Beautiful Books, Worlds to Explore

Coffee table books with luxury finishes and irresistible content, our selection blends beauty and spirit: history, style, art, and travel. Treasures to place in the living room, to browse, to give, to pass on—for hours of discovery, inspiration, and escape.

Pathé’O

This beautiful book retraces the extraordinary journey of Pathé’O, the Ivorian-Burkinabe designer who became a global icon of African fashion. From Ouagadougou to Abidjan, his visionary legacy has shaken up the codes for over thirty years, inspired generations, and led to a recent collaboration with Dior. Singular style, a sense of sustainability, entrepreneurial audacity, Pathé’O imposed an African aesthetic for Africans, from the runways to heads of state, with Nelson Mandela at the forefront. Archives and testimonials illuminate the rise of West African textiles, the migration of knowhow, heritage, politics, and showbiz, revealing the full genius of a creator who set a trend. Available in English and French.
Patrick Frey Editions

Morocco, Land of Light

With this sumptuous work, Ariel Wizman, a journalist, writer, and musician born in Casablanca, pens a sensitive ode to his country of origin. In a lively and erudite introduction, he speaks of “the way Morocco reveals itself” poised between East and West, and opens a visual journey of great quality. Drawn from archives and a ten-day road trip through Southern Morocco (eight cities), the photographs—many previously unpublished—mix unknown faces, lively souks, places of contemplation, ocher landscapes, and iconic architecture. Their dreamy elegance, punctuated by quotes (Gary, Yves Saint Laurent), reveals a mysterious and multifaceted Morocco. A tribute book to the light of the Kingdom. Available in English and French. Assouline Editions.

The Green March, the Great Epic

As the 50th anniversary of this historic event was recently celebrated on November 6, for the first time this beautiful book offers a comprehensive and meticulous synthesis of the Green March. From planning to organization, from the piety and pacifism of the participants to the astonished reactions of the world, the work brings together unpublished documents, long-unavailable archives, iconic photographs, as well as testimonies from officials, volunteers, and ordinary citizens. All of this composes a vivid narrative that conveys the emotion and pride of a peaceful adventure that united people far beyond the 350,000 marchers, creating an unbreakable bond. Available in Arabic, English, French, and Spanish. La Croisée des Chemins.

Yves Saint Laurent Inside Out

An immersion into the heart of the vision of Yves Saint Laurent, the designer who loved Marrakech so much. In this sumptuous work, photographer Carlos Muñoz Yagüe—son of AnneMarie Muñoz, a loyal collaborator of the couturier—unveils the ultimate and luxurious phase of his career (1989–2002). Sketches in the studio, inspired gestures, the “petites mains” (seamstresses) at work, fittings with top models, grandiose salons, and the electric backstage: the YSL house is revealed from the inside. Letters, documents, and drawings from the photographer’s personal archives appear for the first time. A moving visual tribute, essential for lovers of fashion and photography. Available in English. Thames & Hudson Editions.