Jill Kennington Model Years (Signed 1st Edition)

Jill Kennington with Philippe Garner

ISBN 10: 1913491927 / ISBN 13: 9781913491925

Published by Unicorn, 2021

About this Item

Pictoral boards. Clean pages and firm binding. Signed and inscribed by author to the front end page. Boards just has a bit of wear. Professional seller. All pictures are of the actual book that is for sale. Books are dispatched in cardboard packaging.

Seller Inventory # 15347

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Jill Kennington Model Years (Signed 1st Edition)
• Publisher: Unicorn
• Publication Date: 2021
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1913491927
• ISBN 13: 9781913491925
• Binding: Hard Cover
• Edition: 1st Edition.
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket
• Signed: Signed By Author

About this title

Synopsis

Former model Jill Kennington reflects on fashion, fame, film, and photography in 1960s London.

Jill Kennington was among the most successful models of the 1960s, embodying a fresh, youthful, and dynamic ideal of beauty that came to define the decade. This memoir takes readers inside her life in the form of an extended interview with historian Philippe Garner. With disarming frankness, Kennington details her professional experiences during those heady years and describes her collaborations with some of the greatest photographers of the era, including Richard Avedon, William Klein, Saul Leiter, Helmut Newton, and Norman Parkinson. Her memories include a remarkable cast of characters, with appearances from Federico Fellini, Norman Hartnell, David Lean, Mary Quant, Vidal Sassoon, Terence Stamp, and Veruschka von Lehndorff.

A poignant account of intense emotional challenges and dark episodes in the roller coaster of her private life, this is the inspiring story of a young woman’s journey to self-awareness.

About the Author

Philippe Garner is an auction specialist and an authority on the history of photography and twentieth-century decorative arts and design. He has published extensively on these subjects and notably on the great photographers of fashion and style.