The Rizzoli Holiday Gift Guide: Fashion, Pop Culture, & Art
December 4, 2024
Get ready for our next handpicked holiday gift list! This time, we’re bringing you books that celebrate fashion icons, captivate art lovers, and explore the lives of legendary entertainers. Whether you’re searching for the perfect present or a captivating read, give the gift of inspiration this holiday season with Rizzoli books.
Be sure to check out our guide to Interiors and Garden Gifts here.
FASHION GIFTS
The celebrated film star’s ode to her unforgettable fashion moments. Narrated by Keaton in her self-deprecating, charming voice, Fashion First is filled with her favorite looks and self-proclaimed fashion faux pas.
Photo: Tina Tyrell
The first illustrated book to chronicle the dramatic 1973 face-off between French and American fashion designers, which left an indelible mark on the fashion industry, launched American designers as a global force, and challenged the cultural norms of the time.
Photo: Bill Cunningham
Curator Florence Müller explores Dolce&Gabbana’s Italian heritage and the enduring influence of Italian culture in inspiring some of the brand’s most iconic and innovative collections.
Photo courtesy Dolce&Gabbana archives
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.
Photo: Guy Bourdin
A long, pensive gaze into Rocha’s subversive world, this book is insightfully edited, designed, and crafted by Rocha, gathering catwalk images, shadowy editorials, and backstage imagery in a manner that stays true to the very nature of the dark and twisting world she’s created.
Photo: Ben Toms
London-based jewelry designer Solange Azagury-Partridge’s work has transformed the jewelry industry over the past thirty-five years and left an indelible mark on the art of adornment itself. Her first book is a captivating exploration of the enchanting world she has crafted through her fantasy-filled creations.
Photo: Willow Williams
The definitive monograph on iconic Parisian designer Madame Grès, seen by her peers as the tutelary genius of French haute couture.
Photo: Harper’s Bazaar, 1939
Specializing in the most-prized gemstones, from Colombian emeralds to sapphires found in the remote hills of Kashmir, David Morris celebrates color, flawless craftsmanship, and unique creativity in jewelry design. This is the jewelry house’s first major book.
Photo: Guy Lederman
Mats Gustafson’s ethereal watercolors and vibrant collages focus on the designs of Maria Grazia Chiuri since her appointment as Creative Director of Dior women’s collections in 2016.
Illustration: Mats Gustafson
The popular American fashion designer takes us on an exhilarating journey with today’s biggest stars wearing his statement-making designs on the world’s most exciting red carpets.
Photo: Dimitrios Kambouris/Getty Images
This is an unconventional telling of a brand history—but then Breitling has never been one to follow the rules.
Photo: Breitling Archive
A tribute to the visionary designer whose creative brilliance left an indelible mark on the world of sneakers, athletic wear and the sports industry, uniquely becoming one of the most influential and celebrated creative directors of both Adidas and Nike.
Hundreds of rarely seen images by legendary photographer Lynn Goldsmith of Patti Smith performing on stage combine with candid behind-the-scenes photographs and striking studio shoots to create a deeply personal look at the singer during her rise to fame.
Photo: Lynn Goldsmith
In his new book, Lee Jaffe reveals the world of the Wailers during their early years as an international act from 1973 to 1975, a socially and politically transformative period in Jamaican history. He also explores the start of Peter Tosh’s solo career in 1976 with the revolutionary album, Legalize It.
Photo: Lee Jaffe
For Dolce&Gabbana, Monica Bellucci embodies the dream of la dolce vita. This book tells the story of a diva and her unique style.
Photo: Michel Comte
Dustin Pittman amassed an archive of 100,000 photographs chronicling the untamed corners of New York City’s after-hours nightlife, from shadowy underground haunts to prestigious galleries and clubs. This “wish I was there” book unveils the vibrant pop culture scene of New York during the 1970s and ’80s.
Photo: Dustin Pittman
This dazzling volume shines new light on the songs, styles, and enduring pop culture impact of the 1970s musical genre that emerged from Black and Latin queer culture to take the world by storm.
Photo: Heinz Browers/
United Archives GmbH/Alamy
ART GIFTS
The late hip-hop pioneer, seminal graffiti writer, and iconoclast contemporary artist Rammellzee—a legend in his own time to his peers—was a profoundly transformative and influential figure across the art, graffiti, and music worlds.
Photo: Courtesy of the Estate of Rammellzee
Explores the powerful ways in which visual art has long provided its own rich outlet for protest, commentary, escape, and perspective for African Americans.
Artwork: Amy Sherald, Breonna Taylor, 2020
This expansive survey of the art and culture of the American West presents richly diverse works by more than 35 distinct Native American nations considered alongside non-Native artists from the late eighteenth to early twentieth centuries.
Artwork: Dorothy Brett, Desert Indian, 1932/1937
A magnificent publication, the first large survey published in over twenty years, this lavish volume celebrates 400 of the most beloved works from the nation’s museum.
Artwork: Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Two Women at a Window, c. 1655/1660
STOCKING STUFFERS
Highlighting 52 significant masterpieces, this elegant card deck is a unique way to enjoy and learn about the world-renowned works of the great artists.
Bring the otherworldly spirit of Meow Wolf to life at home with this coloring book and become a part of the renowned artist collective’s strange and beautiful world.
A collection of whimsical birds accompanied by hilarious and imaginative descriptions of the bird’s unique personalities from the over-the-top mind of the famed artist.
Artwork: Ashley Longshore
A hilarious how-to guide on being human by everyone’s favorite Bending Unit, Bender B. Rodriguez.
Artwork: Matt Groening
Finally—a book plus fifty stickers to celebrate the ones who want to stay home, cancel plans, enjoy their quiet time, or read far, far into the night: the introverts!
Opening image from Dolce&Gabbana: From the Heart to the Hands.
Photo courtesy the Dolce&Gabbana archives