Edward Graydon Carter est un journaliste et auteur américain d'origine canadienne. En tant que rédacteur en chef de Vanity Fair, il supervise certaines des publications les plus influentes et les plus commentées du journalisme contemporain. Son travail antérieur comprenait la co-fondation du mensuel satirique Spy, où il utilisait un esprit vif pour disséquer les phénomènes culturels et sociétaux. L'impact de Carter réside dans sa capacité à façonner le discours public et à révéler des vérités par une écriture incisive.
Tom Ford is one of fashion's great icons. He has cut a swathe through the fashion world over the last ten years transforming Gucci into a coveted fashion brand. Created with the designer's co-operation, this volume reflects his exceptional taste and is a testament to a career devoted to reinventing the boundaries of style and sensuality
The collection reflects the author's early journey into poetry, capturing personal experiences and artistic expressions. Although the author acknowledges the works may not reach greatness, the compilation is a heartfelt endeavor aimed at sharing intimate thoughts and emotions. The hope is for readers to connect with the author's voice and experiences, making it a relatable and personal exploration of creativity.
Celebrating a century of influence, this coffee table book features a rich collection of photographs, art, and writing that highlights the magazine's impact on personality, power, and culture. It captures significant moments in history, showcasing the interplay between art and commerce while reflecting on crises and cultural shifts over the past 100 years.
This is a procurement textbook that does not attempt to compete with, or cover the same ground, to any extent, that existing procurement textbooks cover. Rather,we have taken the view that a text was needed to provide what might be termed a detailed overview of and introduction to, the fundamentals of procurement.
Synonymous with high-octane glamour, opulent sexuality, and fearless fashion, Tom Ford is an iconic designer whose namesake label has devout followers across the globe, from Milan and New Delhi to Shanghai and New York. Seventeen years after his best-selling debut book Tom Ford (2004), which detailed his time as creative director for the Italian label Gucci, this second volume is a visual ode to Ford's eponymous brand created in 2005 and encompasses cosmetics, eyewear, menswear, and his critically acclaimed womenswear line. The revered designer not only catapulted his brand to the highest echelons of the fashion world, receiving accolades from the Council of Fashion Designers of America and Time magazine's Best Designer of the Year, but also commanded the attention of Hollywood by featuring loyal A-list fans such as Julianne Moore, Lauren Hutton, Pat Cleveland, and Nicholas Hoult in his runway shows and advertising campaigns. Includes dazzling imagery of Ford's clothing and accessories designs, fashion editorials featuring top models such as Gigi Hadid, Joan Smalls, Mica Argañaraz, and Jon Kortajarena, and his signature sexually-charged advertising campaigns by photographers such as Inez & Vinoodh, Nick Knight, Steven Meisel, and Mert & Marcus
This book covers both the hard and soft issues regarding contract management. This second edition contains many examples of good and bad practices in the context of contract management, as well as additional chapters relating to Developing Scopes of Work, Leasing Contracts and International Contracting.
The stories behind the stories of some of Hollywood's most iconic moviesThe magazine world 's monthly arbiter of culture, personality, and world affairs, Vanity Fair has always offered the definitive insider's look at Hollywood power and glamour since its relaunch twenty-five years ago. Now, for the first time ever, Vanity Fair presents a one-of-a-kind collection featuring thirteen behind-the- scenes stories on some of cinema's most iconic films-including pictures as varied as All About Eve, Cleopatra, Sweet Smell of Success, Rebel Without a Cause , and Saturday Night Fever . For pop-culture fanatics and movie buffs alike, Vanity Fair's Tales of Hollywood is an irresistible glimpse at how classic films-and box office bombs-are made.
For the magazine's centenary celebration, an anthology of pieces from the early golden age of Vanity Fair. Features great writers on great topics, including F. Scott Fitzgerald on what a magazine should be, Clarence Darrow on equality, D.H. Lawrence on women, e.e. cummings on Calvin Coolidge, John Maynard Keynes on the collapse in money value, Thomas Mann on how films move the human heart, Alexander Woollcott on Harpo Marx, Carl Sandburg on Charlie Chaplin, Djuna Barnes on James Joyce, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr., on Joan Crawford, and Dorothy Parker on a host of topics ranging from why she hates actresses to why she hasn't married.
An intimate look into the inner lives of our most prominent cultural figures— pulled from the celebrated Proust Questionnaire page in Vanity Fair magazine. The probing set of questions originated as a 19th-century parlor game popularized by contemporaries of Marcel Proust, the French essayist and novelist, who believed that an individual's answers reveal his true nature. Illustrated by Risko, Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire Edited by Graydon Carter and Illustrated by Risko, brings together the responses of 101 of the most vibrant personalities of our time, from Bette Midler and Lauren Bacall to Salman Rushdie and Norman Mailer, from Martin Scorsese and Shirley MacLaine to Aretha Franklin and Eric Clapton. Candid, hilarious, and endlessly fascinating,
Dans cette édition XXL du SUMO d'Annie Leibovitz, la célèbre photographe présente plus de 40 ans de travail, des portraits emblématiques aux images inédites. Le livre, qui mêle histoire politique et culturelle, offre une expérience personnelle et non chronologique, invitant les lecteurs à une véritable montagne russe visuelle.