Eighties compiles Bailey’s era-defining fashion photography from the pages of Vogue Italia; Vogue Paris; Tatler; and countless others. Featuring couture; catwalk; and ready-to-wear collections by the epoch’s seminal designers; including Azzedine Alaïa; Comme des Garçons; Guy Laroche; Missoni; Stephen Jones; Valentino; and Yves Saint Laurent; the book stands as a testament to a decade that dismantled hierarchies of taste to reintroduce fun and sex into fashion.The cultural resonances of the 1980s present on our screens; runways; and concert stages make today ideal for recontextualizing its enduring legacy of maximalism and excess. Eighties offers a unique opportunity to do so with David Bailey as a guide; and interpreter; who’s never afraid to wink at his audience. As Bailey says in his foreword; “The eighties turned out to be magic. Here; that magic comes alive.
TASCHEN David Bailey: Eighties In Black
Compare Across 800+ Stores
David Bailey: Eighties In Black
Eighties compiles Bailey’s era-defining fashion photography from the pages of Vogue Italia; Vogue Paris; Tatler; and countless others. Featuring couture; catwalk; and ready-to-wear collections by the epoch’s seminal designers; including Azzedine Alaïa; Comme des Garçons; Guy Laroche; Missoni; Stephen Jones; Valentino; and Yves Saint Laurent; the book stands as a testament to a decade that dismantled hierarchies of taste to reintroduce fun and sex into fashion.The cultural resonances of the 1980s present on our screens; runways; and concert stages make today ideal for recontextualizing its enduring legacy of maximalism and excess. Eighties offers a unique opportunity to do so with David Bailey as a guide; and interpreter; who’s never afraid to wink at his audience. As Bailey says in his foreword; “The eighties turned out to be magic. Here; that magic comes alive.
