Musings on Fashion and Style - by Kate Moss (Hardcover)

Book Synopsis

International fashion icon Kate Moss and the premier South American fashion museum Museo de la Moda meet in this undeniably stylish volume that celebrates iconic vintage fashion moments throughout history. The Museo de la Moda, founded in 1999, opened in 2007, and directed by Chile's first textile industry scion Jorge Yarur Bascuñán, is one of the world's most important but least-known museums of its kind, housing exquisite garments from nineteenth-century Dolman shawls to twenty-first-century sequin dresses by Balmain.

Edited by Kate Moss with text contributions from fashion curator Lydia Kamitsis, this volume features a stylish selection of one hundred archival pieces from the museum, each charting different fashion trends that have inspired Moss's personal sartorial style. Organized by fashion theme, from 1920s opera coats to 1960s Swinging London designs, but also including iconic pieces of pop culture, such as Marilyn Monroe's black dresses and Jimi Hendrix's Indian tunics, each chapter showcases new images of the museum garments as selected by Moss, accompanied by interesting anecdotes and street-style photography documenting Moss wearing that particular fashion trend. This is a chic volume that will appeal to Moss's global following and readers passionate about style, fashion history, design, and culture.

Review Quotes

The supermodel has gotten a new makeover, this time as a fashion curator. Kind of. Kate Moss has teamed up with Jorge Yarur Bascuñán, the director of the Museo de la Moda in Santiago, Chile, to publish a book featuring items in its collection and pieces from her wardrobe plus fashion tips. Called Musings on Fashion and Style: Museo de la Moda, the lavishly illustrated book (published by Rizzoli) is due out this month. --ARTNET.COM

Edited by Kate Moss and curated by Jorge Yarur, the book is published by the renowned publisher Rizzoli and focuses 'iconic vintage fashion moments throughout history and features a selection of one hundred archival pieces from the museum.'--L'OFFICIEL USA

The book is divided into different trends and fashion pieces like tuxedo, lace, florals, opera coat, glitter and so forth, each accompanied by clothing and accessories from the museum's collections coupled with photographs of Moss wearing the trends. Every Kate Moss fan needs to have this book. --FORBES.COM

Musings on Fashion and Style: Museo de la Moda," to be published by Rizzoli on Oct. 15, features images of Moss rocking some of her trademark looks, such as bias-cut satin slips and sequined capes, alongside photographs of pieces from the museum that fit into the same trend.
--WOMEN'S WEAR DAILY

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