Theater of Shopping

The Story of Stanley Whitman's Bal Harbour Shops

Alastair Gordon author Matt Tyrnauer author

Format:Hardback

Publisher:Rizzoli International Publications

Published:19th Feb '19

Should be back in stock very soon

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Theater of Shopping tells the story of retail visionary Stanley Whitman and the creation of Bal Harbour Shops, the most successful luxury fashion shopping centre in the world*, and one of the last family-owned malls in America. Written by critically acclaimed author Alastair Gordon, Theater of Shopping is a cultural history of both a place and a personal legacy. The open-air mall opened in 1965 as a pedestrian-friendly environment that turned shopping into a kind of theatrical event, while featuring the work of young design talents like Valentino, Versace, Mugler, de La Renta, and other foreign designers who were unknown in America before first showcasing their collections at Bal Harbour Shops. The text weaves together fashion, luxury commerce, architecture, landscape design, urban development, and family history, to create a highly readable narrative illustrated with more than 300 images including never-before-published drawings, plans and photographs by renowned photographers including Richard Avedon and Ezra Stoller.

"‘Theater of Shopping’ is a fascinating look at the design, construction, and evolution of Bal Harbour Shops, tracing the evolution of Stanley Whitman’s idea of a high end shopping center in the new Village of Bal Harbour, Florida, just north of Miami Beach." —BIG BUBBLE MIAMI

"Theater of Shopping: The Story of Stanley Whitman’s Bal Harbour Shops, tells of how Whitman tenaciously clung to his vision for an open-air luxury destination, persuading — or, initially, failing to persuade, in some cases — luxury department stores and chic boutiques to come and open stores there." —INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF SHOPPING CENTERS

ISBN: 9780847862825

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272 pages