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‘Drag’ is transformation, communication and, above all, exaggeration, where gender non-conformity is the plat du jour. This fearless book observes this increasingly complex world by exploring drag’s journey – from the surprising, to the sophisticated, to the utterly bizarre – through the twentieth century and up to the present day.
How does a Vogue model confront a double family suicide and live a normal life?
Tracy Peacock Tynan, daughter of world-famous theatre critic Kenneth Tynan and author Elaine Dundy, grew up in London and New York during the 1950s and ’60s. Her parents threw lavish parties where style was essential and guests included the biggest Hollywood, theatre and literary legends – among them Laurence Olivier, Vivien Leigh, Orson Welles, Gore Vidal, Tennessee Williams and Maggie Smith. As Tynan describes it, her parents were ‘trying their best to be the Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald of the ’50s. Tynan reveals the glamour, secrets and dark side of her parents’ highly stylised world of endless jet-setting and savage fights, the struggles she faced as she tried to take charge of her life, and the happiness she eventually found as a costume designer, writer, wife and mother. She tells her astonishing story through the prism of the clothes which have come to symbolise her turbulent life.
Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Shulman kept a diary of British Vogue’s Centenary year. And what a year. She reveals the emotional and logistical minefield of producing the 100th anniversary issue (that Duchess of Cambridge cover surprise), organizing the star-studded Vogue 100 Gala, working with designers from Victoria Beckham to Karl Lagerfeld and contributors from David Bailey to Alexa Chung. All under the continual scrutiny of a television documentary crew. But narrowly-contained domestic chaos hovers – spontaneous combustion in the kitchen, a temperamental boiler and having to send bin day reminders all the way from Milan fashion week. For anyone who wants to know what the life of a fashion magazine editor is really like, or for any woman who loves her job, this is a rich, honest, and sharply observed account of a year lived at the centre of British fashion and culture.
This is a joint biography of two movers and shakers of the modern beauty industry – Elizabeth Arden and Helena Rubinstein. Drawing on sources including personal correspondence, the book explores their humble beginnings, the forces which drove them and their phenomenal achievements.
A concise and illustrated biography on one of the world’s most influential couturiers and founder of a global fashion brand.
In the first decade of the 21st century, the fashion world was dominated by two very different but equally successful – and turbulent – figures. But then, within 12 months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano’s career had unravelled in public after he was arrested for an anti-Semitic tirade at a Paris bar. Dana Thomas uses the story of these two charismatic figures to look behind the closed doors of the notoriously secretive fashion world.
In ‘It’, her first book, the global fashion-trendsetter Alexa Chung shares her inspirations, musings and her own very personal and eclectic style.With influences that range from Jane Birkin to Mick Jagger, Alexa Chung is a unique fashion icon. A truly one-off collection of Alexa’s personal writings, drawings and photographs, ‘It’ covers everything from her thoughts on life, love and music to her favourite looks and how to decide what to wear in the morning. With wit, charm and a refreshingly down-to-earth attitude, this is a must-have for anyone who loves fashion, music and just about everything Alexa Chung.
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