Empress of Fashion: The Life of Diana Vreeland - Brossura

Stuart, Amanda Mackenzie

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ISBN 10: 0062223283 ISBN 13: 9780062223289

Casa editrice: Harperluxe, 2012

Riassunto

This rare glimpse into the life of the innovative fashion editor of Harper's Bazaar and the legendary editor-in-chief of Vogue who, redefining women's sense of beauty and style, launched the careers of such timeless beauties Lauren Bacall and Lauren Hutton, explores her originality, her tenacity and her inimitable sensibility. (biography & autobiography).

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Recensione:

“A painstakingly researched depiction of the imperious, mesmerizing virtuoso who wandered onto the fashion stage and stole the show...a biography of fabulous fact.” (New York Daily News)

“An insightful new biography...Stuart uses Vreeland’s vulnerable roots to create a sympathetic portrait of Diana...Vreeland’s life story is oddly inspiring...Why don’t you give a copy of EMPRESS OF FASHION to your favorite fashionista this holiday season?” (BookPage)

“This is Diana Vreeland’s first full-length biography...A cottage industry has emerged around DV...This perhaps has as much to do with how much more seriously we take fashion nowadays as with how quaintly delicious we now find Vreeland’s borderline Dadaist sensibility...” (Village Voice)

“With EMPRESS OF FASHION: A LIFE OF DIANA VREELAND Stuart does more than celebrate and bear witness. She seeks to explain, to parse, and to ultimately decipher the woman behind the strokes of red rouge and dyed-black hair... Stuart paints a nuanced portrait of a strange and tantalizing woman.” (Daily Beast)

“The first comprehensive bio of legendary magazine editor Diana Vreeland is a can’t-put-down read. Stuart separates facts from “faction” (Vreeland’s term for her dramatic exaggerations) and gets to the core of the fashion pioneer.” (People)

“It is the biography (the Vreeland book) rather than the memoir (the Coddington volume) that offers the most insight into the deep motivation behind the making of such a career and carefully examines the occasional ugliness of a lifetime committed to making things externally beautiful.” (New Republic)

“This new in-depth biography traces not only Vreeland’s career as an influential fashion editor, but also her early life as an unhappy child, but ultimately imaginative, fearless and hard-working young lady. For someone looking for a good, interesting and inspiring read rather than just a pretty photography book.” (Fashionista, "The 25 Best Books for the Fashion Obsessed")

“Dazzlingly comprehensive, perceptive and many-sided.” (New York Times Book Review)

“a rare and welcomed view of her private life which was so often overlooked in favor of the glossy and more obvious parts of her life, including all the glamour and bon mots she was so free with... Would I recommend EMPRESS OF FASHION? . . . hell yes!” (New York Journal of Books)

“An illuminating biography.” (O, the Oprah Magazine)

L'autore:

Amanda Mackenzie Stuart is the author of Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age. She lives in Oxford, England.

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• Editore: Harperluxe
• Data di pubblicazione: 2012
• ISBN 10: 0062223283
• ISBN 13: 9780062223289
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 649