Fashion First - by Diane Keaton (Hardcover)

About the Book

"A fashion icon in her own right, Keaton amusingly revisits and reflects on some of her favorite and not-so-favorite fashion moments over the decades, from childhood homemade outfits to red carpet ensembles and street style experiments she tried from the 1960s until today"--

Book Synopsis

A fashion icon in her own right, Keaton amusingly revisits and reflects on some of her favorite and not-so-favorite fashion moments over the decades, from childhood homemade outfits to red carpet ensembles and street style experiments she tried from the 1960s until today.

Since she could remember, Keaton has been fascinated by clothing and style. As a little girl, she would pick out patterns and request that her mother make her custom outfits. This was the beginning of a love affair with clothes and looks, and sometimes, fashion. From the outset of her acting career in the 1970s, the legendary star has experimented and thought outside the lines of what a Hollywood icon should wear and still became lauded as a style icon by Vogue, W, The Hollywood Reporter, and countless fashion websites. Keaton's style is at once timeless, experimental, bold, effortless, androgynous, quirky, and utterly and distinctly her own.

This is the celebrated film star's ode to her unforgettable fashion moments examined through Keaton's self-deprecating, charming voice, as she comments on her favorite looks and her biggest fashion faux pas. Images includes photos of a young Keaton sporting her mother's homemade ensembles, stylish snapshots from the 1960s and iconic 1970s looks highlighting her signature Annie Hall style, red carpet moments, magazine editorials, street-style shots, and selfies from the 1980s until present day. Striking fashion photographs by renowned photographers such as Annie Leibovitz, Ruven Afanador, and Ron Gallela are accompanied by anecdotes about Keaton's inspiring style from her longtime friends, collaborators, and fashion designers, including Giorgio Armani, Ralph Lauren, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kris Jenner, Nancy Myers, Blake Lively, and Thom Browne. Truly entertaining and stylish, this is the book fashion lovers and fans of the inimitable actor have been waiting for.

Review Quotes

"Trust us, your fashion friends do not need anything else in their wardrobes. Instead, give them something for their bookshelves! Diane Keaton's Fashion First is a bold and inspiring reflection on how the accidental fashion icon fashions herself." -- Vogue

"Ever wondered what Diane Keaton considers her most treasured outfit? Her most embarrassing? The actress revisits the clothes that have shaped her image -- highly accessorized red-carpet ensembles, experimental streetwear, tailored "Annie Hall" looks -- in this book, which features photographs by Annie Leibovitz, Ruven Afanador, and Ron Galella." -- New York Times

"If there's a fashion or Diane Keaton fan in your life, her new book that shares her journey via the clothes she wore is a perfect fit." -- PARADE

"The most surprising revelation to me from Keaton's book about fashion is how her style has changed through her decades. Because her looks have always been so true to her, I hadn't noticed the shifts, just as you don't notice a good friend's face changing as they age. But of course they have, just as all of us change as the years pass -- for the better, hopefully." -- The Times

"There's no fashion icon quite like Diane Keaton, and this book, curated by Keaton herself, features some of the actress's favorite outfits from over the years -- including her mother's homemade outfits from the 1960s, Keaton's '70s Annie Hall style and her stunning red carpet looks." -- People

"The 78-year-old actress has gathered a voluminous selection of her most celebrated, most treasured and most questionable looks in a new book, "Fashion First," annotated with her warm, witty reflections. Most people couldn't get away with publishing a book of hundreds of pictures of themselves across more than 300 pages, let alone one sprinkled with love notes from Kris Jenner, Miley Cyrus, Nancy Meyers and Sarah Jessica Parker. But Keaton's self-effacement provides an unexpectedly insightful foray into the unconventional mind of a legendary actress. She is one of the rare people who can put adequate words to clothes." -- The Washington Post

"Keaton's book Fashion First, out this month from Rizzoli, is an elevated scrapbook of sorts that begins with her early days in ruffled Shirley Temple dresses, home-sewn by her mother, and careens through what, in 2024 parlance, you might call her fashion "eras." There were sartorial detours aplenty along the way: a leopard-print DVF wrap jumpsuit worthy of Studio 54, mod minis, and even a short-lived blonde moment. But soon, the style Keaton would become known for crystallized into an iconic silhouette: menswear suiting in the mode of Dietrich and Hepburn." -- Elle

"The legendary Annie Hall look. Her plaid suits. Pants on the red carpet. Diane Keaton has been a style icon since the 1970s, but her love of fashion goes back much farther than that, to when she was a little girl who would pick out patterns and ask her mother to create bespoke outfits. In her own characteristically self-deprecating words, the Oscar-winning actress looks back on her sartorial history, charting both her favorite moments and some cringeworthy fashion fails. Expect lots of photos, from vintage snapshots to stunning editorials by the likes of Annie Leibovitz and Ruven Afanador, along with anecdotes from Ralph Lauren, who wrote the foreword, Nancy Meyers, Sarah Jessica Parker, and Giorgio Armani." -- Town & Country

"Diane Keaton has been considered a style icon for nearly 50 years, since her menswear-heavy wardrobe in "Annie Hall" arrived on screens in 1977 and forever cemented itself in cinematic fashion history. Keaton, now 78, has loved clothes her whole life, and has remained an individual dresser through the years, still turning to menswear but also full skirts, wide-belted coats and hats -- many, many hats. In September, Rizzoli will release Fashion First, with a foreword by Ralph Lauren and commentary from the likes of Miley Cyrus, Kris Jenner, Sarah Jessica Parker and Candice Bergen. Keaton takes the reader through her first memories of fashion to her red carpet looks -- and even breaking down some of her "wrong" fashion choices." -- Women's Wear Daily

"Who better to stoke a fall fashion rethink than Diane Keaton, with her Annie Hall aura, at once experimental, androgynous, quirky and timeless? Diane Keaton: Fashion First (Rizzoli, $55) collects photos from homemade childhood ensembles to a range of street styles and red-carpet glamour looks, all paired with anecdotes from famous friends." -- Bloomberg Luxury

"Reading through Diane Keaton's Fashion First is a little like seeing a legacy band on tour. Sure, there's some time spent on looks that followed outdated trends and experimental phases, but that's overshadowed by the sheer number of hits. The book is organized like a photo album with a loose chronological structure, beginning with a handful of baby photos, including snaps of a toddler Keaton wearing a bowler hat. Handwritten captions add moments of intimacy to a glossy, photo-heavy tome. Still, Keaton maintains a self-effacing charm throughout, including several misses alongside her greatest hits, all the while insisting that style matters. The undercurrent of humor elevates the book from mere fashion bible (although it is that) to an essential record of how to be cool." -- BookPage

About the Author

Diane Keaton is an Oscar-winning actress, director, and author whose books with Rizzoli include California Romantica, House, The House That Pinterest Built, and Saved. Ralph Lauren is an American fashion designer, philanthropist, businessman, and four-time CFDA winner.