Bold, Beautiful and Damned: The World of 1980s Fashion Illustrator Tony Viramontes - Hardcover

Rhys-Morgan, Dean

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1780673078 ISBN 13: 9781780673073

Publisher: Laurence King Publishing, 2013

Synopsis

When Tony Viramontes' work appeared in the late 1970s, his hard and direct style of drawing was a marked contrast to the prevailing soft-pastel school of fashion illustration. He scored immediate success, rapidly acquiring the kind of prestigious editorial commissions normally given to photographers, from Lei, Per Lui in Italy, Vogue in the USA, The Face in Britain, and Le Monde and Le Figaro in France.

This beautiful hardcover book brings together an extensive collection of his work, featuring striking images of smoldering and smoky-eyed men and women who vibrate with New Wave energy. Viramontes worked with some of the most celebrated names in fashion including Yves Saint Laurent, Valentino, Chanel, Claude Montana, and Christian Dior.

About this title

About the Author:

After completing a degree in costume design at the Wimbledon College of Art, UK, Dean Rhys Morgan worked alongside Isabella Blow at Tatler magazine. Contributing regularly to The Telegraph and The Sunday Times, he worked as a fashion and interiors journalist before establishing an online gallery specializing in midcentury fashion and interior illustration.

Review:

".a love letter of a book. Bold, Beautiful and Damned will be a coveted treasure for years to come." - New York Journal of Books

About this edition

• Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
• Publication date: 2013
• ISBN 10: 1780673078
• ISBN 13: 9781780673073
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 192