WHAT IS BEAUTY? New Definitions from the Fashion Vanguard.

by Dorothy Schefer

As we approach the millennium, traditional notions of beauty are being shattered in the push toward new visions. How have we come to define beauty in an age of androgyny, anorexia, heroin chic, and cosmetic surgery? In this gorgeous and provocative book, the world's top image-makers from the fashion and beauty industry have been challenged by the renowned fashion and beauty editor Dorothy Schefer to give the latest answers to the age-old What is Beauty? Their insights are enhanced by visionary quotes from industry professionals and celebrities such as Jodie Foster, Calvin Klein, Donna Karan, Grace Mirabella, Diane Von Furstenberg, Jil Sander, and Karl Lagerfeld, plus stunning visual contributions from more than seventy-five of the world's greatest fashion photographers, including Richard Avedon, Steven Meisel, David LaChapelle, Patrick Demarchelier, Ellen Von Unwerth, Peter Lindbergh, Mario Testino, Herb Ritts, and Arthur Elgort

152 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1997

Reviews

[Adam · Rating 4 out of 5]

I got this book at Barnes and Nobles for pretty cheap because I thought some of the women in the book were beautiful, and I wanted a fashion book at my house. I was glad I purchased this book, this isn't a book about the history of fashion or the different styles, it's a book with different people in the fashion industry with very short quotes on what they think is beauty besides full illustration pictures. The pictures were varied and well done, though not all of young women. All and all a great book I think for that hipster person that wants a book lying around to make them look like a fashion hipster, or someone that is interested in beauty and different thoughts about it, albeit in short essays and quotes.