Remember last autumn when giant prints of Vogue Paris covers could be seen decorating the landscape in Paris? If you missed the celebration, you can console yourself with a copy of Vogue Paris Covers: 1920 – 2009, a gorgeous hardcover book that collects ninety years of VP covers selected by editor-in-chief Carine Roitfeld. By turns amusing, dreamy, eccentric, nonconformist, cinematic, nostalgic, these iconic images are not simply photographs of a model looking into the camera. Often involving famous artists and film directors, the Vogue Paris covers of the past evoke the era in which each was created and document the stylistic development of the fashion world. Among the distinguished creators that have graced the cover of Vogue Paris are illustrators like Eduardo Garcia Benito, René Gruau, and Georges Lepape and photographers such as Guy Bourdin, Man Ray, and Mario Testino. This is a book you will find yourself referencing constantly, lingering over inspring ideas and making old trends new again. C'est classique.

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