Secrets and Lies

Author: [UK] Susannah 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, and the dazzling allure of high fashion, amidst a flood of empty 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 that blends the development of the fashion industry with the career journeys and spiritual states of each designer. Author Susannah 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 relatable. Through her descriptions, we learn that John Galliano survived the early 1990s by sleeping on his friends' floors when he moved to Paris; Paul Smith's first own shop in London was just a tiny 12-square-foot space; if trivial matters like a sick puppy affected Azzedine Ala?a's work, he would rather give up preparing a fashion show to take care of the puppy; and while Donatella Versace, who enjoys a life of wealth, power, and allure, seems more enthusiastic about children than about fashion, she expresses her personal views and attitudes toward the entire era. Among the 18 designers chronicled in this book, some are household names, while others may not be as widely recognized but can evoke more interest and respect within certain circles and among specific audiences. Regardless, they have excellently expressed their personal perspectives and attitudes toward the times, and we have experienced unparalleled passion, fantasy, and endless creativity. This book is a series of in-depth interviews between Susannah Frankel, a renowned British fashion critic, and numerous world-class fashion masters. The book features 108 exclusive classic images, giving readers a glimpse of the designers themselves, as well as 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, Jean Paul Gaultier, and 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 themselves behind the dazzling T stages.