Hijacking the Runway: How Celebrities Are Stealing the Spotlight from Fashion Designers
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| Rating | : | 4.37 (678 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00INIYI3Q |
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| Number of Pages | : | 515 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-06-17 |
| Language | : | English |
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THE END OF FASHION is a watershed book which has pioneered a new realm of what fashion means to people. THE END OF FASHION should be required reading for everyone in our industry. — The Boston GlobeAgins has a gift for bringing fashion to lifeIt may indeed be the end of fashion, but Agins makes it an entertaining ride. — Bud Konheim, CEO, Nicole MillerIt ought to be required reading for people who think they might like to be clothing designers. — Andre Leon Talley, edito
When I saw that fashion journalist Teri Agins, author rebekah l hubstenberger When I saw that fashion journalist Teri Agins, author of The End of Fashion, had written a new book I was excited to read it. I have always been a devoted follower of fashion but Agins first book, The End of Fashion, made me realize I could come at fashion with a slightly more academic approach, something that appealed to my intellectual side and spawned personal undergraduate work in the same area. This book did not fail my high expectations. As a devoted follower o. Amazon Customer said Soapy and fun. If you love fashion, you have to read this book. It's a dishy account of what happens behind the scenes of all those celebrity fashion endorsements. We all knew that most of them weren't doing their own work, but I enjoyed finding out the specifics. The author names names, so you don't have to waste time guessing. It was a nice escape to the world of glitz and glamour, and gave me some interesting anecdotes to share with my friends over brunch.. A Revelation For a reader raised wearing clothes ordered from the Sears & Roebuck catalog this was a book which took me to the magic land of high fashion. The author people's her narrative with characters I'm familiar with like Kanye West and stars like Jennifer Lopez and Brittney Spears and revealed a formerly unknown and fascinating side of them. Kept me turning pages all the way through.
. She lives in New York City. Teri Agins is the author of The End of Fashion and has covered fashion for almost thirty years. She developed the fashion beat for The Wall Street Journal and continues to write the weekly "Ask Teri" column. Agins has won many awards for her fashion writing and has written for Vogue, Town&Country, and Harper’s Bazaar, among numerous other publications
Hollywood stars have always furthered fashion’s cause of seducing the masses into buying designers’ clothes, acting as living billboards. Everyone from industry insiders to fans of Project Runway and America's Next Top Model will want to read Agins’s take on the glitter and stardust transforming the fashion industry, and where it is likely to take us next.. Not all celebrities succeed, but in an ever more crowded and clamorous marketplace, it’s increasingly unlikely that any fashion brand will succeed without celebrity involvement—even if designers, like Michael Kors, have to become celebrities themselves. Agins charts this strange new terrain with wit and insight and an insider’s access to the fascinating struggles of the b