Allure, Signed Presentation from Diana Vreeland to Kenneth
[Signed Presentation to Kenneth] Vreeland, Diana. Allure. First Edition. 1980. Book and dust jacket are both in very good condition. This copy is warmly inscribed in Vreeland’s typical green pen, “For Kenneth with affectionate best wishes + a million thanks for all your generosity, Diana Vreeland, 1981.”
If the spirit of Diana Vreeland is haunting someone (and it isn’t Grace Mirabella or Alexander Liberman), it might be the publishers of the 2002 dwarf version of Allure that was issued sans dust jacket. This first edition, published in her lifetime, is folio-size and as grand as she was. In it, she curates a collection of fashion and society portraits that meet her elusive definition of “allure,” which she defines and then expands upon throughout the book. With photographs by Beaton, Horst, Hoyningen-Huene, Steichen, Avedon, and others.How great that it is signed to Kenneth who styled the hair of some of the women depicted in the book (Marilyn Monroe, for example).
“But why do you worry about good taste? That’s part of the problem—the worry, the eternal worry. Lots of people have terrible taste, you know, and make a damn good living off of it.”
--Diana Vreeland