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Assouline Publishing is a luxury book publisher , retailer, and lifestyle brand founded in 1994 by Prosper and Martine Assouline.〔(Line Your Shelves With Books and Style : Distilling Fashion 'Memoirs' )〕 Operations are based in New York City with additional offices in Paris and London, as well as more than 20 boutiques worldwide and an online presence at assouline.com. Since 1994 Assouline has published over 1,400 titles across international markets on subjects including architecture, art, design, fashion, gastronomy, lifestyle, and photography, travel. Assouline also designs lines of scented candles, leather goods, and library accessories, and the Assouline Interiors turnkey library furniture collection. ==Company history== In 1994, Prosper and Martine Assouline published their first book, La Colombe d’Or, on the history of their favorite hotel in the South of France, with photographs by Prosper and text by Martine. They opened the first Assouline office in Paris in 1995, and in 1996 launched the Memoire collection of books focusing on noteworthy names in fashion, jewelry, design, and art. In 1999 Assouline opened an office in New York City. Assouline has partnered with numerous luxury brands, including Chanel, Goyard, MCM, and Coach to create special editions and trunks. Assouline publishes many of its titles in both French and English. In 2001, Assouline published Lee Radziwill’s memoir, Happy Times, which would become the template for the Lifetime collection, focusing on international destinations and style. In 2008, The Impossible Collection, a limited-edition hand-bound luxury volume featuring hand-tipped-on images of the twentieth century’s greatest fine art pieces, inspired the Ultimate collection, which has expanded to include books in the same oversize format on cars, fashion, jewelry, and watches. Since 2005, the Assouline accessories and gift line has expanded to include library decor items such as bookcases and book stands, trunks, stationery and leather goods, scented candles, special editions, and box sets. In 2014 Assouline introduced a collection of embossed leather tote bags. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Assouline Publishing」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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