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In 2008, Christopher Niquet, a well-known French stylist, spotted the 1960s supermodel Peggy Moffit in a Beverly Hills restaurant. Never an autograph chaser, he nonetheless felt compelled to ask for hers. This candid moment ignited an obsessive, ongoing quest. Niquet began to reach out to the models he considered quintessentials figures in his industry, for their epic beauty and remote auras.
Deploying a sleuth's methods to locate these models around the globe, he collected 100 signatures, most of which are framed along with an iconic portrait. "My original purpose was to get beyond the abstract, incorporeal beauty of these icons, and bring back a sense of their physicality. For me, each signature restored a womanly reality to the imaginary being." This book highlights the unique personalities of celebrated or forgotten women from the late 1950s to the 1990s and what they all have in common: the power to awaken creativity in the people who see them.
Through generations of cover stories, Models That Matter explores a multi-layered history of feminine beauty, from Jean Shrimpton to Jerry Hall, from Lauren Bacall to Linda Evangelista, from Anita Pallenberg to Naomi Campbell, muses for extraordinary fashion lensmen like Steven Meisel-who wrote the preface-to Irving Penn or Richard Avedon.
About the Author
Christopher Niquet is a Paris born and Sorbonne educated writer. He relocated to New York city in 2006 after years working behind the scene with designers in Paris (A.P.C., Karl Lagerfeld, Christian Lacroix) and Milan (D&G, Alessandro dell acqua, Anna Molinari). He is now a contributing writer to French Vanity Fair with a monthly column about culture and style and is finishing his first novel. "Models Matter" is his first book and combines his passion of fashion history, beauty and words.
Deploying a sleuth's methods to locate these models around the globe, he collected 100 signatures, most of which are framed along with an iconic portrait. "My original purpose was to get beyond the abstract, incorporeal beauty of these icons, and bring back a sense of their physicality. For me, each signature restored a womanly reality to the imaginary being." This book highlights the unique personalities of celebrated or forgotten women from the late 1950s to the 1990s and what they all have in common: the power to awaken creativity in the people who see them.
Through generations of cover stories, Models That Matter explores a multi-layered history of feminine beauty, from Jean Shrimpton to Jerry Hall, from Lauren Bacall to Linda Evangelista, from Anita Pallenberg to Naomi Campbell, muses for extraordinary fashion lensmen like Steven Meisel-who wrote the preface-to Irving Penn or Richard Avedon.
About the Author
Christopher Niquet is a Paris born and Sorbonne educated writer. He relocated to New York city in 2006 after years working behind the scene with designers in Paris (A.P.C., Karl Lagerfeld, Christian Lacroix) and Milan (D&G, Alessandro dell acqua, Anna Molinari). He is now a contributing writer to French Vanity Fair with a monthly column about culture and style and is finishing his first novel. "Models Matter" is his first book and combines his passion of fashion history, beauty and words.
Industry Reviews
Models Matter is a yearbook-style compendium of muses. Written entries about the greatest models of our time range from ruminative text to a few offhand sentences, accompanied by vintage photographs shot by greats from Avedon to Scavullo.--Sarah Moroz "i-D Magazine "
Niquet pays homage to the 20th century's greatest beauties.--Departures
[Models Matter] is cause for amazement, relief, and hope. These women deserve our recognition. They were all so unique, so talented, so passionate about their craft.--L'Oeil de la Photographie
Niquet pays homage to the 20th century's greatest beauties.--Departures
[Models Matter] is cause for amazement, relief, and hope. These women deserve our recognition. They were all so unique, so talented, so passionate about their craft.--L'Oeil de la Photographie
ISBN: 9788862085199
ISBN-10: 8862085192
Published: 6th April 2017
Format: Paperback
Language: English
Number of Pages: 124
Audience: General Adult
Publisher: Damiani Editore
Country of Publication: IT
Dimensions (cm): 29.9 x 24.2 x 1.2
Weight (kg): 0.84
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