MilesStyle: The Fashion of Miles Davis

Miles Davis is one of the most revered artists of the last 100 years regardless of the art form. Credited with ushering in a new age of jazz more than once Daviss unique perception of the world is best known through his memorable music and is arguably more popular now than ever. In later years he earned additional acclaim as an abstract painter with many of his originals selling for thousands of dollars and continuing to escalate in value. But his sense of personal expression didnt stop with music and painting. Miles Daviss restless rebellious personality found an additional creative outlet through his interest in fashion. From the big shouldered pleated suits of the forties to the Ivy League look of the fifties the sleek Italian suits of the sixties and the more avant-garde looks of the last twenty years of his life Miles Davis blazed a fashion trail whose impact is still being felt today.MILESSTYLE is the first book to examine Miles Davis the artist using himself as a creative canvas. MILESSTYLE features observations from notable fashionistas like Lenny Kravitz Bryan Ferry and Lloyd Boston as well as friends and bandmates like Quincy Jones Ron Carter Clark Terry and more regarding his sartorial evolution as well as what his style said about the music and the man.