Neil Kirk in Vogue: The Supermodel Years is a unique retrospective of 1980s and ’90s fashion, as captured by one of the most exceptional photographers of the era.

Neil Kirk in Vogue: The Supermodel Years is a unique retrospective of 1980s and '90s fashion, as captured by one of the most exceptional photographers of the era. A prominent and prolific fashion photographer for over four decades, Neil Kirk's sensational body of work has left a lasting impression on designers, editors and catwalk models across the fashion industry. A frequent contributor to Vogue US, British, Italia and Deutsch throughout the '80s and '90s, his photographs helped propel some of the biggest fashion names into the public sphere during an era when supermodels were becoming A-list celebrities and fashion designers were pioneering an innovative take on modern luxury. With a foreword by Bryan Ferry and contributions from Helena Christensen, Claudia Schiffer, Manolo Blahnik, Sam McKnight, Stephen Jones, Yasmin Le Bon, Christian Lacroix and Jasper Conran among others, this is every fashion lover's dream in one beautifully illustrated, must-have volume. Featuring Salma Hayek, Carla Bruni, Cindy Crawford, Yasmeen Ghauri, Valentino Garavani, Vivienne Westwood, Malcom McClaren, Ewan McGregor, Kate Winslet, Jerry Hall, Linda Evangelista, Rachel Williams, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Wright and many, many more. AUTHORS: Vivienne Kirk styled numerous fashion and beauty advertising campaigns from high-street stores to international designers in the 1990s, along with A-list celebrities, including Brad Pitt, Penélope Cruz, Keira Knightly, the Spice Girls, Gary Oldman and Kate Moss. Iain R Webb is a writer, curator and Professor of Fashion & Design at Kingston School of Art. He studied Fashion Design at St Martin's School of Art (1977-1980), going on to become fashion editor/director of BLITZ, London Evening Standard, Harpers & Queen, The Times and Elle. Webb is author of As Seen in BLITZ, Vogue Colouring Book and Rebel Stylist, among others. Curatorial projects include exhibitions at ICA, RCA, MoBA Biennale, Somerset House, Drawing Projects UK, The Bowes, Fashion Museum, Bath and V&A Dundee. SELLING POINTS: . Foreword by Bryan Ferry and contributions from Helena Christensen, Claudia Schiffer, Manolo Blahnik, Sam McKnight, Stephen Jones, Yasmin Le Bon, Christian Lacroix and Jasper Conran among others . Featuring Salma Hayek, Carla Bruni, Cindy Crawford, Yasmeen Ghauri, Valentino Garavani, Vivienne Westwood, Malcom McClaren, Ewan McGregor, Kate Winslet, Jerry Hall, Linda Evangelista, Rachel Williams, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Robin Wright and more. . Beautiful images by Neil Kirk, one of the most exceptional fashion photographers of the 1980s and '90s . Stunning collection of photographs that were first seen in Vogue and other Condé Nast titles during a golden era of fashion . Created by Vivienne Kirk (Hollywood stylist to Brad Pitt, Penélope Cruz, Keira Knightly, Gary Oldman, Darryl Hannah) and Iain R Webb (BLITZ, London Evening Standard, The Times, Elle)

Details

ISBN13: 9781788843485
Format: Hardback
Number of Pages: 240
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Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Publication City, Country: Woodbridge, United Kingdom
Dimensions (cm): 30(H)x24(L)x2.4(W)1720
Weight (gm): 1720

Author Biography

Vivienne Kirk styled numerous fashion and beauty advertising campaigns from high-street stores to international designers in the 1990s, along with A-list celebrities, including Brad Pitt, Penelope Cruz, Keira Knightly, the Spice Girls, Gary Oldman and Kate Moss. Iain R Webb is a writer, curator and Professor of Fashion & Design at Kingston School of Art. He studied Fashion Design at St Martin's School of Art (1977-1980), going on to become fashion editor/director of BLITZ, London Evening Standard, Harpers & Queen, The Times and Elle. Webb is author of As Seen in BLITZ, Vogue Colouring Book and Rebel Stylist, among others. Curatorial projects include exhibitions at ICA, RCA, MoBA Biennale, Somerset House, Drawing Projects UK, The Bowes, Fashion Museum, Bath and V&A Dundee.

Reviews

"""Vivienne Kirk has now co-authored with writer and curator Iain R. Webb Neil Kirk in Vogue, The Supermodel Years, ACC Art Books a wonderfully kinetic, joyful, and gorgeous tribute to Kirk’s work for just about every edition of Vogue. It’s impossible to imagine the wrangling of getting all of these images in one book, snappily art directed by Rita Sowins. Yet there they are, thanks to former publishing executive Liz Rees-Jones, who along with Kirk and Webb miracle worked it into existence."" ""For much of this book, Kirk’s models, true to the times, are majorly coiffured, majorly bejeweled, and majorly power-suited. Yet in his images they carried all that off as if they were in jeans and tees, like his test Polaroid of a black-clad, wasp-waisted Cindy Crawford confidently leaping into the frame with all the physical control of an athlete. His models were forever go-go-going."" ""book is a labor of love, for sure, but also a testament of love. Webb adores Kirk’s early work; Vivienne Kirk mentions how her husband’s lesser-known menswear shoots, which vibrate with color, and peopled by male models who look like they’d be at home in 1930s Hollywood, are some of her favourites because they’re much lesser known.""" - Vogue.com
"Treat your coffee table to this exquisite tome, a testimony to beauty and joie de vivre. " - Lisa Armstrong
"There was a time when fashion was a fantasy, and Neil Kirk was one of the photographers who knew how to capture it. Neil Kirk in Vogue: The Supermodel Years, published by ACC Art Books, brings together for the first time his photographic archive from his collaborations with international editions of Vogue, revealing a body of work that deserves its place in fashion history." - Vogue Greece
"""In fashion, archives are rarely static. They evolve—reshaped by the cultural lens of the present. With Neil Kirk in Vogue: The Supermodel Years, published by ACC Art Books, a body of work once synonymous with glossy excess is reintroduced as something far more consequential: a visual blueprint for how fashion learned to globalize itself."" ""As a physical artifact, Neil Kirk in Vogue: The Supermodel Years is intentionally indulgent. Large-format imagery, high production values, and layered commentary transform it into more than a retrospective; it becomes a collectible. In an increasingly digital landscape, that tangibility carries strategic weight."" ""Luxury publishing has quietly re-emerged as a branding tool, allowing companies to extend their narratives beyond seasonal cycles. For ACC Art Books, this release reinforces its role as both archivist and curator—bridging the gap between documentation and storytelling.""" - Page Reverie
"A new book captures the longlimbed elegance and sculpted cheekbones that defined Condé Nast’s heyday in the 1980s and 1990s. Neil Kirk was among the first photographers commissioned by Anna Wintour upon her arrival at Vogue; his 1990 portrait of Jerry Hall radiates the sophistication of this golden era of fashion." - The Telegraph
"""Relive the good old days with these stunning 80s and 90s supermodel pictures by the iconic fashion photographer Neil Kirk."" ""The vibrant images in the book are regularly interspersed by the recollections of knowing and working with Kirk penned by supermodels, art directors, fashion editors, stylists, photographers and fashion designers.""" - Amateur Photographer