Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano - Hardcover

Thomas, Dana

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846146135 ISBN 13: 9781846146138

Verlag: Allen Lane, 2015

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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 twenty-first century, the fashion world was dominated by two very different but equally successful and turbulent figures. But, within twelve months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano has professionally imploded. Who was to blame? And how was fashion changed by their rise and fall?

This is the story of Galliano and McQueen, the two working class British boys who shook fashion to its core. With their complicated and deeply seductive designs, they moved from the raucous art and club scene of London to the old-school heart of French couture. Dana Thomas, who witnessed their arrival in Paris and who interviewed more than one hundred people close to both designers, presents their lives in rich detail. Highlighting the similarities and differences in their temperament, charisma and style, she explores both their individual talent and the changing nature of fashion over the 80s, 90s and noughties. The result is a deeply engrossing, fast-paced and original read. Galliano and McQueen weren't simply driven and gifted: they wanted to revolutionize fashion in a way no one had in decades. And for a while, they succeeded.

Dana Thomas began her career writing for the Style section of the Washington Post and served as Newsweek's European culture and fashion correspondent for fifteen years. She has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, WSJ, Financial Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, and was the European editor of Condé Nast Portfolio. She is a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and is the author of The New York Times bestseller, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Lustre. She lives in Paris.

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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 Condé 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 Paris.

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In Gods and Kings Dana Thomas, author of Deluxe, traces the dramatic fortunes of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano

In the first decade of the 21st Century, the fashion world was dominated by two very different but equally successful - and turbulent - figures. But then, within twelve months, Alexander McQueen had committed suicide, and John Galliano's career had unravelled in public after he was arrested for an anti-Semitic tirade at a Paris bar. Both had been at the height of their success. In Gods and Kings, investigative journalist Dana Thomas uses the story of these two charismatic figures to look behind the closed doors of the notoriously secretive fashion world. This is an account of ambition, creativity, talent, strife, excess and the machinations of a multi-billion dollar industry.

[Praise for Dana Thomas's Deluxe]: 'A crisp, witty social history that's as entertaining as it is informative' - Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times

'A fascinating book' - Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek

'What Fast Food Nation did for food service, this book does for fashion' - Los Angeles Times

Dana Thomas began her career writing for the Style section of The Washington Post and served as Newsweek's European culture and fashion correspondent for fifteen years. She 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 Condé Nast Portfolio. She is a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and is the author of the New York Times bestseller, Deluxe: How Luxury Lost Its Luster. She lives in Paris.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Allen Lane
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2015
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1846146135
• ISBN 13: 9781846146138
• Einband: Gebundene Ausgabe
• Auflage: 1
• Anzahl der Seiten: 432
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