BELLAS ARTES

Over the past three decades, Vincent Van Duysen has become an important force in design through his expressive architecture and serene interiors. This book documents the source of his inspirations and ongoing laboratory: his own homes. Vincent Van Duysen has had an outsized influence on the world of architecture and design, from the rarefied echelons of interiors to highly successful collections for Zara Home and a nearly decade-long creative directorship of Molteni&C. Through his spare use of pure and tactile materials, Van Duysen employs a unique stylistic language that is both monastic and sensual, brutal and elegant, primal and refined. His commissions have included product design for numerous international brands, and commercial and large-scale architectural projects, among them high-end residences, a hotel, and retail spaces.

The sophistication and modern femininity of the American luxury fashion house Carolina Herrera is captured in this evocative and vividly hued volume photographed by Elizaveta Porodina. A collaborative series of images, the first chapter of which was created in 2020 over Zoom, feature Porodina’s signature timeless, painterly style—an effect achieved through complex lighting techniques and equipment— capture the brand’s evolving collections designed by Creative Director Wes Gordon in a dreamy, otherworldly light. Inspired by dance, movement and the Herrera signature of bold color, this mesmerizing tome is flooded with photography of models and dancers in motion to reflect the vibrant energy and optimism of the clothing, arranged according to the chroma wheel instead of chronologically. Ethereal beauties, including singer and actress Dove Cameron, dancers Wendy Wheelan and Misa Kuranaga, and models Maggie Maurer and Mao Xing Xing, wear sweeping ballgowns, bold, saturated colors and dramatic silhouettes across ten collections designed by Wes Gordon over the past four years, capturing the fantastical universe of Beauty that is Carolina Herrera.

No Hollywood red carpet is ever without an A-list celebrity wearing one of Pamella Roland’s signature megawatt dresses that never fail to catch the light of a camera. Since the American fashion designer’s debut eveningwear couture collection at New York Fashion Week in 2002, Roland has been a perennial favorite for women and celebrities alike who aren’t afraid of being in the spotlight. Each page of this dazzling debut book features the opulent, sophisticated, and undeniably feminine cocktail dresses, evening gowns, and luxurious women’s resort wear that have made Roland a mainstay in the closets of everyone from Hollywood starlets to customers outside the fashion centers of New York and Los Angeles. Colorful, eye-catching photographs reveal Roland’s design process and creation of her gowns, including sketches, inspirational reference material, snapshots of memorable runway and red-carpet moments, and the debut of her new fragrance. Featured in the book are many of Roland’s devoted friends and clients including Vanessa Williams, Paris Hilton, Mindy Kaling, Kim Cattrall, Debra Messing, Chrissy Teigen, Gigi Hadid, Halle Berry, Rosie Perez, and Eva Longoria, among others. A tribute to the bedazzled, embroidered, and glitzy dresses worn by Hollywood elite, New York socialites, and women across the globe—this volume is a beautiful addition to the libraries of fashion, design, and style lovers.