Some heavy reading for fashion fan

SMALL PRINT: NO FASHION follower’s coffee table would be complete without a fashion tome or two, and many carry the usual suspects – Vogue covers, perhaps; or Phaidon’s The Fashion Book ; even Gisele Scanlon’s The Goddess Guide , the most unputdownable of any fashion publication this writer has seen.

Recent weeks have seen another fashion bible for the Christmas list in Harper’s Bazaar’s Greatest Hits (Abrams, $65), an anthology of magazine covers, fashion and editorial shoots under the stewardship of editor-in-chief Glenda Bailey. There’s a photograph of Naomi Campbell running alongside a cheetah; Demi Moore at the top of a ladder, leaning over to pet a giraffe; Lanvin’s Alber Elbaz seated in an armchair, holding an umbrella, seemingly floating on a lake in Central Park. It’s an astounding testament to a creative vision that makes no excuses for a passion for fashion – a passion that is, in this book, juxtaposed with a strong political drive and a thirst for exploring the new.   Read More

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