Edition : First / Paris / Agence Quality / 1976-1983 / Softcover / VG+
30x35cm. 15 volumes (a 13th issue was not published due to superstition) 20pp, issues 2-5 40pp, issue 6-14 60pp. Numerous colour and Black & White plates. Bright and complete. Text in French. Covers rubbed to spines with the odd closed tear on some issues, overally bright and complete.
30x35cm. 15 volumes (a 13th issue was not published due to superstition) 20pp, issues 2-5 40pp, issue 6-14 60pp. Numerous colour and Black & White plates. Bright and complete. Text in French. Covers rubbed to spines with the odd closed tear on some issues, overally bright and complete.
Any single issue of facade is difficult- a complete run a near impossibility. Facade was set up in 1976 by Alain Benoist under the art direction of Phillippe Morrillon. It's intention was to be a Parisian version of 'Interview', though through personal connections and a great sense of ireverence the magazine turned out to be something quite different. By accident or design Facade turned out to be a diary of the underground Paris jet-set from 1976-1983, the cover of issue 1 is shot by Pierre and Gilles. The list of contributors and interviewees are a real who's who- Warhol himself, Edwige of Mathematiques Modernes and Le Palace, Deneuve, Salvador Dali, Jacno, Sophia Loren, Francois Hardy, Gainsbourg- and the articles are superb, a mix of gossip from Le Palace and Les Bains to the musings of Karl Lagerfeld. A time capsule of the cross pollination of Fashion, Music and Society.
