Giorgio Armani

New York: Guggenheim Museum Publications, 2003. xxiii, 381 pages, illustrations (chiefly color); 31 cm. English Edition. Published on the occasion of the exhibition organized by the Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, in cooperation with the Royal Academy of Arts, London, and held at the Royal Academy 18 October 2003 to 15 February 2004. Firm binding, clean inside copy. OVERSIZE! No priority/international, except by arrangement. Richly illustrated with colour plates. CONTENTS: President's foreword, by Phillip King; Preface and acknowledgments, by Thomas Krens; Giorgio Armani: toward the mass dandy, by Germano Celant; Private and public. Interview with Armani, by Ingrid Sischy; Milan in the 1970s and 1980s, by Natalla Aspesi; The Armani army, by Marshall Blonsky, with collaboration of Edmundo Desnoes; Armani and Hollywood, by Hamish Bowles; Selected garments, by Harold Koda; Gender. Liberty, equality, sobriety, by Suzy Menkes; On womenswear, by Franca Sozzani; The menswear revolution, by Patrick McCarthy; Androgyny: undoing gender, by Susan Cross; The Armani look, by Catherine Perry; Traditionalism: redoing gender, by Susan Cross; Changing roles, by Susan Cross; Selected garments, Harold Koda; World culture. The sands of time: historicism and Orientalism in Armani's designs for women, by Caroline Rennolds Milbank; A place in the sun, by Susan Cross; Selected garments, by Harold Koda; Architecture/design. The elegance of the everyday: the interiors of Giorgio Armani, by Donald Albrecht; Armani by design, by Andrea Branzi; Armani and architecture, by Lisa Panzera; Armani and textiles, by Catherine Perry; Selected garments, by Harold Koda; Cinema. Armani, film, and fashion, by Valerie Steele; Made in Milan: notes for a screenplay, by Martin Scorsese and Jay Cocks; Advertising stills, by Karole Vail; Armani and film costume: creating character, by Catherine Perry; Moving images, by Karole Vail; Snapshots of Milan: Emporio Armani billboards, by Alberto Abruzzese; Selected garments, by Harold Koda; A Selection of Armani: entries, by Harold Koda; Men's and women's collections, 1976-2000; Chronology, by Karole Vail; Selected bibliography, by Ilaria Dupre.. 1st. Paperback. Fine. 4to.