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MIKE AMIRI AND WES LANG CONTRIBUTIONS BY DAN THAWLEY AND ANDREW BERARDINI
An extravagant monument to a unique collaboration in the worlds of art and fashion: the autumn/winter collection of the luxury brand AMIRI, created in partnership with the painter Wes Lang.
Rooted in the culture of Los Angeles—the place both designer and artist call home—AMIRI’s Autumn-Winter 2022 collection is an exploration of the city’s aesthetic heritage. Mixing high with low, extravagance with subtlety, the collection reects the intersection of worlds—rock, skate, luxe, craft, art, glam—that denes Los Angeles style. Throughout the collection, Wes Lang’s painterly interventions introduce elements of subversion and energy to AMIRI’s pieces.
The book meticulously documents the creative process, from the design of key silhouettes to the hand-painting by Wes Lang of original works onto individual garments. Hundreds of photographs go behind the scenes in AMIRI’s atelier and Lang’s studio, revealing the collection’s evolution from sketches to clothing and nally to the star-studded runway show, cinematically illuminated with Lang’s artwork, at which the line debuted in the spring of 2022.
Elaborately designed by the photographers and art directors Hart Lëshkina, and with texts by fashion editor Dan Thawley and art critic Andrew Berardini alongside the voices of Mike Amiri and Wes Lang, this book is a testament to the power of collaboration and an impressive record of an important moment in contemporary art and fashion.
Mike Amiri is the founder and creative director for his eponymous AMIRI label, based in Los Angeles. Wes Lang is a painter and sculptor living and working in Los Angeles. Dan Thawley is a journalist whose writing has appeared in journals from Vogue to Wallpaper, and the editor in chief of A Magazine Curated By. Andrew Berardini is a writer, art critic, and curator based in Los Angeles.
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480 pages, 11¼ x 14¾" 640 color illustrations Hardcover w/slipcase • 9780847873029 $135.00 USD, $180.00 CAD, £100.00 GBP EARLY ON SALE: October 11, 2022 Rights: World
