Designer Agnès b Debuts Book, Plans Second Film, Los Angeles Store

Nearing the close of an action-packed week in New York, Agnès b took a breather Wednesday afternoon to reflect on her 40-year career and anticipate what’s next. Seated by a fire in the Mercer Hotel, the designer paged through her new book “Agnès b Styliste,” a 290-page art-heavy scrapbook of her life. Artists and friends planned to celebrate the Abrams-published tome Wednesday night at her Howard Street store. “It’s so big and it’s a long life. There are so many things I do. But I know I’m greedy. I’m greedy for life,” she said. Elle and Cacharel were two of her employers early on before she started her signature label. She also designed the clothes for the William Klein-directed 1966 film “Who Are You, Polly Maggoo?” — another footnote in her book. Now with 200 stores around the globe including 52 in Japan as well as ones in Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan, Amsterdam and New York, she aims to open a women’s and men’s shop in Los Angeles before the end of the year, due partially to her interest in film. In the meantime, the designer’s two pop-up shops in Los Angeles at Wittmore will be open until June. Her friend Harvey Keitel

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