The Stephen Sprouse Book

The Stephen Sprouse Book
by Roger Padilha, Mauricio Padilha

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Author: Mauricio Padilha, Roger Padilha
Foreword: Tama Janowitz
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-01-13
ISBN: 0847832163
Number of pages: 256
Publisher: Rizzoli

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Book Review: STEPHEN SPROUSE BOOK
Summary: 5 Stars

This is a wonderful book detailing the life and work of one of America's most notable contemporary artists and fashion designers. Stephen Sprouse was definitely ahead of his time both artistically and commercially. He remains one of my most favorite artists/fashion designers even to this day. My one comment about purchasing this book was that it comes in four different accent color-ways for the title and lettering on the cover and spine (Day-Glo Pink, Yellow, Green or Orange), and there was no way for one to choose which color one wants to buy on Amazon. The book cover color-way you get comes randomly. I wish they would have implemented this choice as one choses a t-shirt color when one buys. I would have preferred the Orange color-way. Otherwise this is an amazing book for fans of post-modern art and fashion.

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Summary of The Stephen Sprouse Book

Inventive, enigmatic, and supremely creative, Stephen Sprouse made art and clothing that captured the mood of the eighties. One of the first American designers to mix graffiti and a punk aesthetic with fashion, Sprouse manipulated conventional notions of style, and his unique sensibility has inspired designers from John Galliano to Raf Simmons to Marc Jacobs. Sprouse?s career started in the late seventies, when, after working for Halston, he migrated to a warehouse on the Bowery and started making outfits for his neighbor, Debbie Harry. The fashion world quickly embraced his innovative, culturally relevant sensibility and downtown edge. But Sprouse?s inability to compromise his artistic vision for the rigid fashion business compromised his commercial success. The Padilhas possess the largest private collection of Sprouse?s work, and were given exclusive access to his archives by his family for this project. They also obtained never-before-published images from photographers such as Steven Meisel, Bob Gruen, and Mert and Marcus. The book features a foreword by the novelist Tama Janowitz, one of Sprouse?s closest friends. The release of this book coincides with a retrospective at Deitch Projects. The book will be available with four different jackets, each featuring a different Day-Glo color, an homage to Sprouse?s iconic album cover for Debbie Harry?s Rockbird.

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