Posted: Fri 06 Jun 2008, 2:51 pm
Yesterday I began reading the seventh and last 'Harry Potter' book.
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Posted: Fri 06 Jun 2008, 6:17 pm
I´ve read the english version of it. I haven´t read any books for ages. But started to read the new book, that is just like the books by Dan Brown.
Posted: Sat 07 Jun 2008, 9:46 pm
The death of Yves St. Laurent inspired me to order this, and I can't put it down:
"The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris "
From Publishers Weekly:
This smart book stitches together the lives, loves, personalities and obsessions of two iconic designers, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld, into a work as finely detailed as any outfit they ever sent down a runway. Through interviews with dozens of the designers' friends and colleagues, fashion journalist Drake offers revealing inside anecdotes and perspectives from those who were there for the Paris "fashion revolution." Drake interprets the rarefied and decadent 1970s French fashion scene Saint Laurent and Lagerfeld helped create with insight and vigor, as well as germane commentary on the collections and the trends they set. A period when couture was faltering and ready-to-wear rising, Drake crafts clear yin and yang portraits of the introverted, passive and magnetic Saint Laurent, and the exhibitionistic Lagerfeld, known for wearing high heels, sporting monocles or wielding a fan. With a large entourage of colorful supporting characters-from fashion muses like Loulou de la Falaise to socialites like Talitha Getty-and exotic locales-from Paris to Marrakech to the Blenheim Palace and back-the story of the competing and capricious fashionistos becomes the account of one glittering party after the next, interrupted occasionally by fashion shows, and sprinkled with celebrities such as Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol. The two tastemakers' homosexuality is dealt with frankly and the storied roots of their aesthetic senses and public personas is nicely detailed. De rigeur for the fashion crowd and those interested in the pop or gay culture of the era."
"The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris "
From Publishers Weekly:
This smart book stitches together the lives, loves, personalities and obsessions of two iconic designers, Yves Saint Laurent and Karl Lagerfeld, into a work as finely detailed as any outfit they ever sent down a runway. Through interviews with dozens of the designers' friends and colleagues, fashion journalist Drake offers revealing inside anecdotes and perspectives from those who were there for the Paris "fashion revolution." Drake interprets the rarefied and decadent 1970s French fashion scene Saint Laurent and Lagerfeld helped create with insight and vigor, as well as germane commentary on the collections and the trends they set. A period when couture was faltering and ready-to-wear rising, Drake crafts clear yin and yang portraits of the introverted, passive and magnetic Saint Laurent, and the exhibitionistic Lagerfeld, known for wearing high heels, sporting monocles or wielding a fan. With a large entourage of colorful supporting characters-from fashion muses like Loulou de la Falaise to socialites like Talitha Getty-and exotic locales-from Paris to Marrakech to the Blenheim Palace and back-the story of the competing and capricious fashionistos becomes the account of one glittering party after the next, interrupted occasionally by fashion shows, and sprinkled with celebrities such as Mick Jagger and Andy Warhol. The two tastemakers' homosexuality is dealt with frankly and the storied roots of their aesthetic senses and public personas is nicely detailed. De rigeur for the fashion crowd and those interested in the pop or gay culture of the era."
Posted: Mon 30 Jun 2008, 1:25 pm
GREAT BOOK *****
Fouché by Stéfan Zweig
Fouché by Stéfan Zweig
Posted: Tue 01 Jul 2008, 11:48 am
I found Turkish version....
I am reading...
Re: Boox
Posted: Sun 21 Dec 2008, 10:21 am
Albert Camus - Stranger (a great book)
Re: Boox
Posted: Sun 21 Dec 2008, 12:34 pm
I love Jane Austen. Read 'Pride and Prejudice' a few weeks ago.
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Posted: Sun 21 Dec 2008, 12:48 pm
I'm trying J. R. R. Tolkien 'Lord Of The Rings' once more.
I put it aside years ago when it came to pipes for about
60 pages looooong ...
I put it aside years ago when it came to pipes for about
60 pages looooong ...
Re: Boox
Posted: Sun 11 Jan 2009, 1:43 am
"The Angel's Game" by Oscar Luis Zafon
Re: Boox
Posted: Sun 11 Jan 2009, 8:30 am
"Moon Palace" by Paul Auster.
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Posted: Tue 13 Jan 2009, 1:46 pm
Oblomov by Ivan Goncharev
Re: Boox
Posted: Sat 06 Jun 2009, 4:59 pm
Got me books about the Mexican painter Frida Kahlo, her life with
Diego Rivera as a novel (like the film is) and two biographies with
artworks.
Does anyone know the film?
Diego Rivera as a novel (like the film is) and two biographies with
artworks.
Does anyone know the film?
Re: Boox
Posted: Sun 07 Jun 2009, 12:07 am
I saw the film some years ago Pani - and I really enjoyed it. It certainly didn't shy away from some of the difficulties in her life.
Re: Boox
Posted: Sun 07 Jun 2009, 8:29 pm
I liked it as well, I watched the bonus's today from an extra DVD.leahysb wrote:I saw the film some years ago Pani - and I really enjoyed it. It certainly didn't shy away from some of the difficulties in her life.
Reading the book 'Diego und Frida' at present, it's a good read so
far. You can learn about Mexican history as well.