Fleurs

2000 · rif. 034192 — New York: Rizzoli 2000. Book. Near Fine. Hardcover. Second Edition. Sturdy red cloth covered slipcase white titles on front of case. Glossy illustrated boards. Binding tight spine straight corners square. Pages bright clean and unmarked. Red dust jacket crisp and intact. "In 1950 Fleur Cowles established what would become one of the most important and talked about magazines ever created. Critically lauded for its sharp mix of clothes literature art travel decor theater and humor Flair made publishing history with its combination of eclectic editorial content and lavish production quality. Recalled as "the first magazine that became an art form" The Best of Flair is a compilation of the magazines best content as chosen by the woman who created it. Along with its distinctive production values Flair also features interviews and contributions from some of the most noted artists and celebrities of the past fifty years including Lucian Freud Jean Cocteau Tallulah Bankhead Saul Steinberg Salvador Dalí Simone de Beauvoir Walker Evans James Michener Ogden Nash Gypsy Rose Lee Clare Boothe Luce George Bernard Shaw John OHara Margaret Mead and Tennessee Williams. Now more than ten years after this book was first published by Rizzoli and more than fifty years after the magazine ceased publication this facsimile edition offers the same ingenious bookmaking of its predecessor including multiple gatefolds with die-cuts booklets and accordion folder leaflets.". Rizzoli Hardcover