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Lucire 2004Bollywood: Popular Indian Cinema, 2nd ed. edited by by Lalit Mohan Joshi, with foreword by Derek Malcolm
$59·95; £24·47 (save £10·48); 49,80

London: Dakini Books 2004, 350 pp., hardcover

Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Indian-influenced musical Bombay Dreams is scheduled to première in April 2004 on Broadway, and with that comes a high-profile introduction to Bollywood not only for New York, but the whole of the United States.
   Bollywood: Popular Indian Cinema, published by dakini books of London and distributed throughout North America by PowerHouse books, New York, is a hard cover book at the centre of the Indian cultural phenomenon in London. This visually stunning book covers nearly 100 years of Indian film history, with over 500 exquisite high-quality images, including those rarely seen from film archives. It celebrates the major players that have shaped the Indian film industry into the far-reaching and world-renowned body it is today. Written by some of the most prominent voices in Indian film writing, there is no publication of remotely comparable quality in the market-place.
   Bollywood, standing for popular Hindi films possessing mass appeal, has become one of the largest film industries in the world, producing over 800 films a year. In the course of its century-long history, it has steadily turned the myths, folk tales and legends of India into the modernity of motion pictures. Today, Bollywood attracts over one billion spectators worldwide, and is especially unique for its use of music in every film.

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Lucire Shopping GuideThe Devil Wears Prada, by Lauren Weisberger $13·17 (save $8·78); £11·95 (US hardcover); £5·59 (UK paperback) 10,43 (UK paperback)
New York: Doubleday 2003, 368 pp., hardcover; London: HarperCollins 2003, 400 pp., paperback (US hardcover edition pictured; paperback edition available October)

As reviewed by Phillip D. Johnson in Lucire (see his review, ‘Fashionable times’ here). Andrea Sachs, a small-town girl fresh out of college, lands the job ‘a million girls would die for’. Hired as the assistant to Miranda Priestly, the high-profile, fabulously successful editor of Runway magazine, Andrea finds herself in an office that shouts, ‘Prada! Armani! Versace!’ at every turn, a world populated by impossibly thin, heart-wrenchingly stylish women and beautiful men clad in fine-ribbed turtlenecks and tight leather pants that show off their lifelong dedication to the gym. With breathtaking ease, Miranda can turn each and every one of these hip sophisticates into a scared, whimpering child.
   The Devil Wears Prada gives a rich and hilarious new meaning to complaints about “the boss from hell”. Narrated in Andrea’s smart, refreshingly disarming voice, it traces a deep, dark, devilish view of life at the top only hinted at in gossip columns and over Cosmopolitans at the trendiest cocktail parties. From sending the latest, not-yet-in-stores Harry Potter to Miranda’s children in Paris by private jet, to locating an unnamed antique store where Miranda had at some point admired a vintage dresser, to serving lattes to Miranda at precisely the piping hot temperature she prefers, Andrea is sorely tested each and every day—and often late into the night with orders barked over the phone. She puts up with it all by keeping her eyes on the prize: a recommendation from Miranda that will get Andrea a top job at any magazine of her choosing. As things escalate from the merely unacceptable to the downright outrageous, however, Andrea begins to realize that the job a million girls would die for may just kill her. And even if she survives, she has to decide whether or not the job is worth the price of her soul.

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Lucire BookstoreHollywood Splash
photographed by Veronique Vial $45.
New York: Powerhouse Books 2003, 192 pp., hardcover.

Released October 2003, celebrity photographer Vial takes a dip into private pools, photographing Claudia Schiffer, Heidi Klüm, Angie Everheart, Kristanna Loken, Claire Forlani, Jackie Chan and more. With 232 colour photographs.

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Lucire Shopping Guide Fashion Design by Sue Jenkyn Jones $20·97 (save $8·98); £17·96; 24,77
New York: Watson–Guptill 2002, 192 pp., paperback

A valuable primer on the fashion industry for the 21st century, Fashion Design is the definitive reference for anyone who is considering a career in the fashion industry. It describes the qualities and skills needed to become a fashion designer; examines the wide range of career opportunities available; and gives an authoritative, balanced overview of the fashion business today. Using an approach that unites history, theory, and practice, Fashion Design aims to inform and inspire. Packed with over 300 illustrations, here is practical guidance and proven advice on such topics as the uses and language of clothing; patterns and fabrics; measuring, cutting, draping, and sewing; building a collection; researching and sketching; portfolios and self-presentation; plus much more. It equips aspiring designers and other fashion professionals with a valuable road map to this competitive, cutthroat industry. It also serves as an excellent reference and career guide for professionals interested in retail buying, marketing and sales, and other areas of the fashion business.
   Authored by Sue Jenkyn Jones, who teaches fashion design at Central Saint Martin’s College of Art and Design in London and was once a designer for an international womenswear brand.

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Lucire 2004Zack Carr edited by George Carr
$52·50 (save $22·50); £47·50; 80,81
New York: Powerhouse Books 2002, 200 pp., hardcover

As the creative director of Calvin Klein, where he worked for nearly three decades, Zack Carr helped elevate the house to one of the premier forces in fashion worldwide. His premature death from cancer in 2000 cut short a life and career that indelibly altered the status of American fashion; Carr helped make American style "the look" and lifestyle a worldwide phenomenon.

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Lucire 2004Talking Fashion by Sarajane Hoare
$34·97 (save $14·98); £29 (save £16); 54,66
New York: Powerhouse Books 2002, 176 pp., hardcover

Designed by former Harper’s Bazaar creative director Fabien Baron—which for us is enough to recommend this book, given Baron’s style-setting direction that in its own way pays tribute to the look he pioneered—this monograph celebrates the excesses of the past decade. Author Hoare has been fashion director at Harper's Bazaar under Liz Tilberis and British Vogue under Anna Wintour—so it’s fair to say she has seen it all. Hoare has traveled the plains of Africa with Masai warriors who prefer film to print work, shot on an active volcano, and worked a rhinoceros into the picture.

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Lucire Shopping Guide No Lifeguard on Duty: the Accidental Life of the World’s First Supermodel by Janice Dickinson $17·47 (save $7·48); £15·19 (save £3·80); 27,30
New York: Regan Books 2002, 320 pp., hardcover

Featured in Lucire most recently as the model who opened the Lloyd Klein spring–summer 2003 show—bringing up memories of the time she ODed at Studio 54—Dickinson’s life, even years ago, could fill a king-size novel. This is the next best thing: an autobiographical recount of the sex, drugs and parties of the girl who began gracing magazine covers in the 1970s and 1980s. Celebrities are covered, including her affairs with Jack Nicholson, Mick Jagger, Warren Beatty, Liam Neeson and Sylvester Stallone. The book celebrates Dickinson’s survival through all the hardships more than anything else—and she will, particularly after this book, go down in history as the woman who coined the word supermodel.

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Click here to purchaseHandbags: the Power of the Purse by Anna Johnson
$11·16 (save $2·79); £7·99 (save £2); 14,07
New York: Workman Publishing 2002, 512 pp., paperback

As featured in Lucire. The Bolide. The Plume. The Birkin—object of lust in Sex and the City. Celebrating the must-have accessory for the fashion conscious woman, Handbags is an obsessive, irresistible visual extravaganza, featuring over 900 full-colour photographs of the most luxurious, witty, covetable, talismanic examples of the bagmaker's art and history.
   The iconic Hermès Kelly bag, made from first stitch to last by a single craftsperson. Judith Leiber's whimsical minaudières, Moschino's smiley-face bag, Elsa Schiaparelli's surrealist “birdcage”, and the ne plus ultra of fashionable purses-the Chanel bag, reinvented for a new generation by Karl Lagerfeld. There are novelty bags, evening bags, sculptural bags, and class acts. Practical leather pochettes to carry a life, and elegant little reticules for nothing more than a credit card and a lipstick. Profiles of famous bag-makers: Jamin Puech, Kate Spade, Carlos Falchi, and the poet of utility, Bonnie Cashin, with her visionary ‘Cashin Carry’ bags for Coach. Plus the anonymous Florentine artisans whose specialist leather workshops sprouted up in the fourteenth century.
   The perfectly matched complement to shoes, Handbags is about fashion, desire, secrecy, craftsmanship, art, and imagination as well as about the changing roles of women—everything that's packed into every important bag. Includes timelines, fascinating captions, and the ‘It’ bags—anyone for a Fendi baguette?

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Lucire 2004Earth from Above by Yann Arthus-Bertrand and Sophie Bessis; tr. David Baker
$45·50 (save $19·50); UK edition The Earth from the Air £33·96 (save £5·99); 66,59
New York: Harry N. Abrams, 408 pp., hardcover; London: Thames & Hudson 1999, 416 pp., hardcover

As seen in Lucire—after which it became an Amazon.com best-seller—Yann Arthus-Bertrand's portraits taken from the air around the world not only show how much splendour resides on our planet, but remind us of our responsibility to our fellow human beings. Sustainable development is key, a lesson that we forgot during the 20th century. The faces that appear, the natural majesty that has formed, and the ability of the individual to make a change all surface inspirationally from each image.

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Lucire Shopping Guide Retro Chic: A Guide to Fabulous Vintage and Designer Resale Shopping in North America and Online by Diana Eden and Gloria Lintermans $15·16 (save $3·79); £11·83; 18,76
Los Angeles: Really Great Books 2002, 288 pp., paperback

Want to buy vintage but hate to marathon shop? Need that extra something to spice up your little black dress? Hunger for contemporary designer labels for a fraction of their retail cost? In Retro Chic, style experts Diana Eden and Gloria Lintermans round up over 500 must-shop spots in 15 cities from Los Angeles to New York and Vancouver to Montréal, vintage expos across the US, and fabulous web sites where fashionphiles from around the world converge to find genuine treasures. Retro Chic goes beyond mere store listings; the authors share their enthusiasm for discovering great clothing, reveal insights and style secrets of prominent Hollywood costume designers, and relate the passion and creativity of the owners of these amazing stores. Extensively researched and oh-so-user friendly, Eden and Lintermans' guide also tells you everything you need to know to decode the trends and fads from the 1920s through the dawn of the 21st century.

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Lucire Books The Toaster Broke, So We’re Getting Married by Pamela Holm $15·40; £13·77; 20·62
San Francisco: MacAdam–Cage 2002, 175 pp., hardcover.

One of the most endearing and humorous books on marriage, enjoyed by all who have read it. Holm writes of the adventures involved surrounding the modern wedding (not to mention today’s marketing ploys)—and how she confronts those practical issues as well as deeper ones about marriage. Trivium: a photograph of the author’s real wedding to brand expert Denzil J. Meyers is reflected in the image on the toaster.

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