Book Havana Blues by Assouline Description Ruined pastel-colored facades line the streets, parked vintage cars evoke the past, live music permeates the air. Welcome to Havana, home of boundless energy. Situated along the Florida Strait, Cuba’s capital has undergone many identities: Spanish colonization, mafia rule in the 1930s, 1950s glamor, the Cuban revolution and, more…
Book New York Chic by Assouline Description Take a trip to New York, with Assouline as your guide. This megalopolis is often intimidating and overwhelming, but New York Chic, seen through the warm lens of Oliver Pilcher, presents a more intimate vision of the city, beyond the stereotypes. Daily moments with New Yorkers, as they…
Book Chic Stays by Assouline Description From Sofia Coppola’s luxurious family retreat in beautiful Bernalda, Italy, to the beaches of Kate Winslet’s secret Scottish hideaway, Eilean Shona, to Kate Moss’ favorite beach in the Maldives, each of these thirty-six personal stories from the most beautiful places in the world are packed with anecdotes and lyrical…
Book Tiffany & Co. Vision and Virtuosity (Ultimate Edition): Impossible collection by Assouline Description When Charles Lewis Tiffany opened his first store in 1837 in New York, selling “fancy articles” imported from Paris, he could not have imagined the visions of glamor his name would evoke around the world. Tiffany & Co. has grown from…
Dior book by Raf Simons d’Assouline Description Discover Raf Simons’ exquisite haute couture designs for Dior from 2012 to 2015, as he brought a contemporary touch to the famous Parisian fashion house. With insightful text from fashion journalist Tim Blanks, this volume showcases Simons’ aesthetic and innovative approach, merging it with the poetic femininity of…
Book Champagne: Impossible collection by Assouline Description For pure magic, champagne has no equal. It is the very emblem of refinement, celebration, and uninhibited pleasure. One of the most protected wine appellations in the world, it promotes the French art of living and contributes to its notoriety and prestige around the world. Since champagne was…
Burberry book by Assouline Description Over 165 years of innovation, adventure and a unique expression of Britishness come to life in Burberry, a richly illustrated volume filled with material from the Burberry archives and beyond. Five chapters, featuring 200 illustrations, depict Burberry’s evolution from a family business founded in 1856 to a renowned global luxury…
Book Arabian Leopard: Impossible Collection by Assouline Description A celebration of a magnificent creature: the Arabian leopard (Panthera pardus nimr). This subspecies has distinct characteristics resulting from thousands of years of evolution, making it ideally suited to the deserts and mountains of Arabia. An essay by wildlife conservationist Andrew Spalton traces the animal’s epic journey…
Book Mosque The 100 Most Iconic Islamic Houses Of Worship: Impossible Collection by Assouline Description Places of worship have served as a benchmark for the heights of human achievement since time immemorial: the nobler the sacred shrine, the nobler the society. Over the centuries, civilizations considered their own worth in the face of the splendor…
Book Athens Rivieira by Assouline Description Athens is experiencing a revival in art, nightlife and design. For a metropolis constantly associated with the past, modern advances in development and culture are sometimes overlooked in favor of the ruins and artifacts of antiquity. When in fact, the juxtaposition only enhances the beauty of both. The Athens…
Book Iconic: Art, Design, Advertising, and the Automobile by Assouline Description A Ford GT with custom Gulf Oil paint, an Aston Martin DB5, Jacques Villeneuve’s Formula Ford Reynard, Jaguar E-Types, Mercedes-Benz 300 SLs and a 2015 Porsche 918m. These are just some of the fabulous cars featured in Miles S. Nadal’s impressive Dare to Dream…
Book Guerlain: An Imperial Icon by Assouline Description Discover the legendary tale of Guerlains iconic “Bee Bottle” in Guerlain: An Imperial Icon. This volume from the Assouline Classics Collection celebrates the 170th anniversary of the Abeilles Bottle, a symbol of exceptional craftsmanship that embodies the enlightened values of tradition and excellence. Featuring historical and contemporary…