Tuesday, April 29, 2008

Love Fashion Photography? Read This

Stylist: The Interpreters of Fashion
Rizzoli International Publications, Inc. $75.00 ISBN: 978-0-8478-2924-8

Sarah Mower interviewed the best stylists in the business for the book "Stylist: The Interpreters of Fashion." Mower gives a one page biography of each photographer and explains how their work has influenced the fashion industry. She then proceeds to let their work speak for itself: the book is 90 percent photography.

Each stylist's section includes a compilation of their most well-known work. From Grace Coddington's Alice in Wonderland photoshoot to Andrea Lieberman's work on Gwen Stefani's music video, this book shows every type of media stylists delve into. Featured stylists include: Grace Coddington, Tonne Goodman, Andrea Leiberman, Carine Roitfeld, Karl Templer and Joe Zee.

This book isn't just for future stylists, it is also inspiration for future editors.... Roitfeld, Zee, Coddington and Goodman have all gone on to manage major fashion publications. If you're smart, you will use these stylists tips of success to start off your own fashion career.

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