W: The First Forty Years
Author(s): Christopher Bagley
W Magazine (W stands for World of Style) will celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2012 with a book featuring the most fabulous high points over the last 40 years. W is an award winning publication, one of the world's greatest and best known fashion magazines. It was founded in 1971 as a sister publication to Women's Wear Daily and was owned by Fairchild Publications until it was purchased by Conde Nast in 1999. Its long time creative director Dennis Freedman and editorial director Patrick McCarthy left the magazine in 2010 and were replaced by Stefano Tonchi, who is now its editor in chief. Often the subject of controversy, W magazine is renowned for its provocative, influential and often groundbreaking fashion features by such photographers as Steven Klein, Mert Alas & Marcus Piggott, Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin, Steven Meisel, Tim Walker, Craig McDean and Juergen Teller. W is the only fashion magazine that will dare to devote an entire magazine to one feature narrative by one photographer (such as Angelina Jolie & Brad Pitt or Madonna, both by Steven Klein). W covers not only fashion & beauty, but everything style, design, celebrity and artistic related in not only American and European culture and society, but throughout the world. The book will be divided into three sections; Who, Where, and Wow, with a foreword by Stefano Tonchi and introductory essays to each of the three sections, one of which will be written by magazine contributor Lynn Hirschberg.
Product Information
A lavish 40th anniversary celebration of the high points in W Magazine's long illustrious life as one of the world's top fashion magazines.; Abrams has enjoyed many successes in the fashion category, including our books about Dior, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent, Gaultier, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, Diana Vreeland, etc.; W is one of the world's most celebrated and critically acclaimed fashion magazines; The publication has nearly half a million subscribers.; It's known as the more avant garde, artier sibling of Vogue.; This will be W magazine's first book that is celebrating its 40th anniversary. The book will coincide with worldwide promotions.
Christopher Bagley has been W's European editor since 2006 and a regular contributor to the magazine and the Editors' Blog on W's website. Stefano Tonchi took over as editor in chief of W in 2010. He was previously the creator and editor of T: The New York Times Style Magazine and previous to that, of Esquire and L'Uomo Vogue. Lynn Hirschberg is a journalist with a specialty in celebrity profiles. Formerly a regular contributor and editor at large for the New York Times Magazine, Stefano Tonchi brought her over to W in 2010.
General Fields
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- : ABRAMS
- : ABRAMS
- : 2.495
- : 01 August 2012
- : 330mm X 254mm
- : United States
- : books
Special Fields
- : Christopher Bagley
- : Hardback
- : 1212
- : 391.005
- : 336
- : col. Illustrations