwule Schweizer Fotograf und Zeichner Walter Pfeiffer im Zenit seines künstlerischen Schaffens. Nachdem seine sinnlich-verspielten Bilder von jungen Männern fast 30 Jahre lang vorwiegend in Underground-Magazinen erschienen sind, gelingt Pfeiffer in den 2000er Jahren der Durchbruch als Modefotograf. In Iwan Schumachers Dokumentarfilm spricht Pfeiffer mit Esprit und hintergründigem Humor über sein bewegtes Leben. Wir beobachten ... Weiterlesen

Jody Klaire: In Fashion

D 2017, 220 pp., brochure, € 17.95
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Ylva Verlag
Beautiful, fashionable, rich celebrity Darcy McGregor knows all about perfection. She's famous for stripping bare, restyling, and rejuvenating women on her UK TV show, Style Surgeon. Millions of fans, from London and Sydney to Cardiff and New York, hang off her iconic #EmbraceDesigner social media posts and there's no challenge she can't meet. That is, until the day she meets ... Weiterlesen

Patrick Mauriès: Androgyne

Fashion and Gender. USA 2017, 192 pp. illustrated, hardcover, € 59.99
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Thames and Hudson
In January 2011, Jean Paul Gaultier's haute couture runway show ended with the image of a willowy blonde bride in a diaphanous gown. The bride was a man, and one of the first models to walk for both men's and women's collections. The event marked the start of a trend. »This ad is gender neutral«, proclaimed a 2016 poster for ... Weiterlesen

Mary Blume: The Master of Us All: Balenciaga, His Workrooms, His World

USA 2014, 228 pp., pb., numerous illustrations, € 12.99
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Farrar, Straus and Giroux
One of the most innovative and admired figures in the history of haute couture, Cristóbal Balenciaga was, said Christian Dior, »the master of us all.« Despite his extraordinary impact, Balenciaga was a man hidden from view. He saw to it that little was known about him, to the point that some French journalists wondered if he existed at all. Even ... Weiterlesen

Mandie Fletcher (R): Absolutely Fabulous - The Movie

UK 2016, engl. OF, dt. SF, 92 min, € 14.99
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20th Century-Fox
Feature-length comedy based on the award-winning TV series starring Jennifer Saunders and Joanna Lumley as the infamous Edina and Patsy. Causing mayhem and havoc wherever they go, Edina and Patsy continue to enjoy their booze-soaked, glamorous lifestyle when they find themselves taking the blame for a major faux pas at a trendy London launch party. Consequently hounded by the media ... Weiterlesen

Theo-Mass Lexileictous and Sven Ehmann (eds.): Otherworldly

Avantgarde Fashion and Style. D 2016, 304 pp. illustrated, hardbound, € 46.26
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Gestalten
Unwearable creations flicker across screens and materialize on runways. Avant-garde fashion fuses with high technology. Impossible creations cloak walking dreams. Post-human silhouettes reconstruct the meaning of clothing and speculate on the future of human identity. »Otherworldly« exposes the provocative images created by a new breed of designers, stylists, and photographers. Unbound by the old rules, they are reinventing fashion using ... Weiterlesen

Dana Thomas: Gods and Kings

The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano. UK 2016, 432 pp., brochure, € 15.95
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Penguin UK
In »Gods and Kings«, Dana Thomas tells the story of how John Galliano and Alexander McQueen changed the face of fashion. In the first decade of the 21st century the fashion world was dominated by two different but equally successful and turbulent figures. Within twelve months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano had professionally imploded. Who was to ... Weiterlesen

Andrew Wilson: Alexander McQueen - Blood Beneath the Skin

UK 2016, 384 pp., brochure, € 15.99
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Simon and Schuster
The first definitive biography of the iconic, notoriously private British fashion designer Alexander McQueen explores the connections between work and life. When 40-year-old Alexander McQueen committed suicide in February 2010, the world was shocked. McQueen had risen from humble beginnings. He designed clothes for the world's most beautiful women and royalty. He created a multimillion-dollar luxury brand. But behind the ... Weiterlesen

Fantastic Man

Magazine, halbjährlich, € 16.00
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Das Magazin erscheint derzeit nicht. In englischer Sprache.

Gert Jonkers und Jop van Bennekom: Fantastic Man

72 Men of Great Style and Substance. D 2015, 496 S., Schwarzweiß, geb., € 41.10
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Phaidon
Zum zehnjährigen Jubiläum der Zeitschrift »Fantastic Man« präsentieren uns die beiden Herausgeber Gert Jonkers und Jop van Bennekom 72 Männer samt Bild, die sie für essenzielle Stilvorbilder halten. Herausgekommen ist eine Art ultimative Style Bible - die von illustren Namen wie Brett Easton Ellis, Christoph Waltz, David Beckham, Ewan McGregor, Malcolm McLaren, Roberto Bolle, Rupert Everett und Steve McQueen getragen ... Weiterlesen

Andrew Hansford: Dressing Marilyn

How a Hollywood Icon was Styled by William Travilla. USA 2012, 192 pp. illustrated, hardbound, € 27.95
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Hal Leonard
In the history of Hollywood, has any image ever titillated the public's imagination as much as the iconic one of Marilyn Monroe in »The Seven Year Itch«, her white dress blowing up to reveal, well, pretty much everything? That moment remains indelible to movie fans and glamour addicts, William Travilla, one of Hollywood's most sought-after costume designers, created not ... Weiterlesen

Jeremy Reed: Here Comes the Nice

UK 2011, 279 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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»Here Comes the Nice« is novel as time-machine, taking the reader back to the raw early gigs of the Rolling Stones, the Who, the Small Faces, and behind the scenes to a secret that will make the sixties of the first-wave Mods live forever - somewhere. Elegiac and thrilling, »Here Comes the Nice« is a paean to the power of ... Weiterlesen

Deborah Ball: House of Versace

The Untold Story of Genius, Murder, and Survival. USA 2011, 352 pp., brochure, € 19.95
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Versace. The very name conjures up images of outrageous glamour and bold sexuality, opulence and daring. All, of course, true - but only half of the story. Versace is also the legacy of a great creative genius from a poor, backward part of southern Italy who transformed the fashion world. Gianni Versace, with his flamboyant sister Donatella at his side, ... Weiterlesen