Steidlville

For over 20 years, Grace Coddington and Didier Malige have lived together with their family of cats while working in fashion. This book records their relationship through photographs (Malige's) and drawings (Coddington's) that entertainingly document their private lives and their work through the eyes of their cats: Henri, an old school catnipaddicted surfing chartreuse; his sister Coco, a couture-obsessed chartreuse on a sashimi diet, and her pal Baby, who doesn't quite share Coco's discipline and will, sadly, never be a sample size. Then there's Puff, a mixed up long-hair from Harlem whose curiosity (anyone for fortune telling at Dave?) hasn't killed him yet; and Bart, the Persian youngster who would rather sit roof top terrace than front row. The Catwalk Cats, a visual diary introduced by Puff, gives us four seasons in the life of this fabulous furry brigade: the collections, the campaigns, the catfights. At once delightful and dishy, it is both a convincing argument about the fundamental similarities between felines and fashionistas, and a wonderful and moving meditation on love and family.