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Grace Coddington and Didier Malige<br />
The Catwalk Cats<br />
For over 20 years, Grace Coddington and Didier Malige have lived together with their family of cats while working in<br />
fashion. This book records their relationship through photographs (Malige's) and drawings (Coddington's) that<br />
entertainingly document their private lives and their work through the eyes of their cats: Henri, an old school catnipaddicted<br />
surfing chartreuse; his sister Coco, a couture-obsessed chartreuse on a sashimi diet, and her pal Baby, who<br />
doesn't quite share Coco's discipline and will, sadly, never be a sample size. Then there's Puff, a mixed up long-hair<br />
from Harlem whose curiosity (anyone for fortune telling at Dave?) hasn't killed him yet; and Bart, the Persian youngster<br />
who would rather sit roof top terrace than front row. The Catwalk Cats, a visual diary introduced by Puff, gives us four<br />
seasons in the life of this fabulous furry brigade: the collections, the campaigns, the catfights. At once delightful and<br />
dishy, it is both a convincing argument about the fundamental similarities between felines and fashionistas, and a wonderful<br />
and moving meditation on love and family.<br />
Grace Coddington is Creative Director of American Vogue. A former model, she served as Fashion Editor and Fashion<br />
Director at British Vogue from 1968-1986 and Design Director of Calvin Klein in 1987. She is the author of Grace:<br />
Thirty Years of Fashion (7L, 2003).<br />
Didier Malige was inspired as a boy to become a hairstylist by grooming the cats and dogs at his mother's veterinary<br />
clinic. In the mid 60s he joined Carita as an apprentice, at the time Paris' trend setting salon. He then left to collaborate<br />
with Jean Louis David styling hair on fashion shoots. Working alongside several renowned fashion photographers<br />
influenced him to photograph his own growing family of cats.<br />
Grace Coddington and Didier Malige<br />
The Catwalk Cats<br />
Drawings by Grace Coddington<br />
Photographs by Didier Malige<br />
Art Director Danko Steiner<br />
Introduction by Sally Singer<br />
Edited by Michael Roberts<br />
188 pages with 31duotone plates and 136 drawings<br />
6.5 x 9.5 in. / 17 x 24 cm<br />
US $ 32.00 / £ 20.00 / E 30.00<br />
ISBN 3–86521–344–8<br />
ISBN-13 978-3-86521-344-0<br />
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