Zandra Rhodes Ella Alexander Iconic (Hardback) (UK IMPORT)

Description: Further DetailsTitle: IconicCondition: NewSubtitle: My Life in Fashion in 50 ObjectsISBN-10: 0857505211EAN: 9780857505217ISBN: 9780857505217Publisher: Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of the Random House Group)Format: HardbackRelease Date: 07/18/2024Description: 'From the winged cape she designed for Freddie Mercury to her white Biba boots, every piece tells a memorable tale.' The Lady, Book of the Year'A vivid and compelling picture of the broader fashion landscape between 1960 and the present day. Anecdotes? The book is full of them.' The Times'Dazzling from start to finish.' Joanna LumleyIn this insightful memoir, Zandra shares her life story for the first time. Told through a variety of mementos collected over the years, it is a vibrant account filled with rockstars and royalty, of life-changing friendships and poignant reflections on her personal triumphs and tragedies, as well as the fears, sacrifices and pressures that come with being an era-defining designer.Full of poignant reflections and life lessons on achieving success while defying convention, Zandra takes the reader right alongside her as she recounts being inspired by her avant-garde mother to her time at the Royal College, from a road trip to Rome with Ossie Clark and Celia Birtwell, to opening her first London store thanks to a kind loan from Vanessa Redgrave with Joe Cocker singing With a Little Help From My Friends, from hanging out with Andy Warhol and Halston in New York's Studio 54 to lifelong friendships with legends such as Karl Lagerfeld and Diana Vreeland; from designing for everyone from Freddie Mercury to Diana Ross, Princess Diana to Barbra Streisand to founding the Fashion and Textile Museum.Capturing the rich and unexpected life of a British icon, this memoir explores what it is to defy the norm.‘Zandra Rhodes has changed the course of fashion history.' Suzy Menkes, fashion journalistLanguage: EnglishCountry/Region of Manufacture: GBItem Height: 240mmItem Length: 156mmItem Width: 40mmItem Weight: 750gAuthor: Zandra Rhodes, Ella AlexanderGenre: Fashion & DesignTopic: Biography, Music Dance & TheatreRelease Year: 2024 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.

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