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The Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences
by Doonan, Simon
- Used
- very good
- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good/No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0399161899
- ISBN 13
- 9780399161896
- Seller
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About This Item
New York: Blue Rider Press, 2013. AF6 - An uncorrected proof paperback book in very good condition that has some light shelf wear. Simon Doonan, "the David Sedaris of the style universe" (The Boston Globe), pens a hilarious collection of autobiographical essays in this bitingly funny valentine to the fashion industry. 8.25"x5.5", 269 pages. Satisfaction Guaranteed.. Paperback. Very Good/No Jacket as Issued. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Advance Reading Copy (ARC).
Synopsis
After nearly a lifetime spent in the Industry, author and fashion insider Simon Doonan is ready to let you in on a little secret: his peers in this multibillion-dollar industry are just as nutty as the denizens of your local loony bin. In The Asylum , an unabashedly hilarious collection of autobiographical essays, Doonan, the creative ambassador for Barneys New York, tells the real-life stories of glamorous madness and stylish insanity. Doonan has witnessed models unable to work for fear of ghosts, gone deep-sea fishing with a couturier pal and his jailbird companion, and watched Anna Wintour remain perfectly calm while the ceiling fell—literally—in the middle of Fashion Week. Once you start looking, he says, you’ll notice telltale signs of lunacy everywhere. Style insiders see patterns and trends in everything; they suffer from outsize personality disorders and delusions of grandeur; and of course, they have a predilection for theatrical makeup and artfully destroyed clothing. No one is more suited to the asylum than the truly die-hard fashionista—after all, eccentricity and extremism are the foundations of great style. With his gimlet eye for the absurd and a love for eccentricity, Doonan’s personal and professional stories never fail to entertain. “The David Sedaris of the style universe” ( The Boston Globe ) gives us the scoop on the kooky, cutthroat—but always fabulous—fashion world, and proves himself one of the sharpest humorists writing today.
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- Bookmarc's
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- Seller's Inventory #
- EC43340BB
- Title
- The Asylum: A Collage of Couture Reminiscences
- Author
- Doonan, Simon
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket as Issued
- ISBN 10
- 0399161899
- ISBN 13
- 9780399161896
- Publisher
- Blue Rider Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Keywords
- AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAYS UNCORRECTED PROOF ARC
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
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