Bøger af Patrick Mauriès

'The definitive overview of Karl Lagerfeld and Virginie Viard's creations for Chanel, now fully updated, featuring over 180 collections presented through original catwalk photography in a beautiful cloth-bound volume'.

An elegant collection of legendary designer Coco Chanel's maxims on style, women and life, presented in a fashionable gift format.

Traces the history of cabinets of curiosities, from their first appearance in the inventories and engravings commissioned by Renaissance nobles such as the Medici or the Hapsburgs, via those of the Dane Ole Wurm and the Italian polymath Athanasius Kircher, to the serious 17th- and 18th-century scientists Elias Ashmole and Levinas Vincent.

The definitive publication on Karl Lagerfeld's pioneering and irreverent campaigns for Chanel, as photographed by the designer himself.

A glorious selection of jewelry based on the animal kingdom, drawn from the magnificent holdings at the Musee des Arts Decoratifs in Paris.

The first substantial book on the French Neo-Romantics, a cosmopolitan group working in 1920s Paris who turned against modernist abstraction in favour of a new form of figurative painting.

The first book to reveal Jean-Paul Goude's previously unseen drawings and sketches for his iconic perfume campaigns for Chanel.

The definitive monograph on the most illustrious haute-couture embroidery house in the world, featuring specially commissioned photography of Maison Lesage's Paris archive collections.

The first visually led survey of androgyny down the ages, and a compelling exploration of its current ascendancy.

The extraordinary personal collection of Gaston-Louis Vuitton, grandson of Louis Vuitton, the founder of the world's most famous luxury brand.

A celebration of the prestigious house famed for its collaborations with Chanel, Balenciaga and Yves Saint Laurent.

Karl Lagerfeld's world-famous cat dispenses essential advice on lifestyle, diet, fashion, beauty and international travel.

Tells the story of fashion. This book brings to light the fundamental stylistic and formal principles that make up the history of fashion.