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Vivienne Westwood
Vivienne Westwood
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Description for Vivienne Westwood
Paperback. The life story of Dame Vivienne Westwood, told for the first time. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: AKT; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 736.
Vivienne Westwood is one of the icons of our age. Fashion designer, activist, co-creator of punk, global brand and grandmother; a true living legend. Her career has successfully spanned five decades and her work has influenced millions of people across the world. For the first and only time, Vivienne Westwood has written a personal memoir, collaborating with award-winning biographer Ian Kelly, to describe the events, people and ideas that have shaped her extraordinary life. Told in all its glamour and glory, and with her unique voice, unexpected perspective and passionate honesty, this is her story. For the first and only time, she is both writing and collaborating on a unique personal memoir and authorised biography: partly her own voice, partly through contributions from her vast network of friends, family and associates. Ian Kelly (award-winning biographer of, amongst others, fashion maverick Beau Brummell and the original self-publicist, Giacomo Casanova) brings the insights of a historian and friend of Vivienne to the life and works of one of the major influences of our age in this wonderful, insightful collaboration.
Product Details
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Weight
735g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781447254140
SKU
V9781447254140
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Ref
99-50
About Vivienne Westwood
Dame Vivienne Westwood is a leading fashion designer and political activist. Ian Kelly is the prize-winning biographer of Casanova, Beau Brummell, Samuel Foote and Antonin Careme.
Reviews for Vivienne Westwood
I consumed the 500-page biography in gulps, cramming it in and then decelerating to wallow in Kelly's sinuous prose.In a world where clothes are designed to become unfashionable almost upon wearing them, Vivienne Westwood reminded me of why I'm so drawn to the industry and shows how fashion, as a wearable expression of art, can change the world for the better
Sartorial Reads
This serious biography explores not only Westwood's life and career but also decades of British history and the way in which the fashion industry has developed. . .I consumed the 500-page biography in gulps, cramming it in and then decelerating to wallow in Kelly's sinuous prose
Business Day's Wanted
An uproarious picaresque romp through Westwood's wild life
Daily Telegraph
This wonderful memoir, which is adorned with beautiful images, provides a captivating portrait of a fascinating character
Daily Mail
Sartorial Reads
This serious biography explores not only Westwood's life and career but also decades of British history and the way in which the fashion industry has developed. . .I consumed the 500-page biography in gulps, cramming it in and then decelerating to wallow in Kelly's sinuous prose
Business Day's Wanted
An uproarious picaresque romp through Westwood's wild life
Daily Telegraph
This wonderful memoir, which is adorned with beautiful images, provides a captivating portrait of a fascinating character
Daily Mail