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    BOOK RELEASE FROM ASSOULINE PUBLISHING FALL, 2002




PUBLISHER: ASSOULINE PUBLISHING
AUTHOR: FRANÇOIS BAUDOT
PUBLICATION DATE: OCTOBER/ NOVEMBER 2002
U.S. LIST PRICE: $18.95
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61/4 x 81/2
80 PAGES; 60 FULL-COLOR IMAGES

ASSOULINE EDITIONS: FASHION AND SURREALISM
NEW YORK- Workhouse Publicity is proud to announce the latest release from Assouline, the
illustrated book-publishing house behind such cutting-edge titles as Brooke De Ocampo's Bright Young
Things New York and Bright Young Things London, Lee Radziwill's Happy Times, Oscar De La Renta,
Allure of Women and The Little Black Dress, will release a fantastic new title this Fall. The Fashion and
Surrealism movement had numerous affinities from the latter’s outset. “Beauty will be convulsive or will
not be at all,” André Breton declared in the thirties, a maxim that could serve as motto for the world of
haute couture. And fashion, the stuff of its creators’ dreams, often is surreal, in the true sense of the word:
a shoe turned into a woman’s hat, a glove with claw-like gold fingernails, a lobster dress… The
Surrealists unpicked bourgeois fashion at the seams and gave it a taste for scandal. Today, the genius of
Salvador Dali, Max Ernst and René Magritte continues to influence great couturiers such as Yves
Saint-Laurent, Jean-Paul Gaultier, John Galliano and Serge Lutens. Press requests for François
Baudot or the upcoming book launch please contact Ryan Urcia at urcia@workhousepr.com. For press
kit, high- resolution images and book excerpts please visit
http://www.workhousepr.com/assouline/fashionandsurrealism

FRANÇOIS BAUDOT
A special correspondent and editorial advisor for French Elle magazine, François Baudot writes about
fashion and is a keen observer of our time. Assouline has published his The Allure of Men and The Allure
of Women (2001), and he has written a number of titles for the “Mémoire de la Mode” series including
Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Poiret, Alaïa, Thierry Mugler and Yohji Yamamoto.




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