Guy Bourdin for Charles Jourdan

A giant of modern fashion photography, Bourdin lent his surrealist eye to the shoes and fashions of Charles Jourdan. Creating compositions full of movement, color, and sensuality, this pioneering collaboration between designer and photographer still exerts a profound influence on modern fashion photography.

The late 1960s saw some of the most dynamic periods in French fashion. And the union between Bourdin and Jourdan captured the spirit of the moment unlike any other creative partnership of the era. Jourdan, a polymath who occupied the office of both couturier and shoe designer, tapped Bourdin, a true surrealist among the fashion photographers of the age, and engaged in a creative dialogue through to Jourdan’s passing in 1976.

Celebrated here are over 150 images, many never before published, full of the modernity and fetishism that made Jourdan’s designs so sought after, and Bourdin’s mise-en-scènes so provocative. To draw attention to the sweep of a woman’s feet and the gentle swell of her calves, the shod feet and lower leg of a mannequin are disembodied and transported to a variety of contexts, the central figures in compositions that are at once erotic, humorous, and often unsettling.

Provocative, fabulist, dramatic, and full of intense color and saturation theirs was as complete a collaboration as has ever been achieved in the history of postwar fashion. This book presents that work in its entirety for the very first time and provides insight into a true meeting of the minds between designer and photographer.

About The Author
Patrick Remy is based in Paris and is the author and editor of numerous books on fashion and photography.

Publish Date: September 03, 2024
Format: Hardcover
Size: 21x30 cm
Pages: 216

ANCLADEMAR T-SHIRTS

XS - 45 cm (width arm) x 67.5 cm (length)

S - 48 cm (width arm) x 68 cm (length)

M - 51 cm (width arm) x 71.5 cm (length)

L - 54 cm (width arm) x 73.5 cm (length)

XL - 57 cm (width arm) x 75.5 cm (length)

OXFORD SHIRTS

XS - 96 cm (chest) ; 88 cm (waist); 72.8 cm (length); 65 cm (sleeve)

S - 102 cm (chest) ; 94 cm (waist); 74.8 cm (length); 66.5 cm (sleeve)

M - 108 cm (chest) ; 100 cm (waist); 76.8 cm (length); 68 cm (sleeve)

L - 114 cm (chest) ; 106 cm (waist); 78.8 cm (length); 69.5 cm (sleeve)

XL - 120 cm (chest) ; 112 cm (waist); 80 cm (long); 71 cm (sleeve)

SOFT COTTON SHIRTS

S - 104 cm (chest) ; 72 cm (length)

M - 108 cm (chest); 74 cm (length)

L - 116 cm (chest); 74 cm (length)

XL - 124 cm (chest); 80 cm (length)

CUSTOM SWEATSHIRTS, EMBROIDERED AND STAMPED

Xs - 48 cm (width) x 65 cm (length)

S - 50.5 cm (width) x 68 cm (length)

M - 53 cm (shoulder) x 72 cm (length)

L - 56 cm (width) x 74 cm (length)

XL - 59 cm (shoulder) x 76 cm (length)

NOMADIC ROPE SANDALS

36 - 22.99 cm (length) 

37 - 23.63 cm (length) 

38 - 24.27 cm (length) 

39 - 24.90 cm (length) 

40 - 25.54 cm (length) 

41 - 26.18 cm (length) 

42 - 26.82 cm (length)

43 - 27.46 cm (length)

44 - 28.10 cm (length)

45 - 28.74 cm (length)