Theater of Shopping

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37882194270
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Books
search_price: 
45.00
book_author_name: 
Alastair Gordon
book_type: 
Hardback
publisher: 
Rizzoli International Publications
published_date: 
19/02/2019
isbn: 
9780847862825
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Books > Art, Fashion & Photography > Architecture > Public buildings
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Alastair Gordon|Hardback|Rizzoli International Publications|19/02/2019
Merchant Product Id: 
9780847862825
Book Description: 
Theater of Shopping tells the story of retail visionary Stanley Whitman and the creation of Bal Harbour Shops, the most successful luxury fashion shopping centre in the world*, and one of the last family-owned malls in America. Written by critically acclaimed author Alastair Gordon, Theater of Shopping is a cultural history of both a place and a personal legacy. The open-air mall opened in 1965 as a pedestrian-friendly environment that turned shopping into a kind of theatrical event, while featuring the work of young design talents like Valentino, Versace, Mugler, de La Renta, and other foreign designers who were unknown in America before first showcasing their collections at Bal Harbour Shops. The text weaves together fashion, luxury commerce, architecture, landscape design, urban development, and family history, to create a highly readable narrative illustrated with more than 300 images including never-before-published drawings, plans and photographs by renowned photographers including Richard Avedon and Ezra Stoller.

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