FASHION CULTURE

Roland Mouret: Provoke, Attract, Seduce Roland Mouret and Alexander Fury Rizzoli

The French designer in conversation with fashion writer and historian Fury. This ode to Mouret and his company is more valuable for its Q-and-A text than the photos of various models and collections. It’s all very French: “You know, I’ve learned everything about fashion in bed,” Mouret says. “Every body I’ve touched has taught me something about dressing it.” ($116)

Rolex: The Impossible Collection Fabienne Reybaud Assouline

If you can afford a Rolex, you can afford to gift this stunning, limitededition oversized book about the brand, its history and its celebrity following. By big, we mean 14-by-17 inches, in a handcrafted clamshell case with colour plates hand-tipped on art quality paper. The luxury time pieces are shown off on the wrists of everybody from Picasso to Pope John Paul II. ($845)

New York by New York Wendell Jamieson Assouline

“Something’s always happening here. If you’re bored in New York, it’s your own fault.” So says Myrna Loy in this gifty, photo-driven tome with a foreword by Jay McInerney. Big moments and little ones are celebrated. It took a two-page spread to do justice in black and white to Bianca Jagger marking her birthday in 1977 by mounting a white horse for a walk into Studio 54, launching the club into the social stratosphere. ($250)