Robert Fairer

Now creative director of Maison Margiela, John Galliano started his career in London in the late 1980s, straight after graduating from Central Saint Martins. After being appointed head designer of Christian Dior in 1996, Galliano continued to create two collections a year for his namesake brand. They acted in many ways as a laboratory of ideas, allowing him to let...

A Financial Times Book of the Year 2022 A glamorous tribute to Karl Lagerfeld's highly influential creations for Chanel captured behind the scenes by US Vogue photographer Robert Fairer in beautiful, never-before-seen images. Casting a new light on one of the best-loved chapters in fashion history, Karl Lagerfeld Unseen: The Chanel Years illuminates key Chanel collections and creations from behind...

Entering fashion history in 1993 with his notorious 'grunge' collection for Perry Ellis, Marc Jacobs would soon be hailed by American Vogue as "the dauphin of grungy, understated cool". He quickly rose to become one of the most influential designers of his generation, both at the helm of his own label and as creative director of Louis Vuitton from 1998...

Alexander McQueen has grasped the public's imagination like few other fashion designers before him. In this book, a striking tribute to Alexander McQueen's stunning collections, Robert Fairer - US Vogue's exclusive backstage photographer for over a decade - opens up his archive for the first time. Tracing McQueen's entire career from the 1990s to his final collection, 'Plato's Atlantis', Alexander...

As testified by the monumental success of the recent Dior retrospective curated by the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris, Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams, which attracted over 700,000 visitors over its extended run, John Galliano's creations for the house of Dior have entered fashion history and are widely recognised as some of the most breathtaking and imaginative collections ever...