AUTHOR: KELLY KILLOREN BENSIMON
INTRODUCTION: HAROLD KODA
PUBLISHER: ASSOULINE PUBLISHING
PUBLICATION DATE: NOVEMBER 2004
ISBN: 2843236088
U.S. LIST PRICE: $50.00
HARDCOVER; 10 1/2" x 13 1/4"
200 PAGES, 200 COLOR & B/W PHOTOGRAPHS

“As Cartier is to watches, Assouline is to books”
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ASSOULINE IS PROUD TO ANNOUNCE AMERICAN STYLE
USA - Assouline Publishing, the illustrated book publishing house behind such iconic and stylish titles as Jean Pierre-Dufreigne's Hitchcock Style, Marion Maneker's Dressing in the Dark: Lessons in Men's Style, Kalliope Karella's Weddings of Style, and Bettina Zilkha's Ultimate Style: The Best of the Best Dressed List will release American Style by Kelly Killoren Bensimon. Courtney Love, Cindy Sherman, Farrah Fawcett, Charles James, Black Panthers, Donna Karan, Hattie Carnegie, Bonnie Cashin, Bergdorf Goodman, Lilly Pulitzer, Stetson, The Rat Pack, Levi's, Barbie, Diane von Furstenberg, Vanity Fair, Antonio, Tiffany's, Edith Head, Carolina Herrera, Charivari, Madonna, Diana Vreeland, The Playboy Bunny, and Russell Simmons. More than 200 American style icons are illustrated and defined in this book dedicated to the ever-changing persona of fashion in the United States. In his introduction to the book, Harold Koda, curator of the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, will give us his perception of American style throughout American history. A portion of the proceeds of this book will go to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. For Serial Rights information, please contact Workhouse Publicity, CEO Adam Nelson at nelson@workhousepr.com.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY
Kelly Killoren Bensimon is the Editor at Large for Hamptons, Gotham, and LA Confidential magazines. She is also the author of In the Spirit of the Hamptons.

MANDATORY CREDIT LINE:
From American Style by Kelly Killoren Bensimon (Assouline, Nov. 2004).

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RETAIL
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