美輪明宏のおしゃれ大図鑑

by Akihiro Miwa, 美輪 明宏

「おしゃれ」とは、単にうわべをとりつくろうことではなく、美しく装うことで、よりよい自分と出会うこと。
美しいモノに接することで、自分の内面を育てることです。
どういう女性でありたいのか、どんな人間として生きたいのか、自分の進むべき方向を定め、あなたの美意識を磨き上げていく、そのプロセスこそが「おしゃれ」なのです。

美輪明宏が評価する『美しいモノ』が集結！
美の伝道師・美輪明宏が評価する本当に美しいモノとは？ファッション、インテリア、音楽、映画等々、写真をふんだんに掲載しながら「美」とは何かを伝えます。フジ子・ヘミングとの対談も収録。

224 pages, Soft Cover [単行本]

First published August 31, 2005

About the author

Akihiro Miwa (美輪 明宏: みわ あきひろ), is a Japanese singer, actor, director, composer, and author. He writes most of his own music and has written over 20 books. Miwa is openly gay, and a drag queen who is known for having shoulder-length bright yellow hair.
Until 1971 he was active in the name of Akihiro Maruyama (丸山 明宏: まるやま あきひろ)of his real name.
He started his career at 17 as a professional cabaret singer in the Ginza district in Chūō, Tokyo, when moving to Tokyo in 1952. He started working in various nightclubs singing his favourites from the French chansons such as those of Édith Piaf, Yvette Guilbert and Marie Dubas. His claim to fame came rather early in 1957, with a smash-hit called the chanson "Méqué méqué" that covered Japanese. Yukio Mishima was acclaimed him as "the beauty of the heavenly world", it is said to be "a beautiful boy since Jinmu" "Sister boy" from the mass communication. And he was loved by many celebrities: Yukio Mishima, Jyunnosuke Yoshiyuki, Akiyuki Nosaka, Kenzaburo Ooe, jyunichi Nakahawa, Shusaku Endo, Shuji Terayama.