The Best of Flair - Hardcover

COWLES

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Hardcover

ISBN 10: 084782229X ISBN 13: 9780847822294

Publisher: Universe Publishing, 2000

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A representation of the best of Flair magazine brings together famous images, like Dali's "The Gypsy Angels of Spain," with essays by Simone de Beauvoir, George Bernard Shaw, and others, to celebrate five decades of an influential art magazine.

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Review:

"This newly affordable archive features greatest hits from one of the most groundbreaking (and short-lived) fashion magazines of all time. It's about a close as you can come as giving the gift of time travel -- at least, for the ultimate fashion nerd." -New York Magazine

"If you have only heard of but never experienced the pleasure of perusing Flair then you are in for one of the greatest reading experiences...This epic volume is a love letter to all who love reading magazines and still long for the meatiness and richness of the content of yesteryear. As if the extremely intelligent and varied subject matter was not enough to mesmerize the reader, there is the element of presentation that catapults Flair into rarefied territory that has never since been explored and will probably never ever even be dreamt of today. There are not enough superlatives to offer when speaking of this book so if you have esthetic leanings or interest in almost any cultural aspect of life, then, this book is essential to all those who consider themselves cultivated and sophisticated. For once, this reviewer was not only wildly impressed but actually rendered slack jawed and speechless." -New York Journal of Books

..".a remarkable incarnation of Flair's greatest hits..." -Women's Wear Daily

"The Best of Flair...re-creates the interactive magazine the best it can without scent strips." -Vanity Fair

..".a re-edition of The Best of Flair, a heavy volume, which, much like the magazine version, features the die-cut covers, the booklets, the colorful illustrations and the interviews and essays of many boldfaced names from the worlds of art, fashion, literature and society." -Forbes.com

"Must-Have Coffee Table Book. In 1950, editor Fleur Cowles founded Flair magazine, a sumptuous publication that combined fanciful editorial content with contributions by cultural giants like Salvador Dal�, Ogden Nash, and Lucian Freud. This month Rizzoli reissues a book of the magazine's most memorable pages, complete with vibrant die-cut gatefolds and encased in a stylish scarlet box." -Harpers Bazaar
"Fleur Cowles, artist and visionary, published Flair magazine in the fifties, and devot�es covet and collect these precious few issues. The ideas on each page are original, to this day. They also portray a cultural decade, an insider look at writers and artists like Lucian Freud and Truman Capote who were emerging at that time. Along with its distinctive design elements--die-cut covers, special papers, embossing, bound-in booklets--The Best of Flair also features interviews and contributions from provocative and noted artists and celebrities of the past fifty years, including the ultra- ubiquitous Jean Cocteau, Tallulah Bankhead, Saul Steinberg, Salvador Dal�...You might say it was everyone who was anyone." -The Style Saloniste

About the Author:

Fleur Cowles is a distinguished writer and painter whose work has been exhibited around the world. She has had a distinguished career as an author, editor, and diplomat, serving as Ambassador of the United States to the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. She has been decorated by five countries for diplomatic activities. She is the author of many previous books, including the authorized biography of Salvador Dali. Her paintings from the books Tiger Flower and Lion in Blue will be made into three-dimensional computer-animated films. She has been honored as the most influential woman in publishing in her time by the Harry Ransom Center for Humanities at the University of Texas in Austin, where fellowships have been named for her. She and her husband, Tom Montague Meyer, live in London, Sussex, and Spain.

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