The Catwalk Cats

by Grace Coddington (Illustrator), Michael Roberts (Editor), Didier Malige (Contributor)

For more than 20 years, the fashion powerhouses Grace Coddington and Didier Malige have lived together with a menagerie of incorrigible cats. This delightful, giftworthy book records their relationship through photographs (Malige's) and drawings (Coddington's) that document the couple's highly entertaining private and work lives through the eyes of their feline friends. These include Henri, an old-school, catnip-addicted, surfing chartreuse; his sister Coco, a couture-obsessed chartreuse on a sashimi diet; and her pal Baby, who doesn't quite share Coco's discipline, and will, sadly, never fit into a sample size. Then there's Puff, a mixed-up long-hair from Harlem whose curiosity--anyone for fortune-telling at Dave?--hasn't killed him yet; and finally Bart, the Persian youngster who would rather sit on the rooftop terrace than in the front row. The Catwalk Cats , a visual diary introduced by the irrepressible Puff, gives us a window into four madcap seasons in the life of this fabulous furry brigade, with sections devoted to the Collections, the Campaigns, and, of course, the Catfights. At once delightful and dishy, it is both a convincing argument for the fundamental similarities between felines and fashionistas and a moving meditation on love and life as a family.

Genres: Fashion, Nonfiction

192 pages, Hardcover

First published December 1, 2006

Reviews

[Melissa · Rating 3 out of 5]

Also inter- library loaned myself a book of cat cartoons.

[Nux · Rating 4 out of 5]

Seven cats jet-setting around the world. Lovely black and white photographs, funny sketches and texts.

[Khris Sellin · Rating 4 out of 5]

Beautiful photographs, cute drawings, silly stories. I wish there were more photos. Grace obviously loves her kitties!

[kerrycat · Rating 3 out of 5]

the photographs of the cats are incredibly adorable - unfortunately, there are just so few of them to balance out the other pages, which are so-so.

[Gregory Shea Shea · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book to read. Very entertaining.

[Sarah · Rating 3 out of 5]

yes, i inter-library loaned a book of cat cartoons, don't judge. :D charming.

[Patricia · Rating 3 out of 5]

A confection with charming drawings, photos and text.