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World Hotels - Ralph Lauren
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List Price: $135.00
Our Price: $85.05
Your Save: $ 49.95 ( 37% )
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Manufacturer: Rizzoli
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Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 746
EAN: 9780847829903
ISBN: 0847829901
Label: Rizzoli
Manufacturer: Rizzoli
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 482
Publication Date: 2007-10-16
Publisher: Rizzoli
Release Date: 2007-10-16
Studio: Rizzoli
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Editorial Reviews:
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Ralph Lauren isn’t easy to define. Unlike many designers, he is not known for a single signature look, but rather for his sweeping dreams of American living. Over the course of his career, the images of luxury, adventure, and beauty that he created have come to define American style. In this visually stunning book, Lauren speaks candidly for the first time ever about himself and his art. In part one, we get to know the designer through never-before-seen pictures of him in private life and with his family, living the lives he designs for. In his own words, we hear about his life, work, and inspiration. In the second part, Lauren displays and writes about his most important, most iconic, and most beloved work, hand-picked from hundreds of runway shows, collections, and his signature cinematic advertising campaigns. Lauren’s aesthetic influence and unique design sensibility are captured here by fashion’s finest photographers, including Bruce Weber, Deborah Turbeville, and Patrick Demarchelier. Featuring an introduction by Audrey Hepburn (from her 1992 presentation speech at the CFDA awards), this is truly a unique fashion monograph, a personal expression of the artist, and a rare peek into the mind of one of America’s most accomplished fashion designers of all times. Sample images from Ralph Lauren:  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | | Click on the thumbnails for larger images |
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Summary: MGM Retail
Comment: No other designer has been more inspired by Hollywood in theatrically portraying his clothing designs in a fantasy world of outrageous priviledge, impossible beauty, understated elegance and grace. Mr. Lauren's wisest choice was contracting photographer Bruce Weber to bring his obsessive vision combining English-Aristocratic-Refinement with Rugged-All-American-Athletic-Sexiness to a public hungry for classic,lockjawed Wasp (tennis, anyone?) style. This outrageously proportioned 21century monster of a book shouts not only of the power of marketing and sustained image building, but of the consuming public's fierce desire to escape through the old-fashioned values and traditions in a crazy-chaotic-angry increasingly unpredictable, violent world. Mr. Lauren's unshakable and highly detailed vision includes re-imagining The American West,The Tropical getaway, African Safaries, Horse-Country Houses, College Life and Romance as well as the Modern, Urban loft living at it's chicest. Is it any wonder that he dressed the cast of Robert Redford's The Greaty Gatsby? The dream team behind the dream book.A uniquely American retail success story.
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Summary: Who better than Ralph Lauren himself?
Comment: I previewed this book at the bookstore as well and I can't wait to purchase it! I'm a thrift store type of person, so I am saving up for a copy:)
What a totally beautiful book! I noticed people made barbed comments about Mr. Lauren having so many pictures of himself - and I say why not? To me, nobody wears a cowboy hat quite like Ralph Lauren - or wears his clothes as well - he is the best advertisement of his product there is. He has beautiful eyes and a real presence and he is just great to look at - and that goes for his wife and children also! It's fun to escape to his world and I never tire of looking at the Ralph Lauren style.
I hope someday soon he comes out with a book on his stores, like another reader had suggested. I remember a library room that was done up for the holidays (in his New York store I believe) that I still think about - it was absolutely beautiful. To have a book full of his store "rooms" would be heaven!
Ralph Lauren is one of a kind and we are richer for it.
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Summary: In a word . . . STUNNING!
Comment: I read about the Ralph Lauren book in a book review. I was interested in the book because we love the Ralph Lauren brand in our household. The first thing that struck me upon receiving the book is the size. It's huge! But, once I started reading it I spent the entire afternoon pouring over it. I couldn't tear myself away. It's stunning and typically iconically classic. It also looks great on my coffee table!
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Summary: RL 's multi talented and multi faceted book
Comment: This is a great book. And HEAVY! Lots of pictures and his own writings of how his career came to be. Highly recommend for the RL fan.
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Summary: Impressive
Comment: I love Ralph Lauren clothes and the book gives me ideas in creating his look. I read the book in one evening. It was fast reading, I loved looking at his past styles from the 70's to current and it shows his style is CLASSIC. If your a Ralph Lauren fan it's diffinetly worth purchasing the book. I have to admit I felt I was reading a story book. The book is also very heavy to lift. You need to be strong.
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