Content tagged with "fashion"

Anna
Book Review
December 11, 2022
345

This is a biography of Anna Wintour, who has been the leader of Vogue for 25 years. She’s more than that now, actually – she’s “Artistic Director” for all of Conde Naste. She’s likely the most famous person in the fashion business. Anna simply decided, at a young age, that she wanted to be the…

The Battle of Versailles: The Night American Fashion Stumbled into the Spotlight and Made History
Book Review
September 10, 2024
665

In microcosm, this is the story of a single event – a fashion show outside Paris in 1973 that was over in about three hours. But if you take a longer view, it’s a story of the history of fashion to that point, and its intersection with race in America. The Palace of Versailles is where the last…

The Devil Wears Prada
Deane’s Library
Book
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House of Gucci: A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour, and Greed
Deane’s Library
Book Review
March 20, 2022
289

Fascinating history of the Gucci family and company, from the patriarch and his humble origins as a leatherworker in rural Italy, down through the generations, including the sensational murder which was the focus of the 2021 movie, and then the current disposition of all the players and the destiny…