Fashion Lives: Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis

This book is one of the favorites in my collection...not just for the aesthetic but also for the content. Fern Mallis is more than just a fashion icon, she is a source of empowerment, motivation and inspiration for people inside and outside the fashion industry. I love the way that this book really shows you the people behind the brands. Most fashion books give us the industry accomplishments and history of brands. However, we rarely get such a personal, in-depth perspective of the designers we love. Fern has done this so well in her talk and translating the content into Fashion Lives: Fashion Icons with Fern Mallis. I'm already looking forward to Volume 2! I wish we could also get the talks on DVD!

Book is beautiful but once again I mistakenly ordered a book without checking out the size. I should know by now that most fashion books will be huge because of the numerous high quality photos on which most are based, but this is another one of those monstrous, cumbersome volumes that must be read sitting in a recliner rather than when waking during the night and looking for something interesting to read. Must remember to check the size and weight of my books in future fashion oriented books. Can hardly even lift this one!

It should have been titled Fashion Lives : American Fashion Icons ......Should have paid more attention to the guest list on the cover rather than the title ....am more interested in Global.....American designers yes in there too..... got tired of the format .....star signs ? in 2015..wouldnt it have been better vegan paleo carnivore to peg them as an opener ?Seems like would have been better a serialized version in Vanity Fair ....I find it hard to get cozy with a coffee table book on my lap....I needed a table top for the book and my coffee cup on it .

I loved this book! It is chock full of photos and wonderful interviews of people in fashion. It made me smile and laugh sometimes. Fern Mallis is a true fashion insider and her interviews were full of interesting facts and anecdotes about each of the many designers, stylists and photographers. I love fashion and loved this jam -packed book. I actually bought it twice and gave a copy to another fashion enthusiast.

For those interested in the subject but who missed attending the actual interviews, this "insider" provides what you missed in the form of a big and heavy coffee table tome! A fun read - with pictures - all the way through!

I did not expect this book to be as deep, as inspiring as it is. Fern Mallis is able to go to a level where you can get a sense for the destiny of each designer. What I thought would be a flighty temporary possession will become part of my library for a long time.

What a lovely Print. I cant believe I missed her talks at the 92 street Y.It's personal and the conversation makes you feel as though you are part of the story. I Hope Ms. Fern Mallis writes a second book.

This book blew me away!!!!!!!!!! For anyone in fashion...it is a "bible".....candid, touching, inspiring stories of all ourUS fashion icons....a MUST if you LOVE this world.