Glamour Girls | 
 enlarge | Author: Liz Smith
Creators: Amy Fine Collins, Patrick Mcmullan
Publisher: A PMc Publishing Book
Category: Book
List Price: $75.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 277709
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 350
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.3
Dimensions (in): 14.8 x 10.1 x 1.3
ISBN: 097739851X
Dewey Decimal Number: 770
EAN: 9780977398515
ASIN: 097739851X
Publication Date: September 1, 2007
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Product Description
If you dont know Patrick McMullan, you ought to get out more! Andy Warhol
Celebrated photographer Patrick McMullan captures everything from the sophisticated galas of New York society to the flirty parties of young Hollywood stars. Showcasing women from around the world at the most famousand infamousof events, Glamour Girls contains over 1,000 color photographs spanning McMullans entire career.
Among the women pictured are: Gwyneth Paltrow, Ivana Trump, Heidi Klum, Christy Turlington, Stephanie Seymour, Kimora Lee Simmons, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Aniston, Raquel Welch, Donatella Versace, Chloe Sevigny, Nicole Kidman, Salma Hayek, Penelope Cruz, Angelina Jolie, and many others.
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 Glamour Girls December 8, 2007
7 out of 10 found this review helpful
I was not impressed with this book. I thought it'd be a mixture of glamour ranging from - at the very least - 1940's to the present. The 'so-called' glamorous women of today clearly don't measure up to the glamorous women of yesterday...not by a long shot. Perhaps that's precisely why women of the 60's & back weren't featured. I wondered just how much more I could stand, looking at these skinny & shapeless women, in large part, that made me take a look at some of my older movie, glamour books that far surpassed what this book had to offer. Happily, I won this book on eBay & paid a mere $9.99...as opposed to the original Neiman Marcus price of $75...and even Amazon's reduced price of $40 something. So...for the price I snagged this, I'm not so disappointed. NOT worth $75. Worth $9.99, but I could have lived without it. If you're a big fan of the younger celebrities who [supposedly] represent 'glamour' these days, you'll love this book. In my opinion, the women of today should take note & lessons from the lovely women who epitomized the definition of 'glamour' years ago.
 NEVERENDING CELEBRATION September 21, 2007
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
Patrick McMullan is to today's social strata what Margaret Meade was to indigenous native tribes. Both of them identify and put their subjects into perspective, while at the same time (however impossibly) staying in their good graces, and, by portraying them as human beings, keeping them in ours. McMullan's beautifully bound book "Glamour Girls" is an often ravishing retrospective of his work, highlighting an astonishing spectrum of women - all out to affirm their often self-imposed status in what passes for society.
McMullan is unique in that, unlike the ubiquitous papparrazzi - who are barely restrained behind velvet ropes - he is not only a guest at the table, but an ingenuous centerpiece of the incredibly diverse pecking orders he tirelessly covers. Like his mentor Andy Warhol, Patrick's photographs are up close and personal, and often subtly reveal the bold face lies incessantly projected by the celebrated (not to mention the many legends-in-their-own-behinds). At first glance these pages reflect a non-stop romp. While proscenium-sized smiles predominate, closer inspection often reveals nuances that transcend the tableau from deliciously advertorial to an ongoing saga featuring fascinating glimpses into bold face (not to mention blonde) ambition.
"Glamour Girls" is both an endless event, and, on closer inspection, an utterly fascinating insight into what social life is all about. The added prose, contributed by a variety of well-known, often adroit social observers, ranges from amusing to trite; some of it proving that a picture is indeed worth a thousand words. Capturing decades of stylish self-promotion, this posh tome evolves along with even the most casual observer. This is because "Glamour Girls", for all its divine superficiality, doesn't just make you feel like you are having fun, it also (much like Warhol's work) makes you think...
Anne Welles-Burke
Goose Creek, N.Y.
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