{"product_id":"the-asylum-simon-doonan-9780399173714","title":"The Asylum: True Tales of Madness from a Life in Fashion","description":"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 \u003ci\u003eThe Asylum\u003c\/i\u003e, an unabashedly hilarious memoir-in-essays, Doonan, the creative ambassador for Barneys New York, tells the real-life stories of glamorous madness and stylish insanity. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Doonan has seen it all: from dealing with models unable to work for fear of ghosts, to deep-sea fishing with a couturier pal and his jailbird companion, to watching Anna Wintour remain perfectly calm while the ceiling fell--literally--in the middle of Fashion Week. The outlandish family Doonan knew as a child has given way to alarmingly similar lunatic peers in the fashion world: 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Hailed as \"a must-read for fashionistas and non-fashionistas alike,\" (Michael Kors) and \"raucous and revelatory\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e), Doonan's critically acclaimed collection gives us the scoop on the kooky, cutthroat--but always fabulous--fashion world, and proves the author to be one of the sharpest humorists writing today.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Simon Doonan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0399173714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780399173714\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Blue Rider Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/05\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 0.70d","brand":"Simon Doonan","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44076043993343,"sku":"9780399173714","price":16.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2172d2b4-e5f8-48eb-9520-8df0e4476abd.jpg?v=1685462854","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-asylum-simon-doonan-9780399173714","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}