Slim Aarons: Style

by Shawn Waldron, Kate Betts, Jonathan Adler (Foreword)

Glamorous fashions, personalities, and places captured by iconic photographer Slim Aarons in this collection from curator Shawn Waldron and author Kate Betts.

Foreword by Jonathan Adler

Slim Aarons, at least according to the man himself, did not photograph “I didn’t do fashion. I did the people in their clothes that became the fashion.” But despite what he claimed, Aarons’s work is indelibly tied to fashion. Aarons’s incredibly influential photographs of high society and socialites being unambiguously themselves are still a source of inspiration for modern day style icons.

Slim Style showcases the photographs that both recorded and influenced the luminaries of the fashion world. This volume features early black-and-white fashion photography, as well as portraits of the fashionable elite—like Jacqueline de Ribes, C.Z. Guest, Nan Kempner, and Marisa Berenson—and those that designed the clothes, such as Oscar de la Renta, Emilio Pucci, Mary McFadden, and Lilly Pulitzer. Featuring some never-before-seen images and detailed captions written by fashion historians, Slim Style is a collection of the photographer’s most stylish work.

Genres: Photography, Art, Coffee Table Books, Nonfiction, Fashion, Design

240 pages, Hardcover

Published October 19, 2021

Reviews

[Trish · Rating 5 out of 5]

Slim Aaron was a great photographer. I loved this book.

[王维蔚WeiweiWang · Rating 3 out of 5]

Very soon I was tired of the "fancy people" narrative and camera perspective.

[C · Rating 5 out of 5]

Luxurious photos that remind me of Gray Malin's style.

[Lib DM · Rating 5 out of 5]

Loved every sumptuous page. The descriptions, the intro text. Everything was wonderfully laid out, to amplify Slim’s impeccable style