Fashion Biography

Cosmopolitan.com editor Amy Odell takes listeners behind the stage of New York's hottest fashion shows to meet the world's most influential models, designers, celebrities, editors, and photographers. But first, she has to push her way through the crowds outside, where we see the lengths people go to be noticed by the lurking paparazzi, and weave her way through the packed venue, from the very back row to the front.

Vogue magazine started, like so many great things do, in the spare room of someone's house. But unlike other such makeshift projects that flare up then fizzle away, Vogue burnt itself onto our cultural consciousness. Today, 128 years later, Vogue spans twenty-two countries, has an international print readership upwards of twelve million, and nets over sixty-seven million monthly online users. Uncontested market leader for a century, it is one of the most recognizable brands in the world and a multi-million dollar money-making machine.

This book is going to change how you think about clothes and yourself. Part memoir and part guidebook, it features Morgan A. Wider’s personal evolution that led to where she is now - transforming the wardrobes, mentalities, and lives of women across the world.

Claire Wilcox has been a curator of fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum for most of her working life. In Patch Work, she steps into the archive of memory, deftly stitching together her dedicated study of fashion with the story of her own life lived in and through clothes. From her mother's black wedding suit to the swirling patterns of her own silk kimono, her memoir unfolds in spare, luminous prose the spellbinding power of the things we wear.

Since posting her first makeup tutorial in 2008, Dulce Candy has become one of the top beauty stars on YouTube - boasting more than two million subscribers and garnering hundreds of millions of views for her bright and energetic how-to videos. But before she became a style icon and a role model to millions of young women, Dulce struggled to make her way in the world.

Autobiografie van de grootste sportschoenenmaker ter wereld Phil Knight richtte in 1964 samen met hardloopcoach Bill Bowerman Blue Ribbon Sports op, in het begin als distributeur voor de Japanse schoenmaker Onitsuka Tiger. Ze begonnen met een startkapitaal van slechts $1200. In 1971 ging het bedrijf verder als Nike Inc. Knight wilde het oorspronkelijk Dimension 6 noemen. Jeff Johnson, Knights eerste werknemer, verzon de naam Nike – uitgesproken als naikie.

"Mode muss Teil einer Bewegung sein, das Gegenteil von Stillstand." In allem, was er tut, fasziniert und polarisiert Wolfgang Joop. Hier betrachtet er erstmals sein Leben, das alles ist, aber nicht Stillstand, Sättigung und Zufriedenheit: eine Kindheit in Potsdam, Verlust der Heimat, Neuanfang in Braunschweig, Autodidakt und Star der deutschen und bald der internationalen Modeszene, ein Leben in Hamburg, New York, Berlin und Potsdam, seine Rolle als Ehemann, Vater, Künstler.

The price tags on clothes weren’t the only things that young fashionista Wynter Dias was accustomed to popping. For the right price, and with the right weapon, Wynter Dias had the ability to rid a person of any problem that they had. However, while solving everyone else’s problems is her specialty, Wynter is also forced to deal with her own issues.

Diane von Fürstenberg, belgisch-amerikanische Mode-Ikone: Leben und Werk in einer Kurzbiografie! Alles, was man wissen muss, kurz und knapp. Infotainment, Bildung und Unterhaltung vom Feinsten!

Since she was young, Tala Raassi knew her fate lay in fashion. But growing up in her beloved homeland of Iran, a woman can be punished for exposing her hair in public, let alone wearing the newest trends. Despite strict regulations, Tala developed a keen sense of style in backroom cafes and secret parties. She never imagined her behavior would land her in prison or bring the cruel sting of a whip for the crime of wearing a mini-skirt. Tala's 40 lashes didn't keep her down - they fanned the flames of individuality and inspired her to embrace a new freedom in the United States.

Отправьтесь в захватывающее путешествие с книгой Истории самой знаменитой куклы мира и окунитесь в магию детства вместе с культовой куклой Барби и другими легендарными игрушками, чьи истории простираются через десятилетия и оставляют след в сердцах миллионов людей. Вы узнаете, какой уникальный путь к всеобщему признанию прошли самые известные игрушки и как они стали неотъемлемой частью детства нескольких поколений. Эта книга станет замечательным подарком не только для поклонников Барби, но для всех, кто хочет вспомнить детство и узнать интересные истории развития крупнейших брендов.

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Shining a white-hot spotlight on America’s famous, from Hollywood legends to Broadway stars to media moguls, Notorious is a captivating assortment of Maureen Dowd’s most compelling style features and profiles.

Vergessen Sie Jil Sander und Wolfgang Joop, der erfolgreichste deutsche Designer heißt Philipp Plein! Kaum zu glauben, aber wahr: Alles begann mit einem Hundebett. Die erste Million auf dem Konto, der Weg in die Luxusbranche ... Später startete das Multitalent dann in der Modewelt durch, sein Markenzeichen war ab dem ersten Piece ein funkelnder Totenkopf.

Christine Hart desvela desde la intimidad experiencias y anécdotas de lo que fue su profesión durante diez años en las principales ciudades de la moda: París, Nueva York, Milán... A través de sus vivencias nos acerca a los rincones menos conocidos de la moda, echando un poco de luz a este universo de brillos, focos y glamour, que esconde también un mundo competitivo y cruel.

Christine Hart desvela desde la intimidad experiencias y anécdotas de lo que fue su profesión durante diez años en las principales ciudades de la moda: París, Nueva York, Milán... A través de sus vivencias nos acerca a los rincones menos conocidos de la moda, echando un poco de luz a este universo de brillos, focos y glamour, que esconde también un mundo competitivo y cruel.

Joanna Jepson was born with a facial deformity that led to her being mercilessly bullied through childhood and adolescence while a strict evangelical upbringing imposed further challenges. Reconstructive facial surgery and a religious meltdown left her unrecognizable and disorientated and triggered a search for identity and belonging.

Cristóbal Balenciaga no se dejaba ver en sus desfiles ni salía jamás a saludar tras finalizarlos. Si hacemos caso a la leyenda, el diseñador vasco seguía con detalle los pases a través de un discreto agujero practicado en las cortinas de terciopelo que decoraban su maison. Apenas existen retratos suyos, e incluso llegó a calar el rumor de que el hombre invisible de la alta costura no era más que una invención, una estrategia comercial elaborada con astucia.

Jil Sander ist die bekannteste Modedesignerin Deutschlands. In einer Zeit, in der Frauen nur mit Erlaubnis ihrer Ehemänner ein Konto eröffnen und arbeiten durften, begann sie Mode zu entwerfen, die nichts mehr mit den biederen Rollenbildern der Fünfziger- und Sechzigerjahre gemein hatte. Mit ihren minimalistischen Entwürfen schuf Jil Sander den neuen Look der modernen berufstätigen Frau: lässig, erfolgreich, selbstbewusst.

Catherine Dior (1917–2008) byla múzou svého bratra Christiana i statečnou členkou francouzského odboje. Navzdory dvanáctiletému věkovému rozdílu si byli velmi blízcí. Sdíleli lásku ke květinám a zahradničení i vášeň pro umění a hudbu. Traumatické události, jimž padla rodina za oběť, se na nich hluboce podepsaly, zároveň je ale naučily důvtipu a improvizaci. Mladší sestra jednoho z nejvlivnějších světových módních návrhářů ovlivnila jeho pojetí ženskosti a krásy a inspirovala ho k legendárnímu parfému Miss Dior.