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Bringing together contemporary voices that celebrate diverse points of view and illustrated with 188 photographs, the uniquely creative and original editorial content of AUTHOR No. 1 includes:
· Interviews with designer Gaia Trussardi, ASVOFF founder Diane Pernet, DSquared2 founders Dean and Dan Caten, athlete and actress Aimee Mullins, visual artist Simon Henwood, film icon Sophia Loren, artist and activist Ai Weiwei, artist Tomoo Gokita, and artist Mary Obering, all illustrated with spectacular photographs;
· Four twenty-page major fashion features that showcase AUTHOR No. 1’s cover models in stories inspired by the visuals of iconic music videos;
· Exclusive new work by artist and photographer Nobuyoshi Araki and photographer Daido Moriyama;
· Never-before-seen Polaroid images taken by photographer Steven Sebring twenty-five years ago;
· Striking photo essays on perfume and beauty by photographer Helmut Stelzenberger;
· Poems by Felix Macherez, illustrated by photographer Frederick Evans.
· A “Last Word” essay by Harvard Business School lecturer Pauline Brown on today’s need for sources of inspiration and self-expression at a time when Big Data leads firms, including those in fashion, to dehumanize their customers.
Translations of the main articles into French, Italian, Chinese, and Japanese appear at the back of the book.
Book publisher Thames & Hudson Inc., known for its illustrated volumes in the fields of art, photography, fashion, and architecture, will make AUTHOR available to the book trade, through its distributor W.W. Norton & Company. Priced at $100, the 3-lb, 240-page oversized volume (9½” x 12”) is available wherever books are sold.
AUTHOR launched its first issue with promotions scheduled to coincide with Fashion Weeks in New York, Paris, London, and Milan. The planned roll-out included window displays featuring the publication’s hashtag “#unfollowfashion” in bookstores, art galleries, and magazine stores.
Future issues of AUTHOR will be published biannually in February and September coinciding with Fall/Winter and Spring/Summer Fashion Weeks. AUTHOR No. 2 and AUTHOR No. 3 are scheduled for publication 2017.
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ABOUT OONA CHANEL
Oona is as serial entrepreneur, fashion consultant, and model. She has produced work for major European fashion houses and is an internationally recognized figure in global fashion.