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Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano
Dana Thomas
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Description for Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano
Paperback. Spanning the 80s, 90s and noughties, this book features the story of Galliano and Alexander McQueen who created a great change in the world of fashion, from London's raucous art and club scene to the old-world glamour of Parisian couture, and reveals the machinations of this notoriously secretive industry. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AKB; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
In Gods and Kings Dana Thomas, author of Deluxe, tells the story of how John Galliano and Alexander McQueen changed the face of fashion In the first decade of the 21st century the fashion world was dominated by two different but equally successful and turbulent figures. Within twelve months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano had professionally imploded. Who was to blame? And how was fashion changed by their rise and fall? Spanning the 80s, 90s and noughties, Gods and Kings tells the story of these two charismatic figures and times of great change in ... Read more
In Gods and Kings Dana Thomas, author of Deluxe, tells the story of how John Galliano and Alexander McQueen changed the face of fashion In the first decade of the 21st century the fashion world was dominated by two different but equally successful and turbulent figures. Within twelve months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano had professionally imploded. Who was to blame? And how was fashion changed by their rise and fall? Spanning the 80s, 90s and noughties, Gods and Kings tells the story of these two charismatic figures and times of great change in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780241198162
SKU
V9780241198162
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About Dana Thomas
Dana Thomas has written for The New York Times magazine, the New Yorker, WSJ, the Financial Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and was the European editor of Conde Nast Portfolio. She is a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style magazine, and the author of The New York Times bestseller, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre. She lives in ... Read more
Reviews for Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano
Occasionally titillating and ultimately poignant
T, The New York Times Style Magazine
Conjures up the particular madness of the fashion treadmill, with its constant quest for newness and the inevitability that a triumph would be followed by a fall
New Statesman
Thomas has spoken to more than 100 fashion insiders to put together a portrait of ... Read more
T, The New York Times Style Magazine
Conjures up the particular madness of the fashion treadmill, with its constant quest for newness and the inevitability that a triumph would be followed by a fall
New Statesman
Thomas has spoken to more than 100 fashion insiders to put together a portrait of ... Read more