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*** 'Warm, thought-provoking and honest.' - Victoria Hislop
'Clever, emotionally intelligent, revelling in style without making
us yearn to shop.' - The Times 'Self-deprecating and stylish, this
is sure to become a classic.' - Vanity Fair 'Thoughtful, wry and
candid.' - Mail on Sunday 'A must-read memoir for even those beyond
the fashion set.' - Evening Standard 'It's funny, honest and in
typical Shulman style mixes high and low effortlessly. We don't
know many people who can write about bras, Donald Tusk and
Madeleine Albright all in the same sentence.' - A Little Bird
'Scintillating reading.' - The Spectator 'Alexandra Shulman's style
is unaffected, immediate and hilariously dry. She's brilliant at
observing everyday feelings in a joy-sparking turn of phrase.' -
Helena Bonham Carter - 'Clothes... and other things that matter is
a book not only about clothes but about the way we live our lives.
From childhood onwards, the way we dress is a result of our
personal history. In a mix of memoir, fashion history and social
observation I am writing about the person our clothes allows us to
be and sometimes the person they turn us into.' - Alexandra Shulman
In Clothes... and other things that matter, Alexandra Shulman
delves into her own life to look at the emotions, ambitions,
expectations and meanings behind the way we dress. From the bra to
the bikini, the trench coat to trainers, the slip dress to the
suit, she explores their meaning in women's lives and how our
wardrobes intersect with the larger world - the career ladder,
motherhood, romance, sexual identity, ambition, failure, body image
and celebrity. By turns funny, refreshingly self-deprecating and
often very moving, this startlingly honest memoir from the
ex-Editor of British Vogue will encourage women of all ages to
consider what their own clothes mean to them, the life they live in
them and the stories they tell.
With just under a thousand portraits of Queen Elizabeth II, the
National Portrait Gallery boasts some of the most treasured and
famous official portraits of the Queen captured at key historic
moments, as well as day-to-day images of the monarch at home and
with family, following her journey from childhood, to princess and
Queen, mother and grandmother. This publication highlights the most
important portraits of Elizabeth II from the Gallery's Collection.
Paintings and photographs from the birth of Elizabeth II to the
present will take readers on a visual journey through the life of
Britain's foremost icon. The book will reflect on the Queen's life,
presenting family photographs alongside important formal portraits
to explore how, as her reign became record-breaking, she became an
iconic figure in modern British culture and history. The
publication features works by key artists depicting the Queen from
1926 to the present day, including Baron, Cecil Beaton, Dorothy
Wilding, Patrick Lichfield, Andy Warhol, Annie Leibovitz and David
Bailey. This book features an introductory essay by Alexandra
Shulman, exploring how the collected portraits depict the Queen
throughout her life and reign, and a timeline of key historical
events and moments from Elizabeth II's life.
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Vogue: The Gown (Hardcover)
Jo Ellison; Foreword by Alexandra Shulman
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R1,496
R1,226
Discovery Miles 12 260
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The secret diary of Vogue Editor-in-Chief Alexandra Shulman and the
real story behind the BBC ABSOLUTELY FASHION documentary. 'One of
the great social diaries of our time . . . should become a
classic.' Sunday Times 'Eye-popping, brilliantly candid' Evening
Standard What a year for Vogue! Alexandra Shulman 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.
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