The Best of Flair (Rizzoli Classics)

About this book

This highly sought-after volume detailing one of the most influential magazines of the twentieth century is now back in print at a newly affordable price. In 1950 Fleur Cowles established what would become one of the most important and talked about magazines ever created. Critically lauded for its sharp mix of clothes literature art travel decor theater and humor Flair made publishing history with its combination of eclectic editorial content and lavish production quality. Recalled as "the first magazine that became an art form " The Best of Flair is a compilation of the magazines best content as chosen by the woman who created it. Along with its distinctive production values Flair also features interviews and contributions from some of the most noted artists and celebrities of the past fifty years including Lucian Freud Jean Cocteau Tallulah Bankhead Saul Steinberg Salvador Dal Simone de Beauvoir Walker Evans James Michener Ogden Nash Gypsy Rose Lee Clare Boothe Luce George Bernard Shaw John OHara Margaret Mead and Tennessee Williams. Now more than ten years after this book was first published by Rizzoli and more than fifty years after the magazine ceased publication this facsimile edition offers the same ingenious bookmaking of its predecessor including multiple gatefolds with die-cuts booklets and accordion folder leaflets.