{"product_id":"allure-of-men-book","title":"Allure of Men Book","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSome men change the temperature of a room. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eAllure of Men\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is about them. More than two decades after Assouline first published a book by this name, the house returns to the subject with Ariel Wizman. The French writer, broadcaster, and DJ explores two centuries of masculine aura through fashion, photography, art, cinema, and philosophy. The visual journey goes everywhere from the extravagant elegance of Congo’s La Sape movement and the evolving menswear cultures of Seoul and Shanghai to Hollywood’s golden age movie stars and London’s swinging sixties.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe pages run from Jean-Baptiste Belley, France’s first Black deputy, painted by Anne-Louis Girodet in 1797, to A$AP Rocky, shot by Atiba Jefferson in 2025. In between are Serge Gainsbourg and Sidney Poitier, Elvis in black leather in 1968, Daniel Craig walking out of the sea in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCasino Royale\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, and Burt Reynolds’s 1972 nude \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eCosmopolitan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e centerfold, plus Marcello Mastroianni, Bowie, Basquiat, Lewis Hamilton, and many others. You’ll find your type. Possibly several.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis unapologetically subjective study arrives as traditional notions of masculinity are being reconsidered. Gary Cooper, the original cover star, now graces the back cover, while the front makes way for Lenny Kravitz, joint in hand. “Allure is not a matter of rules or of symmetry,” Wizman writes. “It is what a man gives off when he has stopped asking to be looked at.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBorn in 1962 in Casablanca, Morocco, Ariel Wizman grew up in France, where an early encounter with philosopher Emmanuel Lévinas shaped an enduring curiosity about ideas. He began his career as a journalist, contributing to \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eActuel, Vogue Hommes,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e20 Ans,\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e producing programs for France Culture radio, and serving as editor in chief of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eInteractif.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e A DJ and one half of the electronic duo Grand Popo Football Club, he also became one of France’s most recognizable television presenters, co-hosting \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTentations.06\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e on Canal+ alongside Stéphane Bern. He has performed onstage in a production directed by John Malkovich. In 2020, he acquired the French franchise of the Chinese lifestyle brand Miniso, expanding it to fifteen stores across the country. Most recently, he joined the founding editorial team of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eEsquire France\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, launched in spring 2026. Wizman is Isabel Marant’s music director and the author of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMorocco, Kingdom of Light\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Assouline, 2023) and co-author, with Harold Colbert, of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eParis by Paris\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e (Assouline, 2025). In 2015, Wizman co-directed, with Laurent Lunetta, the 2015 document \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eBlack Dandy: A Political Beauty.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003ePage count: 200 pages\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003eNumber of illustrations: Over 100\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003eLanguage: English\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003eReleased on: October 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003eDimensions: W 10 x L 13 x D 1.5 in\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-details__detail-list-item\"\u003e\n\u003ch4 class=\"h6\"\u003eCover materials: Linen Hardcover\u003c\/h4\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Assouline","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51233093812447,"sku":null,"price":120.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0296\/3426\/5224\/files\/allure01.jpg?v=1794249027","url":"https:\/\/juliamossdesigns.com\/products\/allure-of-men-book","provider":"Julia Moss Designs","version":"1.0","type":"link"}