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

Dana Thomas

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1846146135 ISBN 13: 9781846146138

Publisher: Penguin Books, 2015

Synopsis

This is the story of Galliano and McQueen, the two working-class British boys who shook fashion to its core. With their complicated and deeply seductive designs, they moved from the raucous art and club scene of London to the old-school heart of French couture. The author highlights the similarities and differences in their temperament, charisma and style, she explores both their individual talent and the changing nature of fashion over the 80's, 90's and noughties. The result is a deeply engrossing, fast-paced and original read.

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Review:

An Amazon Best Book of the Month for February 2015: Gods and Kings is by no means the first book written about Alexander McQueen, John Galliano, and the fashion industry at a pivotal moment, but author Dana Thomas puts an original spin on the story of two icons of cutting-edge couture. Both rose from humble beginnings to worldwide acclaim, and Thomas gives readers a front row seat to each man’s dramatic rise and tragic undoing. McQueen and Galliano were visionaries and revolutionaries but ultimately their greatest passion also exacted the highest price--McQueen’s suicide in 2010 and Galliano’s alcohol abuse that cost him his career and reputation which he is still fighting to regain. High drama, high fashion, high stakes, and high tragedy-- Gods and Kings is a compulsive read. --Seira Wilson

About the Author:

Dana Thomas began her career writing for the “Style” section of the Washington Post and served for fifteen years as the European cultural and fashion correspondent for Newsweek in Paris. She is a contributing editor for T: The New York Times Style Magazine and has written for the New Yorker, the Wall Street Journal, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, and the Financial Times. She lives in Paris.

About this edition

• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1846146135
• ISBN 13: 9781846146138
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 432