Congratulations to the 2025 Book of the Night!
On a recent September evening at Hollywood’s Chateau Marmont, we celebrated the 2025 Booktique Awards with more than 100 guests from LA’s creative community. And a storied evening it was. The winning books across 13 categories were lavishly displayed on the penthouse terrace, each styled in an intimate vignette complete with a dedicated spotlight and a custom, color-coordinated floral arrangement. Guests enjoyed cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and live piano music while exploring the books against a skyline of palm trees and a sweeping pink sunset. All were encouraged to cast their vote for the 2025 Book of the Night, the results of which we are thrilled to reveal here for the first time. And the winner is…
BUNNY WILLIAMS:
Life in the Garden
By Bunny Williams; Photographs by Annie Schlechter
PUBLISHER: Rizzoli
RETAIL PRICE: $60
DETAILS: HARDCOVER, 408 PAGES, 12” X 10”
Featuring essays by:
Hip-hop superstar Slick Rick
A$AP Ferg
LL CooL J
Kevin “Coach K” Lee
Pierre “P” Thomas of Quality Control Music
Bunny Williams: Life in the Garden invites us through the grounds and woodlands surrounding the famed interior designer's eighteenth-century manor house in Northwestern Connecticut, which boasts a parterre garden, a year-round conservatory, an extensive vegetable garden, an orchard, an aviary with exotic fowl, and a rustic poolside Greek Revival-style folly. Stunning photographs—printed on two different paper textures—illustrate every aspect of the garden in different lights and seasons, and are accompanied by charming personal anecdotes, expert advice, and creative ideas for how to bring natural elements into the home. Whether in the intentional juxtaposition of high and low or the considered placement of a garden bench to appreciate a particular view, home and garden together reflect the epitome of Bunny Williams' inimitable style.
Karl Lagerfeld poses in 2008 in his Paris studio where floor-to-ceiling stacks accessible by ladder and staircase took bibliophile style to new heights
“Books are still not as homey to me. They ask for reading, they demand it somehow. But they are my home, too, in a way. Having a book, they should be an everyday object. I could not dare to live without them.”
Karl Lagerfeld poses in 2008 in his Paris studio where floor-to-ceiling stacks accessible by ladder and staircase took bibliophile style to new heights
In 1999, Karl founded his own bookstore, 7L Bookshop on Rue de Lille in Paris, converting a former photo studio into a retail space filled with books. A popular stop in Paris for Karl fans, 7L stocks works from Karl’s own publishing venture, Éditions 7L, and other art book publishers from around the world.
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“Books are still not as homey to me. They ask for reading, they demand it somehow. But they are my home, too, in a way. Having a book, they should be an everyday object. I could not dare to live without them.”
Karl Lagerfeld poses in 2008 in his Paris studio where floor-to-ceiling stacks accessible by ladder and staircase took bibliophile style to new heights
“We are so pleased to learn of this recognition for Bunny Williams. And for Doug Turshen, the art director. Bunny had a very clear vision for celebrating her garden in book form in ways that would be educational, inspirational, and enjoyable for readers. A really stellar demonstration of bookmaking we are honored to publish and be recognized for.”
Karl Lagerfeld poses in 2008 in his Paris studio where floor-to-ceiling stacks accessible by ladder and staircase took bibliophile style to new heights
In 1999, Karl founded his own bookstore, 7L Bookshop on Rue de Lille in Paris, converting a former photo studio into a retail space filled with books. A popular stop in Paris for Karl fans, 7L stocks works from Karl’s own publishing venture, Éditions 7L, and other art book publishers from around the world.
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