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American Fashion Designers at Home from Assouline

"You want to be creative and courageous in your dress and the same is true of your home . . .

When you're designing clothing, you really only have one point of focus and that's the body. But

home is fabrics and furniture and floors and natural light. If fashion is a planet, home is more like a

universe."Betsey Johnson

NEW YORK - After perpetual traveling and the crushes of Fashion Week, designers, too, need a retreat

from couture's glittering society. And what do the homes of fashion arbiters look like? American

Fashion Designers at Home offers an intimate look into the private quarters of more than

100 members of the Council of Fashion Designers of Americaincluding Diane von Furstenburg,

Johnson Hartig, Derek Lam, Bob Mackie, Cynthia Rowley, and Kate Spadeoffering a stunning

photographic tour of the domestic side of fashion.

Through vivid photographs, explore eclectic domiciles from the minimal chic to the bold and exotic,

from compact one-bedrooms to sprawling estates, and discover how designers' dwellings

often become extensions of their mtier: Find Carolina Herrera's classic elegance also woven

into her Louis XVinfluenced New York apartment and Betsey Johnson's trademark pink and girly

glamour mirrored in her sumptuous, flower-filled flat. Comfort and relaxation are a focus for some

designers: Be a guest in the home of Tommy Hilfiger, whose preppy aesthetic softens in his cozy

"Adirondack room," featuring a fireplace and repurposed beams from a Vermont barn, or take

off to Donna Karan's tranquil, zen-inspired villa in the Turks and Caicos Islands, complete with ecofriendly

architecture and yoga pavilion. This collectible booka one-of-a-kind sneak peek into the

lives of CFDA starsreveals that fashion's most creative minds also take their work home them.

Hardcover/Jacket $65 55 45 300 pages 9 x 12" 23 x 30 cm 300 illustrations.

ISBN - 9782759404711

available at Assouline Boutiques and online at Assouline

ASSOULINE/FALL 2010

American Fashion Designers at Home By Rima Suqi

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