Summer Catalogue 2011-12 - Hill of Content Bookshop

Fashion
The Dressing Table
Clare Press
HB $45.00
Clare Press, one of
Australia’s most
accomplished fashion
writers, has collected
advice on how to live
well from women
who know, as well as
her favourite local
style-setters and
chicest friends. Interspersed with Clare’s own
thoughts on clothes and what they mean to us and
beautifully photographed, this book is a celebration
of all things chic and delicious.
Balenciaga
Amalia Descalzo
et al
HB $100.00
Cristóbal Balenciaga
made his name in Paris
in the 1940s. He was
hailed by Coco Chanel
as “the only true
couturier among us,”
and his clients
included Princess
Grace of Monaco and the Duchess of Windsor. This
book is published to mark the inauguration of the
Balenciaga Museum in Getaria, Spain, which will
house a permanent collection of over 100 pieces
created by this master designer.
Intimate Chanel
Isabelle Fiemeyer
HB $70.00
The most personal
account of the life and
work of legendary
designer Coco Chanel
plunges the reader into
her private world,
offering an intimate
insight. Photographs of
Chanel’s personal effects,
many of which have
never before been seen or published, include
presents from her great love Boy Capel, furniture,
favourite jewelry, talismans, clothes, family
photographs, rare documents, correspondence and
books with personal inscriptions.
Style Book
Elizabeth Walker
HB $49.95
With her sharp eye and
clever pen, long time
fashion editor and style
maven Elizabeth Walker
navigates fashion
devotees through the
recurring themes that
define the essence of
style. She juxtaposes
more than 450
exhilarating images, from 1865 to the present and
from street fashion to haute couture.
Chanel: The
Vocabulary Of Style
Jerome Gautier
HB $120.00
Gabrielle Chanel was,
without doubt, the most
influential fashion
designer of the 20th
century. She was years
ahead of her time and
her clothes, cuts and
accessories have
remained eternally chic,
creating a look for her era and beyond. Chanel’s
influence is demonstrated here by celebrating the
key elements that defined and still define her style.
Nostalgia in Vogue
Eve MacSweeney
HB $75.00
This elegant volume
collects a wonderful
selection of Vogue’s
famous “Nostalgia”
columns and the
stunning photographs
that accompanied
them. Writers,
designers, models and
celebrities share
coming-of-age stories based on a rich range of
themes from fashion to art, Hollywood, music,
childhood, work and love, each triggered by an
extraordinary photograph from Vogue’s history.