Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano by Thomas, Dana

Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780143128397)

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Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano by Thomas, Dana

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

$20.00
Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano by Thomas, Dana

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

$20.00
Format: Paperback
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The New York Times-bestselling author of Deluxe and Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fasion and the Future of Clothes chronicles the making and unmaking of two of the greatest fashion designers of our time

In the mid-1990s, John Galliano and Alexander McQueen exploded onto a fashion scene that was in an artistic and economic rut. Their daring visions shook the establishment out of its bourgeois, minimalist stupor with vibrant, sexy designs and theatrical runway shows. By the end of the decade, each had been hired to run one of couture's most storied houses, Galliano at Dior and McQueen at Givenchy. They were icons of a new generation of rock-star designers who headlined the transformation of luxury fashion from a small clutch of family-owned businesses into a global, multibillion-dollar corporate industry. But the pace was unsustainable. In 2010, McQueen took his own life. A year later, Galliano was fired in the wake of an alcohol-fueled, anti-Semitic diatribe.

In her groundbreaking work Gods and Kings, acclaimed fashion journalist Dana Thomas tells the true story of two unforgettable artists. In so doing, she pulls back the curtain on the revolution that has remade high fashion over the last two decades--and the price it demanded from the very ones who saved it.

Author: Dana Thomas
ISBN-10: 0143128396
ISBN-13: 9780143128397
Publisher: Penguin Books
Language: English
Published: 01/26/2016
Pages: 464
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.90lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d
By Dana Thomas
By Dana Thomas
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Dana Thomas is the author of Fashionopolis: The Price of Fast Fashion and the Future of Clothes, Gods and Kings and the New York Times bestseller Deluxe. She began her career writing for the Style section of The Washington Post, and she has served as a cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris. She is a regular contributor to The New York Times Style section and has written for The New York Times Magazine, The New Yorker, The Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, T: The New York Times Style Magazine, and Architectural Digest. In 2016, the French Minister of Culture named Thomas a Chevalier of the Order of Arts and Letters. She lives in Paris.

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