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A review by adamren
Fashion Babylon by Imogen Edwards-Jones
4.0
Well written and surprisingly engaging, endearing almost despite for me not really caring much for fashion types and those that put on airs and do drugs etc.
Suggested this book to a designer and was dismissed, 'No not interested', 'But it's not gossipy, well it sort of is but it's still a good read, the author is quite good' hmmp! 'No it's just not for me' or something like that. Oh well maybe it's too close or just a personality trait that repels them from reading about fashion and gossipy stuff and that's cool.
So it's hard to tell whether others like me or the designer would enjoy it. Perhaps if you already know fashion you won't learn much. I had read [b:The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever|271509|The End of Fashion How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever|Teri Agins|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386920699s/271509.jpg|263225] an interesting book by [a:Teri Agins|158283|Teri Agins|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442458015p2/158283.jpg] and found it eye-opening. I've read a few other similar books and have thought a lot about the business and marketing of fashion, plus on my bookshelf there is a copy of [b:Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren|813828|Genuine Authentic The Real Life of Ralph Lauren|Michael Gross|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1423980755s/813828.jpg|799764] by [a:Michael Gross|4849300|Michael Gross|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1305234677p2/4849300.jpg].
Based in the UK, so it will require some basic Pommy slang.
I have wanted to read all the other books by the author [a:Imogen Edwards-Jones|7503|Imogen Edwards-Jones|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1496034824p2/7503.jpg] and will definitely get them now, though I wonder if there is a political one, say the UN HQ in NYC or the Beltway scene in Washington, D.C. that would be wild. The hotel and cruise ship ones will most anticipated. Though I might read then in chronological order.
*Oops turns out I assumed there was a cruise ship one due to a plethora of them here (so maybe 10 wouldn't constitute a proliferation but given how they were lowly-rated and self-published because they just seemed to be about sex and how seedy it is) oh well, there is the airline one, which is the second one (2005, a year after the hotel one). There is a restaurant one which should be interesting given that I liked [b:Sirio: The Story of My Life and Le Cirque|1121816|Sirio The Story of My Life and Le Cirque|Sirio Maccioni|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360056461s/1121816.jpg|1108898] (even though it's a vastly overrated restaurant with a snobbish attitude where you're given smaller servings and less attention unless you're a celeb or a billionaire with some fame/power). [b:Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket|1522476|Kitchen Con Writing on the Restaurant Racket|Trevor White|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1184674955s/1522476.jpg|408507] by [a:Trevor White|58420|Trevor White|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is an underrated book that will help you lose or lower your respect for the ubiquitous Zagat guides and the restaurant business in general.
Suggested this book to a designer and was dismissed, 'No not interested', 'But it's not gossipy, well it sort of is but it's still a good read, the author is quite good' hmmp! 'No it's just not for me' or something like that. Oh well maybe it's too close or just a personality trait that repels them from reading about fashion and gossipy stuff and that's cool.
So it's hard to tell whether others like me or the designer would enjoy it. Perhaps if you already know fashion you won't learn much. I had read [b:The End of Fashion: How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever|271509|The End of Fashion How Marketing Changed the Clothing Business Forever|Teri Agins|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1386920699s/271509.jpg|263225] an interesting book by [a:Teri Agins|158283|Teri Agins|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1442458015p2/158283.jpg] and found it eye-opening. I've read a few other similar books and have thought a lot about the business and marketing of fashion, plus on my bookshelf there is a copy of [b:Genuine Authentic: The Real Life of Ralph Lauren|813828|Genuine Authentic The Real Life of Ralph Lauren|Michael Gross|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1423980755s/813828.jpg|799764] by [a:Michael Gross|4849300|Michael Gross|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1305234677p2/4849300.jpg].
Based in the UK, so it will require some basic Pommy slang.
I have wanted to read all the other books by the author [a:Imogen Edwards-Jones|7503|Imogen Edwards-Jones|https://images.gr-assets.com/authors/1496034824p2/7503.jpg] and will definitely get them now, though I wonder if there is a political one, say the UN HQ in NYC or the Beltway scene in Washington, D.C. that would be wild. The hotel and cruise ship ones will most anticipated. Though I might read then in chronological order.
*Oops turns out I assumed there was a cruise ship one due to a plethora of them here (so maybe 10 wouldn't constitute a proliferation but given how they were lowly-rated and self-published because they just seemed to be about sex and how seedy it is) oh well, there is the airline one, which is the second one (2005, a year after the hotel one). There is a restaurant one which should be interesting given that I liked [b:Sirio: The Story of My Life and Le Cirque|1121816|Sirio The Story of My Life and Le Cirque|Sirio Maccioni|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1360056461s/1121816.jpg|1108898] (even though it's a vastly overrated restaurant with a snobbish attitude where you're given smaller servings and less attention unless you're a celeb or a billionaire with some fame/power). [b:Kitchen Con: Writing on the Restaurant Racket|1522476|Kitchen Con Writing on the Restaurant Racket|Trevor White|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1184674955s/1522476.jpg|408507] by [a:Trevor White|58420|Trevor White|https://s.gr-assets.com/assets/nophoto/user/u_50x66-632230dc9882b4352d753eedf9396530.png] is an underrated book that will help you lose or lower your respect for the ubiquitous Zagat guides and the restaurant business in general.