Book Review: Madame Grès Couture Paris

Fashion

Madame Grès Couture Paris, recently published by Rizzoli, is the latest book by fashion historian and curator Olivier Saillard. Saillard, whose extensive accomplishments at Paris’ Palais Galleria are credited with invigorating an interest in fashion beyond that of the more established Musée des Arts Décoratifs, is one of the leading voices on the work of Madame Grès. His recent “Alaïa / Grès” exhibition at the Alaïa Fondation, and “Madame Grès, The Art Of Draping” at SCAD last year, continues to further the legacy of one of the most innovative couturiers in the history of fashion.

Peter Hujar Behind The Camera And In The Darkroom

Culture

Gary Schneider arrived in New York City from Cape Town in 1976, landing a job doing technical work for an avant garde theater in Soho. Through his partner, he met artist photographer Peter Hujar with whom he had an immediate rapport as he was interested in photography and printing. Hujar secured Schneider a job at a printers where he began to print Hujar’s work, and in the process becoming a close friend, protége, assistant and occasional subject for Hujar’s lens. Their relationship is now commemorated in a new book Peter Hujar Behind The Camera And In The Darkroom (D.A.P. $50, out now).