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9780062337122 English 0062337122 Beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated with four-color photographs, sketches, and watercolors, renowned international fashion designer and icon Collette Dinnigan's Obsessive Creative provides intimate and revealing insights into her life, creative, process, and work. Collette Dinnigan's collections are sold in every corner of the world, and her designs have been worn by a coterie of leading actresses, celebrities, and royalty, including Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, Emily Blunt, Halle Barry, Madonna, and Julia Roberts. Her work has graced major feature films and television shows, such as Sex and the City , Baz Luhrman's Australia , Gossip Girl , and the Oprah Winfrey show , and has been highlighted in every major fashion magazine worldwide and in numerous fashion anthologies. In this sumptuous volume packaged in a cloth case with a gorgeous watercolor screened on it by Dinnigan herself, the designer invites us into her life, from what drives her and how she achieved success to the inspirations behind her designs and how her bohemian childhood shaped her development as an artist. Obsessive Creative takes us into the mind and heart of this imaginative, forward-thinking designer, her clothes, and her passions. It is also a behind-the-scenes look at the world of high fashion, from the studio where Collette's sublimely beautiful clothes are made to a beading factory in India to backstage at the Paris shows. Lushly illustrated with photos from top international fashion photographers and from Collette's own family albums, plus numerous collages of the designer's sketches, watercolors, and inspirational materials, objects, and environments, Obsessive Creative is an intensely personal and visually stunning account of Dinnigan's life and work--an inspiring volume sure to excite artists and designers, spark every fashionista's unique creativity, and delight her fans worldwide., In this much-anticipated book, renowned fashion designer and icon Collette Dinnigan provides an intimate insight into her life and work. in this sumptuous volume jam-packed with hundreds of photographs of the clothes on and off the runway, sketches, watercolors, and images from the designer's personal albums. With a presence the world over, Collette Dinnigan is a global business, as her collections are sold in every corner of the world including a flagship Collette Dinnigan Boutique in Chelsea Green, London, and boutiques in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. In March 2014, she will launch a line designed specifically for Anthropologie in the United States, which will coincide with the publication of this gorgeous book. Dinnigan's designs have been worn by an exclusive and international list of leading actresses, celebrities, and royalty, including Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Mary of Denmark, Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt, Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, Halle Barry, Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Cameron Diaz, and Julia Roberts, to name a few. She has contributed to the costuming of major feature films and television shows that include Sex and the City, Baz Luhrman's Australia, Gossip Girl , and the Oprah Winfrey Show . She designs thirteen collections per year, including her ready-to-wear range as well as her diffusion lines: collette by Collette Dinnigan, Collette Dinnigan Bridal and collette by Collette Dinnigan Lingerie Collection. Her work has been featured in fashion editorials in every major fashion magazine around the world, and her designs have been featured in numerous fashion anthologies. Five years after the 1990 launch of her brand, Dinnigan became the first and only Australian designer to be invited to show at Paris Fashion Week by the Chambre Syndicale, and has shown there every year for the past eighteen years. Her brand is also growing rapidly in Asia, after a launch in Singapore in early 2013. In this sumptuous volume with a gorgeous watercolor screened on a cloth cover, Collette Dinnigan opens up about what makes her tick. What inspires her to create clothes worn by the most glamorous women in the world, from film stars such as Nicole Kidman, Halle Barry, and Naomi Watts to royalty? How has her bohemian childhood shaped her? What has made her so successful? What drives her creativity and her famed attention to detail? How does she unwind? How does she juggle the roles of mother and businesswoman? Obsessive Creative takes you into the mind of this creative designer and behind the scenes of the world of high fashion, from the studio where Collette's sublimely beautiful clothes are made, to backstage at the Paris shows, from the red carpet to a beading factory in India. Lavishly illustrated with photographs from top international fashion photographers and from Collette's own family albums, plus numerous collages of sketches, Dinnigan's watercolors, sketches, and personal photographs, inspirational materials, objects and environments, this is an intensely personal and visually lavish account of her life and work-and inspiring volume sure to inspire artists, fashion designers, creative souls, and her global fan base., When I design a collection there is always a story. I imagine the mood, the time, the place, who will be wearing the clothes, who else might be there. Anything might inspire me--fields of flowers, a flock of birds, old mosaics, or even a row of striped deckchairs.
9780062337122 English 0062337122 Beautifully designed and lavishly illustrated with four-color photographs, sketches, and watercolors, renowned international fashion designer and icon Collette Dinnigan's Obsessive Creative provides intimate and revealing insights into her life, creative, process, and work. Collette Dinnigan's collections are sold in every corner of the world, and her designs have been worn by a coterie of leading actresses, celebrities, and royalty, including Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, Emily Blunt, Halle Barry, Madonna, and Julia Roberts. Her work has graced major feature films and television shows, such as Sex and the City , Baz Luhrman's Australia , Gossip Girl , and the Oprah Winfrey show , and has been highlighted in every major fashion magazine worldwide and in numerous fashion anthologies. In this sumptuous volume packaged in a cloth case with a gorgeous watercolor screened on it by Dinnigan herself, the designer invites us into her life, from what drives her and how she achieved success to the inspirations behind her designs and how her bohemian childhood shaped her development as an artist. Obsessive Creative takes us into the mind and heart of this imaginative, forward-thinking designer, her clothes, and her passions. It is also a behind-the-scenes look at the world of high fashion, from the studio where Collette's sublimely beautiful clothes are made to a beading factory in India to backstage at the Paris shows. Lushly illustrated with photos from top international fashion photographers and from Collette's own family albums, plus numerous collages of the designer's sketches, watercolors, and inspirational materials, objects, and environments, Obsessive Creative is an intensely personal and visually stunning account of Dinnigan's life and work--an inspiring volume sure to excite artists and designers, spark every fashionista's unique creativity, and delight her fans worldwide., In this much-anticipated book, renowned fashion designer and icon Collette Dinnigan provides an intimate insight into her life and work. in this sumptuous volume jam-packed with hundreds of photographs of the clothes on and off the runway, sketches, watercolors, and images from the designer's personal albums. With a presence the world over, Collette Dinnigan is a global business, as her collections are sold in every corner of the world including a flagship Collette Dinnigan Boutique in Chelsea Green, London, and boutiques in Sydney and Melbourne, Australia. In March 2014, she will launch a line designed specifically for Anthropologie in the United States, which will coincide with the publication of this gorgeous book. Dinnigan's designs have been worn by an exclusive and international list of leading actresses, celebrities, and royalty, including Catherine, the Duchess of Cambridge, Princess Mary of Denmark, Cate Blanchett, Emily Blunt, Helena Christensen, Cindy Crawford, Halle Barry, Celine Dion, Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, Cameron Diaz, and Julia Roberts, to name a few. She has contributed to the costuming of major feature films and television shows that include Sex and the City, Baz Luhrman's Australia, Gossip Girl , and the Oprah Winfrey Show . She designs thirteen collections per year, including her ready-to-wear range as well as her diffusion lines: collette by Collette Dinnigan, Collette Dinnigan Bridal and collette by Collette Dinnigan Lingerie Collection. Her work has been featured in fashion editorials in every major fashion magazine around the world, and her designs have been featured in numerous fashion anthologies. Five years after the 1990 launch of her brand, Dinnigan became the first and only Australian designer to be invited to show at Paris Fashion Week by the Chambre Syndicale, and has shown there every year for the past eighteen years. Her brand is also growing rapidly in Asia, after a launch in Singapore in early 2013. In this sumptuous volume with a gorgeous watercolor screened on a cloth cover, Collette Dinnigan opens up about what makes her tick. What inspires her to create clothes worn by the most glamorous women in the world, from film stars such as Nicole Kidman, Halle Barry, and Naomi Watts to royalty? How has her bohemian childhood shaped her? What has made her so successful? What drives her creativity and her famed attention to detail? How does she unwind? How does she juggle the roles of mother and businesswoman? Obsessive Creative takes you into the mind of this creative designer and behind the scenes of the world of high fashion, from the studio where Collette's sublimely beautiful clothes are made, to backstage at the Paris shows, from the red carpet to a beading factory in India. Lavishly illustrated with photographs from top international fashion photographers and from Collette's own family albums, plus numerous collages of sketches, Dinnigan's watercolors, sketches, and personal photographs, inspirational materials, objects and environments, this is an intensely personal and visually lavish account of her life and work-and inspiring volume sure to inspire artists, fashion designers, creative souls, and her global fan base., When I design a collection there is always a story. I imagine the mood, the time, the place, who will be wearing the clothes, who else might be there. Anything might inspire me--fields of flowers, a flock of birds, old mosaics, or even a row of striped deckchairs.