Book Fashion set (set of 4 books). Coco Chanel. Kardashian Kulture: How Celebrities Changed Life in the 21st Century. House of Gucci. A mystery named Lagerfeld
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Book 1: The Kardashian Culture Phenomenon. How celebrities have changed lives in the XXI century
Homosexuality. Gender identity. Racism. Demonstrative consumption. Publicity of private life. The ubiquity of social media... It is difficult to overestimate the relevance of this book. It covers almost every aspect of the consumer society of the 21st century, not only highlighting their current state, but also telling about the history of their emergence and development over the past decades and even giving some forecasts for the future.
For anyone who wants to understand the modern world. A world free of Kardashians will never become a reality. If not for the Kardashians, who decided to live their lives under public scrutiny and asked for only a few hundred million (or billions in Kylie's case), they would have been some other "ordinary" celebrities. The ones you can identify with.
Cynics tend to insist that celebrities are part of a delivery mechanism whose purpose is to stimulate the audience to desire new consumer products passionately and act impulsively in buying them. I do not reject this argument, although if it were not for celebrities, corporations would have found other ways and methods to maintain the rhythm of consumerism that emerged in the 20th century.
Book 2. A Mystery Called Lagerfeld
Karl Lagerfeld is one of the most mysterious figures in the history of world fashion. Everyone knows him, and at the same time, almost nothing is known about him. How did the king of the catwalk, who has been in the spotlight for decades, manage to do this? And why did the father of fashion turn himself into a legend? French journalist Laurent Allan-Caron asked these and many other questions to friends and family of the couturier, and carefully collected their answers into a true and convincing portrait of a genius who first carefully built the life of his dreams and then lived it with taste. The author has delicately lifted the curtain on the mystery of Lagerfeld, making a wonderful gift to all admirers of Kaiser Karl's talent.
The subtitle of the documentary book by the famous writer and journalist Sarah Forden speaks for itself - it is a truly sensational story of murder, madness, luxury and lust. The author has masterfully intertwined two related stories: the dramatic story of the Gucci family, full of discord, litigation, mutual misunderstandings, and a murder for hire, and the story of the rise and fall of the famous Gucci brand and the unprecedented success that this outstanding luxury goods manufacturer eventually achieved. Filled with real drama, the book remained a bestseller in Europe and the United States for several years, and it is no wonder that the Italian press, referring to the famous series, called the House of Gucci a truly new “Dynasty”. The House of Gucci is a brilliant tale of the rise to power of the Gucci dynasty, founded in 1921, a true family saga full of &l;noise and fury&l;
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And while the business is achieving unprecedented success, while the decline is still on the horizon, a dark shadow of tragedy is looming over the family of talented entrepreneurs. On 27 March 1995, the brilliant heir to the luxury fashion house Maurizio Gucci was shot dead by an unknown gunman in the lobby of his Milan office. Three years later, his ex-wife, Patricia Reggiani, was sentenced to death: 29 years in prison for organising a contract killing. But why? What happened between the two and did the relationship in the large and wealthy Florentine family contribute to the insidious crime?
Sarah Forden has told a truly remarkable story that captures the reader from the first pages and confidently leads them through the labyrinths of high fashion, international finance, corporate disputes and heartbreaking family dramas.
The Economist magazine has named The House of Gucci as one of the world's best books in its genre. Sarah Forden's work is also the subject of a vivid film adaptation by Oscar-winning director Ridley Scott. The House of Gucci features a cast of prominent actors including Jeremy Irons, Adam Driver, Jared Leto, Al Pacino and Robert De Niro, and the famous singer Lady Gaga in the role of Patricia Reggiani.
One of the most famous art critics in France is about a woman who created not only unheard-of models of clothes, draperies, perfumes, jewellery, but also a unique style that influenced the best designers of the XX and XXI centuries. Henri Guidel's book is based on solid factual material: interviews with contemporaries, documents, publications, however, this is not a documentary story, but a good novel about Gabrielle Chanel, the very «Coco», whose age is practically unknown to anyone...