9780847862825-0847862828-Theater of Shopping: The Story of Stanley Whitman's Bal Harbour Shops

Theater of Shopping: The Story of Stanley Whitman's Bal Harbour Shops

ISBN-13: 9780847862825
ISBN-10: 0847862828
Author: Alastair Gordon
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover 272 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780847862825
ISBN-10: 0847862828
Author: Alastair Gordon
Publication date: 2019
Publisher: Rizzoli
Format: Hardcover 272 pages

Summary

Theater of Shopping: The Story of Stanley Whitman's Bal Harbour Shops (ISBN-13: 9780847862825 and ISBN-10: 0847862828), written by authors Alastair Gordon, was published by Rizzoli in 2019. With an overall rating of 4.3 stars, it's a notable title among other History (Fashion) books. You can easily purchase or rent Theater of Shopping: The Story of Stanley Whitman's Bal Harbour Shops (Hardcover) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used History books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.86.

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This lavishly illustrated book celebrates one of the most influential and successful retail centers in the world, from its opening in 1965--when it changed the retail landscape by inviting European designers such as Gucci and Valentino to open stores within a shopping mall--until the present day.

Theater of Shopping tells the story of retail visionary Stanley Whitman and the creation of Bal Harbour Shops, the most successful luxury fashion shopping center in the world*, and one of the last family-owned malls in America. Written by critically acclaimed author Alastair Gordon, Theater of Shopping is a cultural history of both a place and a personal legacy. The open-air mall opened in 1965 as a pedestrian-friendly environment that turned shopping into a kind of theatrical event, while featuring the work of young design talents like Valentino, Versace, Mugler, de La Renta, and other foreign designers who were unknown in America before first showcasing their collections at Bal Harbour Shops. The text weaves together fashion, luxury commerce, architecture, landscape design, urban development, and family history, to create a highly readable narrative illustrated with more than 300 images including never-before-published drawings, plans and photographs by renowned photographers including Richard Avedon and Ezra Stoller.
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