My current obsession is from the collection of the limited edition
Andy Warhol’s Interview books. Each book has a theme, my personal favorite is
The Fashion. It’s a compilation of photographs, drawings, portraits, interviews, and discussions from 1972 to 1979. The book immediately brought to mind Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen's book
Influence with it's interviews of some of the same figures that were prevalent in Warhol's
Interview, including Diane Von Furstenburg and Karl Lagerfeld. Lagerfeld actually wrote the introduction to the Warhol book. Warhol's collection is of course more eccentric and sexual in it's questions.
Influence on the other hand is more developed around the theme of how they came to be so successful and where the inspirations for their art comes from. I recommend both books because they are intriguing insights into the minds that have and continue to inspire and stun the world. It is a collection of the brightest and most beautiful.
P.S. I have attached some poorly taken pictures (dorms are not known for their goodlighting and cleanliness) of a few of the impressive portaits in the books. Copyrights belong to Interview and Influence of course.
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| Yves Saint Laurent- Interview |
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| A photograph of Coco Chanel at work |
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| Karl Lagerfeld- Interview |
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Diane Von Furstenberg in Influence on a cover from Interview, side by side with an actual interview of her in Warhol's collection.
Illustrations of the Fashion Collections by Mats Gustavson |
