Hanging By a Thread: What would it take to walk away from your dream life in Monaco and a global, multi-million-dollar business? by Erin Deering
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
The stratospheric rise of Australian swimwear label Triangl was one wild ride, with retail whiz Erin Deering at its helm. This is the story of building a business from scratch, selling one bikini a day to making over US $200,000 in the same 24 hours, and the devastating toll it took upon its Co-Founder ...Show more
Per Amore by Giorgio Armani
$60.00 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
This is the only autobiographical text written by designer Giorgio Armani, in which he speaks about himself, his youth, his early career, and the people close to him, and shares his ideas about creativity and what fascinates him in today's world. Based on the official illustrated book released by Rizzol ...Show more
Paradise Now: The Extraordinary Life of Karl Lagerfeld by William Middleton
$59.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
The definitive biography of fashion icon Karl Lagerfeld, written by journalist and author William Middleton, who knew the designer in Paris. In February 2019, the world lost one of its most enduring cultural icons, Karl Lagerfeld, the creative director for the storied House of Chanel for thirty-five ye ...Show more
Louis Vuitton: L'audacieux by Caroline Bongrand
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
- With access to previously unpublished information, the author tells the story of the founder of the world-famous luxury French luggage and travel goods company, Louis Vuitton This lively biography narrates the story of Louis Vuitton (1821-1892), who, at the age of 14, set out on foot for Paris from hi ...Show more
Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin by Andrew Wilson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
When Alexander McQueen committed suicide in February 2010, aged just 40, a shocked world mourned the loss of its most visionary fashion designer. McQueen had risen from humble beginnings as the youngest child of an East London taxi driver to scale the heights of fame, fortune and glamour. He designed cl ...Show more
Miss Dior: A Wartime Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie
$39.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
Miss Dior is a wartime story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal and 'a gripping story' (Antonia Fraser). 'Exceptional . . . Miss Dior is so much more than a biography. It's about how necessity can drive people to either terrible deeds or acts of great courage, and how beauty can grow from the ...Show more
Anna - The Biography by Amy Odell
$34.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
This definitive biography of Anna Wintour chronicles the steep climb of an ambitious young woman who would, with singular and legendary focus, become the most powerful woman in media. As a child, Anna Wintour was a tomboy with no apparent interest in clothing but, seduced by the miniskirts and bob hair ...Show more
Karl: No Regrets by Patrick Hourcade
$60.00 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
The artist Patrick Hourcade met Karl Lagerfeld in 1976, sparking a friendship that would last more than twenty years, strengthened by their shared passion for eighteenth-century art. Following his education in art history, Patrick Hourcade joined the creative team at Vogue Paris and, in parallel, he int ...Show more
Miss Dior: A Story of Courage and Couture by Justine Picardie
$55.00 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
Miss Dior is a story of freedom and fascism, beauty and betrayal, roses and repression, and how the polished surface of fashion conceals hidden depths. It paints a portrait of the enigmatic woman behind the designer Christian Dior: his beloved younger sister Catherine, who inspired his most famous perf ...Show more
Christian Dior: Destiny - The Authorized Biography by Marie-France Pochna
$59.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
In 1947, when Christian Dior's model spun her wasp-waisted skirt and tipped a hat over one eye, the iconic designer became an instant celebrity. His groundbreaking "new look" was quintessentially Parisian-the perfect combination of fanciful and elegant that glorified the female form and seduced his inte ...Show more
House of Gucci - A True Story of Murder, Madness, Glamour and Greed by Sara Gay Forden
$29.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography | Reading Level: good-very good
The sensational true story of murder, madness, glamour, and greed that shook the Gucci dynasty, now fully updated with a new afterword. On March 27, 1995, Maurizio Gucci, heir to the fabulous fashion dynasty, was slain by an unknown gunman as he approached his Milan office. In 1998, his ex-wife Patrizia ...Show more
Patch Work: A Life Amongst Clothes by Claire Wilcox
$24.99 AUD
Category: Memoir/Biography
A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A strange and mesmerising piece of work' Sunday Times 'An absolute masterpiece' Laura Cumming 'An uncommon delight' Observer Claire Wilcox has been a curator of fashion at the Victoria and Albert Museum for most of her working life. In Patch Work, she turns her curator's ...Show more