‘Alexander McQueen: Blood Beneath the Skin’ by Andrew Wilson
This biography chronicles how success changes you: the ways in which the people fall away, as you become consumed with your new life(style) which, if not managed carefully, can overwhelm and consume
‘Hotel Living’ by Ioannis Pappos
Management consultants don’t exactly sound
‘The Master of Us All: Balenciaga, His Workrooms, His World’ by Mary Blume
How does one write a biography of someone who has been dead for 40 years, was a bit of a recluse their whole life, and whom few people really knew. If you are Mary Blume, and the subject is Cristobal Balenciaga, one of fashion’s most unique designers, you focus on the fashion itself…
More Colors than Purple
I first saw The Color