Swarovski: Celebrating a History of Collaborations in Fashion, Jewelry, Performance, and Design
Publishing Details
Swarovski: Celebrating a History of Collaborations in Fashion, Jewelry, Performance, and Design
By (Author) Nadja Swarovski
Introduction by Alice Rawsthorn
Foreword by Suzy Menkes
Text by Deborah Landis
Text by Vivienne Becker
Rizzoli International Publications
Rizzoli International Publications
29th September 2015
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Ceramics, mosaic and glass: artworks
Individual designers or design groups
748.8
Physical Properties
352
Width 254mm, Height 312mm, Spine 36mm
2756g
Description
Like Rizzoli's highly successful Louis Vuitton: Art, Fashion, Architecture, Swarovski explores the exceptional collaborations of the Swarovski brand withmajor fashion, design, jewelry, and film innovators, making Swarovski unlikeany other volume on the company's history.In celebration of the 120th anniversary of Swarovski's founding, Swarovskifocuses on four key elements: fashion, jewelry, design, and film--from AudreyHepburn's tiara in Breakfast at Tiffany's to custom garments for Coco Chanel, toone-of-a-kind crystal designs for designers and celebrities.
Reviews
"Showcasing never-before-published contemporary and archival photographs, this beautiful volume tells for the first time the illustrious tale of Swarovski's 120-year heritage and the brand's cutting-edge prescence today."
-BERGDORF GOODMAN MAGAZINE
"[Swarovski] presents Swarovskis extraordinary contributions to the creative industries, which include the creation of the innovative Aurora Borealis stone and the dazzling Oscars Curtain. . .Showcasing never-before-published contemporary and archival photographs, this beautiful volume tells for the first time the illustrious tale of Swarovskis heritage and the brands cutting-edge presence today."
-ECLECTIC MAGAZINE
Author Bio
Nadja Swarovski is the creative director of Swarovski. She is thecreator of the Swarovski Collective, which provides fashion luminaries with adrought-less supply of crystals as well as financial backing. Vogue InternationalEditor Suzy Menkes is the best-known fashion journalist in the world. After 25years commenting on fashion for the International Herald Tribune, she now writesexclusively for Vogue online, covering fashion worldwide. Colin McDowell is aBritish fashion writer, journalist, and academic. Jewelry historian Vivienne Beckeris a contributing editor to the Financial Times's How to Spend It magazine and theauthor of numerous books including The Impossible Collection of Jewelry: The 100Most Important Jewels of the Twentieth Century. Deyan Sudjic is director of theDesign Museum, London, England. Deborah Nadoolman Landis is an Americanfilm and theater costume designer. She worked on such notable films as AnimalHouse, Three Amigos, and Raiders of the Lost Ark. Alice Rawsthorn is a designand culture columnist for the New York Times.
