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powerHouse Books,U.S.2002 First edition hardback with DJ 141 pages fully illustrated A BRAND NEW BOOK UNUSED. Full refund if not satisfied. 24 hour despatch. If not pictured in this listing, a scan of the actual book is available on request.There is no single piece of clothing more universal than the blue jean. This iconic apparel is the untimate American fashion statement. Whether worn by presidents or punks, cowboys or congressmen, actors or contractors, hippies or hard rockers, blue jeans over the years have steadfastedly continued to symbolize all-American virtues: freedom, independence, and the pursuit of self-expression. With over 135 riveting color and black and white photographs, this book traces the garment's rise from the miner's working uniform to its place of honor on fashion runways around the world. Depicted in-between is a cast of famous and infamous denim-clad personalities and cultural giants highlighting pivotal milestones from the early 1900s through today: Marilyn Monroe, Sarah Jessica Parker, Marlon Brando, Lennie Kravitz, Lucy & Desi, Bruce Springsteen, Jennifer Lopez, Elvis Presley, Lil' Kim, Montgomery Clift, Gwen Stephanie, Bob Dillon, Farrah Fawcett, the Beatles, Paul Newman, Robert Redford, Sonny & Cher, Keith Richards, John & Yoko, Thelma & Louise, Led Zepplen, Jackson Pollock, Kurt Cobain, and Madonna to name but a few. These photographs, many rarely seen before, are from some of the world's most famous photographers: Patrick McMullan, Ellen von Unwerth, Bruce Weber, Helmut Newton, Annie Leibovitz, Peter Lindbergh, Mark Selliger, David LaChapelle, Dennis Stock, Danny Lyon, Eve Arnold, Kurt Markus, Larry Fink, Sante D'Orazio, Bob Gruen, Roxanne Lowit, Harry Benson, and many more.…
Seller Inventory # j458
- Title
- The Blue Jean
- Author
- Harris, Alice
- Publisher
- PowerHouse Books
- Publication year
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- Dust jacket
- New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 1576871509
- ISBN 13
- 9781576871508
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- f, Fashion
The Blue Jean proudly celebrates this magnificent heritage with 135 stunning color and black-and-white documentary, fashion, and art photographs (many rarely seen before) of demin-clad personalities and cultural giants and picotal milestones from the forties up through today. The Blue Jean is a fascinating journey of rediscovery, in pictures and words, of our history with jeans and our love affair with them.
Includes pictures by: Peter Beard; Ellen Von Unwerth; Danny Lyon; Bruce Weber; Helmut Newton; Ansel Adams; Santo D'Orazio; Bruce Davidson; Edward Weston; Lauren Greenfield; David LaChapelle; Larry Fink; Dorothea Lange; Kurt Markus; Eve Arnold; Mike Disfarmer; Wayne Miller; Harry Benson; Edward Steichen; Charles Peterson; Robert Mapplethorpe; Jack Pierson; Mark Shaw; Carter Smith; Gordon Parks; and, Larry Sultan, to name but a few.
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D2D Books
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