A very rare and iconic issue of the legendary French fashion and culture magazine Egoiste.

The cover is a self-portrait by Richard Avedon who is featured inside.

Includes interviews with Claude Lévi-Strauss, Drew Barrymore, Jacques Chirac, Richard Avedon, David Hockney, Catherine Denueve by Françoise Sagan, Serge Bramly and others.

Stunning 6 page photographic feature 'In The American West' shot by Richard Avedon plus Helmut Newton's gorgeous multi-page portrait of Maria-Saint-Georges.

Drew Barrymore is featured with a lovely portrait by Alice Springs.

Helmut Newton shoots architecture for a Philip Johnson feature, his wife Alice Springs is in one glorious New York view.

Egoiste also include specially commissioned advertisements, each double page ad was unique and only published in this issue. We LOVE the amazing CHANEL double page collage credit to Karl Lagerfeld.

Yasmin le Bon appears in two double page Karl Lagerfeld ads shot by Arthur Elgort. We have found a vintage film clip, a bts from the shoot:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4PtMS84kZ8Y

Also unique ads for Calvin Klein, Cartier, Chanel, Yves Saint Laurent shot by Arthur Elgort, Daniel Jouanneau, Jean Loup-Sieff and others.

The Lancome ad features Isabella Rossellini.

Founded in 1977 by Nicole Wisniak, Egoïste is an iconic large-format occasional French fashion and culture magazine showcasing the best in international photography and writing. Wisniak funded the magazine through specially produced, single-use adverts for all the major fashion houses shot by the best photographers including Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, Bettina Rheims, Guy Bourdin, Paolo Roversi.

140 pages

30 x 40cm

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Excellent condition apart from a small pice missing from the cover, 3 x 1 cm see photo & the corner of the magazine also has very slight dent. We have included a photo of the back cover for further reference. It's a large magazine and we will protect well when posting.

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