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...book jacket designer for respected U.S. publisher Alfred A. Knopf, Chip Kidd has worked with authors from Cormac McCarthy to Michael Crichton to Haruki Murakami. He is also a twice-published novelist, graphic designer, and comics fanatic - hence Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan. Kidd talked to TIME about his superhero obsession, why books will never die, and the almighty power of Oprah Winfrey...
...covers sell books?I wouldn't buy a book simply because I like the cover. I would pick it up. The jacket can call your attention to it. But in that sense, Oprah Winfrey is worth all the jackets in the world. A jacket is basically trying to do what she does all on her own. Click here for a gallery of Chip Kidd's greatest book jackets...
...tune of about $150,000 is unacceptable simply because she has spent so much time campaigning against elitist attitudes. And now here she is, crossing the tarmac in a pair of Cole Haan boots, showing up at Ground Zero in what definitely looks like an Akris Punto jacket (the average price of which runs in the $2,000 plus range), and delivering her speech at the Republican convention in a Valentino jacket. Ka-CHING...
...Schmitt, has dismissed the hoopla surrounding the Republican vice-presidential candidate's shopping sprees (or rather, her stylist's shopping sprees) and added that the clothing would all be donated to charity anyway (at the stroke of midnight). What is a charity going to do with an old Valentino jacket that doesn't have much resale value anyway? And, more importantly, why does a "no-frills" middle class hockey mom from Alaska need to buy designer clothing when there are fantastic facsimiles to be found at one tenth of the price at places like Zara, Ann Taylor, and Banana Republic...
...preclude sophistication. Which leads to my next point: if you're going to make a splash and spend $150,000 of the RNC fund's money, why not go for something a little more remarkable - dare I say stylish - like a pinstriped Ralph Lauren pantsuit, a spiffy Chanel jacket, or anything by Giorgio Armani? Michelle Obama chose wisely when she picked a floral-printed dress by Thakoon for the convention. Instead Palin opted for bland approximations of what she always wears, a kind of textbook, "safe" Washington insider combo of colorful jacket over black skirt. What a waste...