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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     Booklist Review     Table of Contents     More Content       More by this author     Doonan, Simon, 1952-     Subjects     Doonan, Simon, 1952-     Clothing and dress -- Humor.     Clothing trade -- Humor.     Fashion -- Humor.     Window dressers -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Window dressers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.     Fashion editors -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Fashion editors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Doonan, Simon, 1952-       by title:      The asylum : a colla...       by call number:      659.157 D691a     Search the Web     Doonan, Simon, 1952-     Doonan, Simon, 1952-     Clothing and dress -- Humor.     Clothing trade -- Humor.     Fashion -- Humor.     Window dressers -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Window dressers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.     Fashion editors -- Great Britain -- Biography.     Fashion editors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.       MARC Display

The asylum : a collage of couture reminiscences-- and hysteria / Simon Doonan. by Doonan, Simon, 1952- Blue Rider Press, a member of Penguin Group (USA), [2013] Call #: 659.157 D691a Subjects Doonan, Simon, 1952-   Clothing and dress -- Humor.   Clothing trade -- Humor.   Fashion -- Humor.   Window dressers -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Window dressers -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography.   Fashion editors -- Great Britain -- Biography.   Fashion editors -- New York (State) -- New York -- Biography. ISBN:  9780399161896 (hc.) 0399161899 (hc.) Description:  268 pages ; 22 cm. Contents:  Lipstick on your kneecaps -- From couture to parole -- When bossy bitches roamed the Earth -- Tears for frocks -- Suzy Menkes's saucisson -- Rei Kawakubo's pasties -- Balenciaga could sew with either hand -- The devil and Miguel Adrover -- The nude wall phone -- Thierry Mugler's flying shoulder pads -- The unkindness of chic -- America's next top shaman -- Anna's wondering why we haven't started yet -- The dream crusher -- Tom Ford's moist lip -- Toxins are the new cargo pants -- Thom Browne's hairy ankles -- The Olsens vs the Phoenix Suns -- Coco was a Jersey girl -- The cellulite closet -- Manishewitz? j'adore! -- Plato ripped my blouse -- Willi Smith was a right-on sista -- Alexander will need a room -- Zips up the back with no bones. Summary:  "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"--Provided by publisher. Genre:  English wit and humor. Essays. Memoirs. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Captain William Spry Public Library Adult Nonfiction 659.157 D691a Adult books Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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