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A Guide To Fashion In The 1970s Emeline Fort
Six Degrees Books 1171062176 / 9781171062172 Paperback New
The 70s in fashion was the decade that saw the arrival of bell-bottoms, jumpsuit, crop top, spandex, platform shoes, mini skirts, mullets, surfer hair, and sideburns. The book also discusses the celebrities and TV shows that influenced the decade such as John Travolta on Saturday Night Fever, David Bowie, Bianca Jagger, Farrah Fawcett and Charlie's Angels. Famous models of the decade and featured in the book were Lauren Hutton, Margaux Hemingway, Cheryl Tiegs, and Jerry Hall.
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Dreamseller Brandon Novak
Citadel 0806530049 / 9780806530048 Paperback New
Former skateboarder prodigy Novak relates his harrowing tale of drug abuse, addiction, and recovery, in this riveting memoir that details his slide from a dream life to a nightmare existence.
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Gothic & Lolita Masayuki Yoshinaga, Katsuhiko Ishikawa
Phaidon 0714847852 / 9780714847856 Paperback New
Gothic & Lolita charts the current trend of Gothic street fashion that has swept Japan over the last decade. Influenced by Western fashion trends from the mid 1980s young teenagers predominately adolescent girls congregate in the urban centres of Harajuku Akihabara and a number of underground clubs in and around Tokyo dressed head-to-toe in gothic costumes and late-Victorian dress. The psychological characteristics of the average Japanese Goth is one of introversion and exclusivity. The majority of girls in the scene are teenagers and most usually stop by the age of eighteen. The origin of the movement was in Osaka in the mid 1990s when young teenagers adopted Gothic fashion in response to the clothes worn and promoted by Japanese Gothic rock bands. In the ten years since the trend began it has expanded to a number of cities including Tokyo and now boasts many thousands of devotees who dedicate their lives to creating ever more flamboyant and bizarre variations on the Gothic theme. From handmade black lace dresses based on designs from the 1860s to 'Lolita' outfits lacy Gothic designs that have a pre-pubescent 'rococo' edge to them to dresses with an occult flavour the Gothic and Lolita scene is one of the more bizarre hybrids within Japanese street fashion. Gothic & Lolita is specially commissioned by Phaidon Press. Based on the creative design of the best selling Fruits and Fresh Fruits it will feature portraits and group portraits of Japanese Goths and Lolitas both at home and in the urban centres of Tokyo and Osaka. In addition to the visual content of the book each subject will also be asked a number of questions about their handmade designs and why the fashion is so important to them. This text will run in a similar 'question and answer' format as in the original Fruits publications. The coupling of portraits and insightful first-person commentary will together make Gothic & Lolita the definitive book on the scene in both the West and in Japan presenting an ideal opportunity to view one of the more surreal aspects of Japanese popular youth culture in an informative yet entertaining manner.
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Otaku Encyclopedia Patrick W. Galbraith, Frederik Schodt (Foreword)
Kodansha International 4770031017 / 9784770031013 Paperback New
Otaku: Nerd; geek or fanboy. Originates from a polite second-person pronoun meaning your home in Japanese. Since the 1980s it's been used to refer to people who are really into Japanese pop-culture such as anime manga and videogames. A whole generation previously marginalized with labels such as geek and nerd are now calling themselves otaku with pride. The Otaku Encyclopedia offers fascinating insight into the subculture of Cool Japan. With over 600 entries including common expressions people places and moments of otaku history this is the essential A to Z of facts every Japanese pop-culture fan needs to know. Author Patrick W. Galbraith has spent several years researching deep into the otaku heartland and his intimate knowledge of the subject gives the reader an insider's guide to words such as moe doujinshi cosplay and maid cafes. In-depth interviews with such key players as Takashi Murakami otaku expert Okada Toshio and J-pop idol Shoko Nakagawa are interspersed with the entries offering an even more penetrating look into the often misunderstood world of otaku. Dozens of lively colorful images--from portraits of the interview subjects to manga illustrations film stills and photos of places mentioned in the text--pop up throughout the book making The Otaku Encyclopedia as entertaining to read as it is informative.
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Papik Rossi: Mr. Rossi Papik Rossi
Drago 8888493115 / 9788888493114 Paperback New
Roman street artist and photographer Papik Rossi started to skate in 1987 with the pioneers of the Italian scene. A decade later he was flying to the States every year to check out the scenes in New York and San Francisco. California found its way into not just his skating style but the 1996 creation of his clothing company Trustever and his growing portfolio of art and photography which mingles all of those experiences together. Rossi co-produced the book Just push the button with the brands Slam Jam Stussy and Carhartt. And he's been showing his work since 1999 in both underground galleries and museum shows like 30% Acrilico at the Museum of Rome in Trastavere in 2003. In 2004 he designed a sofa that turns into a skateable structure presented at the Urban Edge Show in Milan. This is his first major monograph.
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Ripped: T-Shirts From The Underground Cesar Padilla
Universe Publishing(NY) 0789320339 / 9780789320339 Paperback New
A visual history of counterculture music T-shirts, spanning the defining era of indie music. Ripped is the first book to document the shirts of the post-punk and indie period, after the submission of 1960s rock 'n' roll to mass popularity and before the onset of ironic consumerism. Carefully selected from the archives of vintage fashion collector Cesar Padilla, the 200 T-shirts in this book are classic examples of rare and extremely limited shirts created by and for the very bands who embodied the true essence of the DIY and indie movements--from The Ramones to Sonic Youth, John Cale, Talking Heads, Madonna, X, Pil, The Germs, and many others. Each shirt has been photographed in all its gritty, sweat-stained glory just as it was found--on the street, in a thrift store, or inherited from a friend. Introduced by Lydia Lunch, the book includes recollections and ruminations from musicians, fashion designers, and pop culture personalities on the enigmatic and enduring appeal of the rock band T-shirt.
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Skatebook - Hellmag HELLmag
Skatebook 0982111649 / 9780982111642 Hardcover New
This special edition of skatebook take's an indepth look at making it in the game as a skateboarder. Every interview (over 40) ask the questions that any skateboarder that is hellbent on making in the game needs to know. How to get sponsored, how to stay sponsored and what team managers are looking for as well as featuring the most prominent skaters of 2009. While the skatebook series presents a overview of the most epic and iconic people brands and events in skateboarding both past and present Book5 the Hellmag takeover cover skaters of the present that are sure to become the stars of tomorrow. The skatebook staff went on a painful journey to discover skaters that have not been recognized thus far and are utterly amazing. A must have and a collectors book. Interviews from unknowns to the most powerful people in skateboarding about one topic. Featuring Slash, Jonathan Pierce, Robbie Russo, Jordan Hoffart, Peter Raffin, Boo and Isaiah Johnson, Collin Provost, Jon Dixon, Ryan Decenzo, Jose Rojo, Jaws, Jamie Thomas, David Loy, Colin McKay, Paul Sharpe, Don Nguyen, Kris Markovich, Churro, Daniel Castillo, Steve Berra, Steve Caballero, Benny Fairfax, Danny Way, Felix, Uno, D Streets, Andrew Pott, Jereme Rogers, Aquil Brathwaite, Manny Santiago, Kertis Calamonico, and Luis Tolentino
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Street: The Nylon Book Of Global Style Editors Of Nylon Magazine (Editor)
Universe 0789315017 / 9780789315014 Paperback New
Designers photographers and fashion editors all agree that the street is the cauldron of fashion inspiration. The clothes the accessories and the looks developed by (particularly young) people in different cities today is both an inspiration to the mainstream fashion world and a phenomenon distinct to their environment. The book will be divided into five chapters one chapter for each city (New York Paris London Berlin Tokyo Melbourne and Copenhagen). Each city chapter will begin with an introduction explaining the city's particular brew of geography culture and fashion. Then a series of photographs of stylish young people in each city will follow. Each subject will respond to a series of questions (name age occupation meaning of their look and so on). The photographs are taken on-site by Nylon's own photographers. The book will juxtapose the different looks of each city in an exciting but timeless documentary style.
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Surf Skate And Art Rock Of Jim Phillips Jim Phillips
Schiffer 0764319272 / 9780764319273 Paperback New
Thousands of artistic graphic illustrations from motorcycles to health food and including rock posters surf and skateboard art jump off these pages. Bold and dynamic bad boy and hippie themes in bright and startling colors command your attention with incredible detail. Jim Phillips delights in original imagery to convey his unique reflections of the popular world. Since 1962 he has published award-winning graphic designs for cartoons skateboards T-shirts stickers rock posters and ad art. The works assembled for this book from collections world-wide represent over fifty years of creativity and document the powerful youth movement in America.
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Tokyo Look Book Philomena Keet, Yuri Manabe
Kodansha Europe Ltd 4770030614 / 9784770030610 Paperback New
Armed with a PhD in Tokyo street fashion anthropologist Keet hits the pavement to interview and profile several distinct tribes of fashionable Tokyo youth in this eye-catching style guide. Keet combines her findings with bold graphics more than 200 color photographs information on popular shops and brands and interviews with several Tokyo-based fashion designer to take the reader beyond the outer layers of clothing and into the minds of the wearers. Starting in the street fashion epicenters of Shibuya and Harajuku Keet introduces the fast-paced trends of the teenage gyaru the panda-like make-up of yamamba street kids the Little Bo Peep dresses of the Lolitas and the colorful costumes worn at the biggest anime and manga convention in Tokyo. Beyond the highly visible extreme minority fashions Keet also covers the more sophisticated clothing of upmarket Ginza and the Marunouchi business district showcasing style tribes who are little known outside of Tokyo but who represent what is probably the dominant fashion aesthetic. While Keet's method of spontaneously meeting and interviewing subjects gives the book a you-are-there feel similarly impromptu photography can be frustratingly repetitive (many one- or two-shots playing stiffly to the camera) and occasionally out of focus. Still with its cheerful format and knowledgeable commentary this book is sure to catch the eye of young fashionistas around the globe.
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