Reciety

19/03/2025

Earlier this month, and held a showcase launching ‘ICONS IN PRINT’ - A curation of rare fashion books celebrating some of the industry’s most visionary creators.

Held at in the iconic Edwards & Co. building in Surry Hills, visitors were invited to explore and shop the collaboration, and watch archival fashion footage of each of the creators in the cinema room.

Alongside the collaboration, a comprehensive selection of used, rare and signed art and photography books by Selected Objects was available.

Thank you for keeping everyone hydrated.

16/03/2025

Alaïa, Steidl, 1998. First, limited edition. $750 aud plus shipping.

From our curation of rare fashion books made in collaboration with

A glorious title concepted by Azzedine Alaïa himself and often referred to as the single greatest fashion monograph. Features imagery by photographers such by Paolo Roversi, Steven Meisel, Peter Lindbergh, Annie Leibovitz, Ellen Von Unwerth, Bruce Weber, Arthur Elgort, Jean-Paul Goude and Helmut Newton. Includes several brilliant, gatefold pages. Text in English and French.

“Azzedine Alaïa is one of the great masters of contemporary aesthetics. His success as a fashion designer is exemplary and his way of building the feminine silhouette marked the eighties. He dressed the most famous stars and some even have the feeling that he transformed the way of seeing women thanks to his talent. This book is a tribute to this couturier who at the beginning of his life thought to become a sculptor. The beautiful images gathered here reveal the dream world of Azzedine Alaïa, his overflowing creativity and his incomparable sense of beauty. In this book, models and clothes are expertly highlighted by superb photographs and a beautiful layout.”

280 pages | hardcover

Condition: Very good - excellent. Includes original glassene cover in heavy card slipcase.

14/03/2025

Rick Owens, L’AI-JE BIEN DESCENDU?, 2007. Limited edition of 1,000. $1500 aud plus shipping.

From our curation of rare fashion books made in collaboration with

An excellent copy of the rare, first ever Rick Owens title, numbered 329 of 1000. All photographs by Rick Owens. Large format book with hardcover case binding, including original cloth wrap.

“I had originally intended to make a handbook for new employees to show them what the brand was about and what I wanted it to be. After compiling it, I thought maybe some of our clients might like it, too. The title was a quote from a famous Parisian showgirl named Cecile Sorel who used to say it to the audience after making her grand entrance onstage, descending a long staircase in a huge feather outfit. It means ‘How well did I descend?’ Taking it out of that context, I liked the ominous connotation. It was a wonderful exercise to isolate whatever I felt I did gracefully and eliminate whatever I considered awkward or unresolved. I wish it were as easy in real life. I wanted to examine what I’d done calmly, summarized. Im afraid that it was a very selfish indulgence.”

188 pages | hardcover

Condition: Very good. Minor wear to cover.

13/03/2025

(SOLD) Dries Van Noten 1-100, 2017. First edition, out of print.

From our curation of rare fashion books made in collaboration with

An incredible title showcasing all of Dries Van Noten’s collections from his first in 1991 through to his 100th show in 2017. Two volumes in a hardcover box, featuring the updated version of the collector’s item Dries Van Noten 0-50, but also the long-awaited successor Dries Van Noten 51-100. Published by Lannoo.

“An invitation into the stirring world of Dries Van Noten expressed through the expansive landscape of his first 100 collections and fashion shows. Dries Van Noten’s constant and creative vision, compelling prints and eclectic designs flawlessly combine the designer’s rich inspirations, materials and forms in his fashion collections for men and women. With his eye for detail, vivid colours, prints and shapes, this iconoclastic designer stands tall amid his world peers.

Renowned fashion journalists and experts Tim Blanks and Susannah Frankel guide us through the Dries Van Noten artistic universe, collection by collection, fashion show to fashion show, offering intriguing insights into this steadfastly independent and exceptionally successful fashion designer and house.”

912 pages | hardcover

Condition: Very good - excellent. Minimal wear.

11/03/2025

Yohji Yamamoto Fall/Winter 1997/98. $650 aud plus shipping. To purchase DM

From our curation of rare fashion books made in collaboration with x

The brilliant, scarce Yohji Yamamoto womenswear look book featuring the now iconic images of Kirsten Owen, photographed by Paolo Roversi. Hair by Julien D’Ys and makeup by Alice Ghendri.
Designed by M/M (Paris) and published by Yohji Yamamoto Group Companies, Inc.

Condition: Very good. Wear to cover, inside is excellent.

09/03/2025

Issey Miyake, Pleats Please, 1990. First edition. $475 aud plus shipping. To purchase DM

From a curation of rare fashion books made in collaboration with X

The first title to look at Issey Miyake’s pleating design, published to coincide with an exhibition at Touko Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo. Two part catalogue designed by Japanese graphic artist Ikko Tanaka, in original printed card folder. Text in Japanese and English. The first volume is dedicated to the pleating design and exhibition, featuring brilliant imagery alongside texts by Kazuko Koike (Miyake Design Studio), Nicholas Serota (Tate Gallery) and Toshiharu Ito. The second volume features Irving Penn’s photos of Issey Miyake’s Pleats Please pieces, set alongside poetry by Shuntarō Tanikawa.

Condition: Very good - excellent. Minimal wear.

08/03/2025

Visionaire 20 Comme des Garçons, 1997. Limited edition. $1200 aud plus shipping.

From a curation of rare fashion books made in collaboration with x

With this brilliant issue of Visionaire, Rei Kawakubo became the first guest editor for the publication. This copy numbered 1563 of 2800. Includes a small-format magazine (unopened), a real dress pattern printed on muslin (unopened) and large-format pages that pose questions to be answered by contributing photographers. Nearly all images were photographed in December 1996 and feature pieces from previous and then current Comme des Garçons collections.

“Rei opened up her archives and chose her favorite pieces for select photographers to reinterpret. It was exciting for us to see what a young photographer like Mario Sorrenti, then twenty-six, would do with fashion that dated as far back as 1982 (at which time he was only eleven years old). Philip-Lorca diCorcia, contributing for the first time, took a Comme des Garcons dress to the bustling streets of Hong Kong. Nick Knight mixed Comme with Alexander McQueen and created what turned out to be one of the most reproduced Visionaire images ever.”

Condition: Interior contents are in very good condition with light foxing. Wear to outer box including marks/stains and rubbing (please see images).

08/03/2025

Coincidences: Photographs by Sarah Moon, 2001. First edition. $400 aud plus shipping.

From a curation of rare fashion books made in collaboration with x

Sarah Moon’s first major retrospective, a beautiful title bringing together her personal and seminal fashion work. Includes images created for designers such as Comme des Garçons, Chanel, Issey Miyake, Yoji Yamamoto, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Thierry Mugler and Alexander McQueen. Published by Thames & Hudson.

“…Moon’s pictures transformed the image of femininity: ‘I allowed women to be themselves, without playing the game of performing.’ Her work has since appeared in Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar and Nova. Many of her photographs are created around intensely personal scenarios which she refines into taut compositions, recalling stills from silent movies. Her eye tends to catch at tiny visual ideas: the arc of a hip, the glint of skin, the modulations of light and shadow.

288 pages | hardcover

Condition: Very good. Very minor wear.

08/03/2025

(Signed) Arthur Elgort, The Big Picture, 2014. First edition. Out of print. $700 aud plus shipping. To purchase DM

From a curation of rare fashion books made in collaboration with

Arthur Elgort’s first comprehensive book, showing his world-renowned fashion imagery alongside his personal work. Introduction by Grace Coddington. Published by Steidl/Edition 7L. Signed by Arthur Elgort.

“The book spans Elgort’s five-decade career and illustrates his longevity as an emulated fashion photographer. His lively and casual shooting style is significantly influenced by a lifelong love of music and dance, particularly jazz and ballet.

Elgort’s 1971 debut in British Vogue created a sensation in the fashion world where his soon-to-be iconic “snapshot” style and emphasis on movement and natural light transcended norms of fashion photography. Elgort subsequently rose to fame working for such distinguished magazines as American, French and Italian Vogue, Interview, GQ, Life and Rolling Stone; and shooting advertising campaigns for fashion labels including Chanel, Valentino and Yves Saint Laurent.”

424 pages | hardcover

Condition: Excellent

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