Fashion People [Paperback]

Gladys Perint Palmer (Author), Gladys Perint-Palmer (Author), Colin McDowell (Foreword)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 2003

An illustrator can capture precisely the right moment and re-create any situation, even better than a photographer. An astute observer of the fashion scene since the early '80s, Gladys Perint Palmer travels frequently to Paris, Milan, London and New York, where she meets and mingles with designers, models, photographers, and celebrities. With her keen understanding of their habits, talents and personalities, she creates revealing caricatures. A delicious sashay through the fantasy world of fashion, these sketches, accompanied by her smart and witty text, form the perfect guide to learning who is who and what is what in this alternate universe. Each drawing is a story. Each story is a person. Everybody who counts in fashion is in these pages. A highly amusing book, Fashion People will be appreciated as a historical document by all those who are in the know!

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About the Author

Gladys Perint Palmer studied Fashion Design at St. Martin's School of Art in London and Fashion Illustration at Parsons School of Design, New York. As Fashion Editor of The San Francisco Examiner, she developed a fine sense of the absurd and cultivated a true appreciation of the ridiculous - prerequisites for convering the fashion capitals of New York, Milan, Paris and London, which proved fertile ground for her pern and pencil. Palmer's writing and illustrations have appeared in The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, The New Yorker, Elle, Vogue, L'Officiel and Marie Claire. Clients include Geoffrey Beene, Christian Dior, Missoni, Oscar de la Renta, Lancome, Prescriptives, Fendi and Saks Fifth Avenue. Her work has been exhibited in Hong Kong, New York, Milan, London and San Francisco.

Product Details

• Paperback: 400 pages
• Publisher: Assouline (March 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 2843233623
• ISBN-13: 978-2843233623
• Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #895,881 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Yearbook of fashionistas, July 27, 2005

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Zara N.W. (Sydney, Australia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Fashion People (Paperback)

This book is amusing if you're interested in fashion. Palmer captures moments during the shows and other times of designers, models, the media, etc in a very quirky illustrating style and witty captions. The one thing that detracts from this is that this book will probably be only of interest with those people who are in 'the know' (a very cliched way to put it but I can't think of anything else!) with fashion - that is those who are in the industry, as she doesn't do straight out celebrities (don't expect to find sketches of Nicole Kidman or Beyonce preening themselves in the front row) but more the 'celebrities' of fashion like Karl Lagerfeld, Anna Wintour, Polly Mellen, Anna Piaggi, etc.

This book would probably outrightly bore those who are interested in the shopping-fashion-celebrities sort of arena - instead it is more suited for those who are interested in an industry viewpoint of fashion. She pokes a lot of fun at people - nothing at all malice, but it is an entertaining book.

5.0 out of 5 stars Fashionable and humorous, February 16, 2011

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Kay Wagner "Fiber-olic" (Connecticut) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Fashion People (Paperback)

Fashion People and the illustrations show great wit and talent. It brings the reader front and center to fashion and the people who are the great fashion makers of the world. The book will appeal to all the fashion inspired people of the world and shows great inspiration for designers, illustraters and merchandisers. Gladys Perint Palmer is an icon in fashion illustration and the book proves it.