Secrets and Lies: Facing the Master of Fashion Design

Author: (English) Susanna Frankel
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Publish Date: 2005-07-01
Features: Today, we can obtain the latest international fashion information through various media in a timely manner. However, behind the overwhelming new product advertisements, fashion editorials, glamorous appearances, and dazzling lights, amidst a flood of hollow words like leopard print, chiffon, lace, and fur, does fashion still hold some more essential and meaningful content? Can we still glimpse some more humanistic elements within it? This book provides readers with such a rare opportunity. It is a collection of interviews with world-class fashion designers, an effort to blend the development of the fashion industry with the career journeys and spiritual states of each individual. Author Susanna Frankel records her personal experiences in facing these talented, eccentric, and intriguing designers. Through her descriptions, these fashion designers are no longer just shiny labels on luxurious clothing; they become real and approachable. Through her descriptions, we learn that John Galliano relied on sleeping on friends' floors during his early move to Paris in the early 1990s; Paul Smith's first store in London was merely a tiny 12-square-foot space; if trivial matters like a sick puppy affected Azzedine Ala?a's work, he would rather cancel a fashion show to take care of the puppy; and Donatella Versace, who enjoys wealth, power, and a life of allure, seems more enthusiastic about children than fashion. Among the 18 designers recorded in this book, some are widely recognized names, while others may not be as household names but can inspire more interest and respect within certain circles and among certain groups. Regardless, they have excellently expressed their personal views and attitudes toward the entire era, and have allowed us to experience unparalleled passion, fantasy, and endless creativity. This book is a series of in-depth interviews between the renowned British fashion critic Susanna Frankel and numerous world-class fashion masters. The book includes 108 exclusive classic images, not only giving readers a glimpse of the designers themselves but also showcasing their iconic fashion works and legendary lifestyles. These design masters include Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, John Galliano, Tom Ford, Donatella Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana (DG), Valentino, Issey Miyake, and Jean Paul Gaultier, among others. In the interviews, the fashion design geniuses are either witty and humorous, reserved and composed, or unrestrained and eccentric, vividly showing readers the mysterious and unique sides of them behind the dazzling T stages. This book is a series of in-depth interviews between the renowned British fashion critic Susanna Frankel and numerous world-class fashion masters. These design masters include McQueen, Westwood, Galliano, Versace, Yves Saint Laurent, Dolce & Gabbana, Valentino, Issey Miyake, and Jean Paul Gaultier, among others. Just mentioning these names is already enough to attract readers. These works have distinct styles, are grand and magnificent, and are both readable and appreciable, making them worth collecting for lovers of fashion culture, (sculptural art), and photography.