Tag: Book Reviews

  • Talley’s Chiffon Trenches

    Talley’s Chiffon Trenches

    I finally read Andre Leon Talley’s book The Chiffon Trenches, the fashion authority’s memoir published in 2020.  The Brown University graduate shows his gift of flowery as well melodramatic language describing his pioneering life in the fabulous  stratosphere.  However, therein lies the problem with the book.  The author weaving the tales got tangled in the […]

  • Book Review: Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano

    Book Review: Gods and Kings: The Rise and Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano

    Gods and Kings The Fall of Alexander McQueen and John Galliano British fashion icons Alexander McQueen and John Galliano led remarkably parallel lives, from their humble origins in working-class London, to their education at St. Martins College, to their brilliant and controversial careers abruptly cut short by suicide and hate-speech, respectively. Galliano and McQueen represented […]