Empress of Fashion: A Life of Diana Vreeland
Dec 2012 · Harper Collins
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“The first comprehensive bio of legendary magazine editor Diana Vreeland is a can’t-put-down read.” —People
From her career at the helms of Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue to her reign as consultant to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vreeland had an enormous impact on the fashion world and left a legacy so enduring that must-have style guides still quote her often-wild and always-relevant fashion pronouncements.
With access to Vreeland’s personal material and photographs, Amanda Mackenzie Stuart has written the definitive behind-the-scenes look at the woman and her world—a jet-setting social scene that included Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert de Givenchy, Oscar de la Renta, Lauren Bacall, Penelope Tree, Lauren Hutton, Andy Warhol, Mick and Bianca Jagger, and the Kennedys. Filled with gorgeous color photographs of her work, Empress of Fashion is an intimate, surprising look at “the imperious, mesmerizing virtuoso who wandered onto the fashion stage and stole the show.” (New York Daily News).
“Dazzlingly comprehensive, perceptive and many-sided.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Stands out for its un-gushy, arm’s-length observation of a woman who used any means possible—including outrageous lies—to create the mise en scène for her life.” —The Wall Street Journal
“A nuanced portrait of a strange and tantalizing woman.” —Daily Beast
From her career at the helms of Harper’s Bazaar and Vogue to her reign as consultant to the Costume Institute at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Vreeland had an enormous impact on the fashion world and left a legacy so enduring that must-have style guides still quote her often-wild and always-relevant fashion pronouncements.
With access to Vreeland’s personal material and photographs, Amanda Mackenzie Stuart has written the definitive behind-the-scenes look at the woman and her world—a jet-setting social scene that included Coco Chanel, Elsa Schiaparelli, Yves Saint Laurent, Hubert de Givenchy, Oscar de la Renta, Lauren Bacall, Penelope Tree, Lauren Hutton, Andy Warhol, Mick and Bianca Jagger, and the Kennedys. Filled with gorgeous color photographs of her work, Empress of Fashion is an intimate, surprising look at “the imperious, mesmerizing virtuoso who wandered onto the fashion stage and stole the show.” (New York Daily News).
“Dazzlingly comprehensive, perceptive and many-sided.” —The New York Times Book Review
“Stands out for its un-gushy, arm’s-length observation of a woman who used any means possible—including outrageous lies—to create the mise en scène for her life.” —The Wall Street Journal
“A nuanced portrait of a strange and tantalizing woman.” —Daily Beast
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About the author
Amanda Mackenzie Stuart is the author of Consuelo and Alva Vanderbilt: The Story of a Daughter and a Mother in the Gilded Age. She lives in Oxford, England.
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