Emile’s favorite books
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People often ask us what our personal favorite books are. This is the list of Emile Almekinders, who is managing our 11 Berenstraat flagship store.
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Loewe
To celebrate its 170 years, alongside an exhibition and the re-opening of its Madrid flagship store, Loewe has released a stunning book of photographs in collaboration with industry expert Luis Venegas, retracing its history and drawing a blueprint for what’s yet to come.
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David Casavant Archive
‘David Casavant is a NYC stylist who has one of the largest and most special designer clothing archive in the world, ranging from Raf Simons to Helmut Lang. Big celebrities like Kim and Kanye, Travis Scott and Pharrell borrow fashion items from him for shows, TV appearances and music videos. This book is a photographic overview of Casavants archive and collaborations with celebrities.’
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Preston Bus Station
Preston Bus Station is a body of photographs produced during sustained engagement with a site of key significance in the development of Hawkesworth’s practice.
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Pierre Debusschere: Uncovered
‘This beautiful and subtle book comprises the Uncovered photography project of Belgian photographer Pierre Debusschere. What I especially like about his work are his portraits, with their vulnerable postures and vivid colors.’
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Pierre Debusschere: Uncovered
Belgian fashion photographer Pierre Debusschere reveals in this book his personal project Uncovered, a series of new images in which the body is used as a pictorial and emotional material.
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Fantastic Man
Charismatic, compelling and trendsetting, 69 of the world’s most influential and creative men presented by cult style-bible Fantastic Man.
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Fantastic Man
This publication celebrates the ten-year anniversary of Fantastic Man magazine. It features some of today’s biggest male celebrities including Ewan McGregor, Tom Ford, Helmut Lang, David Walliams (left) and David Beckham (right).
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The World of Apartamento
‘I already like the Apartamento name, but the curation, photography and the great texts elevate this magazine to one of the best in its interior design kind. The World of Apartamento is an overview of the best creations of interior designers, that have been featured in the magazine, over a period of ten years.’
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The World of Apartamento
Apartamento breaks the traditional magazine boundaries that separate home design from homeowner, and offers readers a glimpse inside the lived-in, often cluttered homes of celebrities and industry legends such as REM frontman Michael Stipe and indie screen queen Chloë Sevigny.
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Wolfgang Tillmans
In his creative artistic work, Wolfgang Tillmans revolutionized the medium of photography in an unprecedented way and opened it up towards other media.
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Wolfgang Tillmans
Beginning in the early nineties, Tillmans documented the people and situations in his immediate surroundings in scenes from London, New York, or Berlin, creating the portrait of a new generation in a style-defining manner.
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