Marc Jacobs and Mario Sorrenti at the signing of Kate at Bookmarc - photo by Christos Katsiaouni

Spring snapshot: highlights from this season’s events

Mario Sorrenti, Marc Jacobs, Martin Parr, Peter Marino and a host of special guests celebrate Phaidon books at special events

Phaidon has been hosting a series of glittery and fun packed author events over the past month or two. We've already reported on Peter Marino’s Ten Modern Houses launch party at Sotheby’s but an equally stylish event was held at Bookmarc in the West Village when fashion designer and store founder Marc Jacobs welcomed fashion photographer Mario Sorrenti for a signing of his much-anticipated reprint of Kate which features intimate and elegant photographs taken on the cusp of Kate Moss’s rise to superstardom.

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Meanwhile, select guests including designers Minjae Kim, Lani Adeoye, Misha Kahn and Dr. Sarah B. Cunningham from Rhode Island School of Design, gathered at The New York EDITION to celebrate the publication of Designed for Life: the World’s Best Product Designers. Those assembled, toasted the book alongside its editor and Herman Miller creative director Kelsey Keith.

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Over in France meanwhile, Le Bon Marché Mise en Page in Paris hosted the launch of Martin Parr’s Fashion Faux Parr, which showcases the Magnum photographer’s wide ranging and impressive fashion photography portfolio, collected together for the first time in one book.

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We also found time to partner with the renowned International Contemporary Furniture Fair, to put together a must have Phaidon library for its 35th outing. Created by designer and architect Rodolfo Agrella, the space invited visitors to explore a specially curated collection of our finest design books.

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Photos courtesy Christos Katsiaouni, Peter Zwolinski for BFA, and ICFF. Follow our socials for news on upcoming events and exclusive reports.

KateMario Sorrenti

Price AUD$120.00 Price CAD$100.00 Price £59.95 Price €69.95 Price USD$79.95 Price T79.95

‘An important piece of fashion history.’ – Vogue

Intimate and elegant photographs taken just before Kate Moss’s rise to fame, in a stylish new edition

This gorgeously produced book features intimate portraits of a young and undiscovered Kate Moss, taken in the early 1990s by her then-boyfriend, Italian photographer Mario Sorrenti. Seen by Calvin Klein, the photographs gave life to the famous Obsession campaign, which launched Moss to international superstardom.

Sumptuously reproduced in tritone, Kate is a stunning photographic portfolio of one of contemporary culture’s most iconic figures. It includes an introductory essay by Sorrenti, which puts the work in its uniquely personal context. This book, which celebrates the dawn of two legendary careers, and the start of the highly influential aesthetic of 1990s fashion photography, is a must-have for Kate Moss’s fans, for fashion devotees, and for lovers of traditional portraiture and fashion photography.

Specifications:

Format: Hardback
Size: 308 × 292 mm (12 1/8 × 11 1/2 in)
Pages: 120 pp
Illustrations: 50 illustrations
ISBN: 9781838668228

Mario Sorrenti is an Italian photographer and director. He has published his work extensively in fashion magazines, including Vogue, i-D, W Magazine and Harper’s Bazaar, and has had exhibitions in London, Paris, Monaco, and New York. He shot for brands including Calvin Klein, Dior, Lancôme, Louis Vuitton, and Chanel, among others.

Kate Moss is a British model whose collaborations with Calvin Klein rocketed her to fame and iconic status. In 2013 her contribution to fashion over the past 25 years was acknowledged by the British Fashion Awards.